TEHRAN, June 20 - The Taliban have killed 30 security personnel in an ambush on two checkpoints in the far western province of Badghis, provincial governor Abdul Qafoor Malikzai said, adding that it was their first major attack since the Eid truce.
TEHRAN, June 17 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack claimed by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group that killed and injured dozens of people in Eastern Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, June 17 - The death toll from a suicide bombing against a gathering of Taliban fighters celebrating a holiday cease-fire in Afghanistan has risen to 36, an official said Sunday.
TEHRAN, June 16 - The explosion took place in Nangarhar province, Eastern Afghanistan Reuters reported, during celebrations of the Eid holiday marking the end of the Ramadan fasting season, which began on Friday and had resulted in a three-day ceasefire.
TEHRAN, June 10 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the announcement of a three-day partial ceasefire during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
TEHRAN, June 09 - The young 27-year-old owner of online retailer Afghan Mart is making brisk sales in Kabul after setting up shop just over a year ago with 500,000 Afghanis ($7,000) worth of goods.
TEHRAN, June 08 - Afghan security forces killed 10 Taliban militants as a ceasefire announced by the president took effect, an official said on Friday, and security forces said they would respond if attacked.
TEHRAN, June 08 - Australian soldiers had a “disregard for human life” and used “illegal” violence on missions in Afghanistan, a confidential defense department inquiry heard from special forces insiders, according to an Australian newspaper report on Friday.
TEHRAN, June 07 -Afghanistan has announced a week-long ceasefire with the Taliban militant group for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
TEHRAN, May 30 - A Daesh suicide bomber struck outside the Afghan Interior Ministry on Wednesday, allowing several gunmen to pass through an outer gate where they traded fire with security forces, who eventually killed the attackers, officials said.
TEHRAN, May 30 - The Wednesday attack on Afghanistan Interior Ministry was completely foiled killing all 10 attackers, the spokesman of Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan Najib Danish said.
TEHRAN, May 30 - Loud explosion and gunfire were heard on Wednesday near Afghanistan’s interior ministry compound in the capital city of Kabul, Reuters reported.