India Maoists launched deadliest ambush in four years, deadly COVID-19 wave engulfed country, and govt and China held new round of talks on disputed border. In deadliest and most daring attack on security forces since 2017, hundreds of Maoist insurgents 3 April ambushed security patrol in Chhattisgarh state (centre), killing 22 security forces personnel and injuring over 30 others; attack […]

Unidentified gunmen shot dead two security personnel and a policeman in Kabul’s PD1 on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a Hilux vehicle in the Chandawol area, killing two security personnel. According to eyewitnesses a policeman then tried to pursue the gunmen, but he was also shot dead. The eyewitness says there were three gunmen who […]

Taliban militants have made worrying progress towards the gates of three provincial capitals in the country in the past 24 hours, Afghan officials said. According to officials, Taliban gains across territory came after they launched coordinated attacks in Helmand, Ghazni, and Zabul provinces in this time. In Helmand, Taliban fighters carried out attacks on the outskirts of the provincial capital […]

President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday that five government departments have failed to use over $1.6 billion of their annual budget. Addressing an event on the occasion of Education Week, Ghani stated the “blockage of billions of dollars” by these government departments is not acceptable. Ghani stressed that if any department or government organization failed to utilize its budget within one […]

As the US began turning over military bases to the Afghan security forces Saturday, the top US general warned of the potential for “bad possible outcomes” in Afghanistan, while adding that “the intent of many of the parties is still to have a negotiated settlement.” Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley pointed to an Afghan military that numbers more than […]

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by American special forces in 2011 in Pakistan, but the Afghan government says that the roots of the network are still alive in Afghanistan and the group still poses a threat to the country and the world and is collaborating with the Taliban. But the Taliban […]

The Taliban conducted 141 attacks over the last 24 hours, mostly in Uruzgan, Zabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Badakhshan and Takhar provinces, sources said. Information obtained by TOLOnews shows that in attacks by the Taliban in the last 24 hours at least 20 people were killed, including Peramqul Ziaee, a commander of public uprising forces in Takhar. Information obtained by TOLOnews shows […]

Senators on Sunday raised questions over recent fires in Kabul, Farah and Herat province that mainly targeted fuel imports, saying there are “some hands behind such incidents” that seek to harm the country’s economy. The Ministry of Interior Affairs said that nine people were killed and 14 more were wounded in the major fire at a tanker truck station in […]

US Forces Afghanistan hit back at insurgents on Saturday night after foreign forces were targeted in a rocket attack at the Kandahar Airfield. According to Colonel Sonny Leggett, USFOR-A spokesman: “US Forces conducted a precision strike this evening, destroying additional rockets aimed at the airfield.” He said Kandahar Airfield received “ineffective indirect fire this afternoon” but added no injuries to […]

At least eight Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on Saturday night in Badakhshan province, sources said. According to the sources the Taliban carried out an attack on a regional army checkpoint in the center of Warduj district and killed at least eight soldiers. Six other soldiers were wounded in the attack, sources added. The sources said the […]