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SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Eleven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, including their commander, have surrendered to the Taliban in the Sozma Qala district of northe Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. Goveor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told Pajhwok Afghan News Commander Shah Wali, in-charge of ANA unit in Kor-Khab locality developed links with his father who was the Taliban’s shadow district chief for Takhar’s Dasht-i-Qala district. He said the commander and another soldiers shifted their fellow ANA troops to Kohistanat district and handed them over to the Taliban. Taliban, however, rejected Wahdat claimed and said the group captured ANA soldiers and their commander. PK/nh Let's block ad...

By Naseem Hotak on 04 September 2016 QALAT (Pajhwok): A collision on the Kabul-Kandahar has left 34 passengers dead and 21 others injuredsouthe Zabul province,... read more ...

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Seventeen people, including four suicide bombers, were killed and more than 50 others wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s northweste Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Friday. Four suicide bombers and a civilian were killed after an attack on a Christian colony in Peshawar, the provincial capital, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa tweeted. "All four suicide bombers were killed." Intense gunfire erupted at 6am, when the terrorists struck the colony. The gunmen were wearing suicide jackets. Two of the attackers detonated their suicide jackets while two others were killed. Hours later, a dozen people were killed and 5...

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By Qutbuddin Kohi on 31 August 2016 MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A policeman and a civilian were wounded on Wednesday when a bomb strapped to the back of a donkey set off in the capital of northe Faryab province, an official said. Mir Amanullah, the provincial deputy police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place... read more ...

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ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A roadside explosion killed three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and injured four others on Tuesday in Dilaram district of southweste Nimroz province, an official said. Najibullah Hayat, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast occurred on the Herat-Kandahar highway. The injured soldiers were evacuated to the Dilaram district’s hospital and their health condition was satisfactory. “The landmine has been recently planted by the insurgents on the highway,” he added. Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, a Taliban’s spokesman, claimed responsibility for the explosion that he said killed six ANA soldiers. sns/ma Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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HERAT CITY (Pjahwok): Two civilians and three militants were killed in three separate roadside explosions in the Shindand district of weste Herat province on Monday, an official said. Police Spokesman, Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, told Pajhwok Afghan News... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Energy ministers from Afghanistan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan, Pakistan and representatives of financial organizations on Saturday met to discuss the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA-1000) power project in Paris, the French capital. The... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Fourteen militants have been killed and five security persoel wounded during clashes in the Khwaja Ghar district of northe Takhar province, an official said on Friday. Sunatullah Timor, the goveor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A Wolesi Jirga member representing people of Badghis province was injured in a Taliban militants attack in weste Herat province on Thursday, an official said. Herat goveor’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad, told Pajhwok Afghan... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

By on 25 August 2016 MAZAAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Three civilians were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack on a public representatives in northe Balkh province on Thursday, an official said. Col. Abdul Razzaq Qaderi, deputy police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the improvised explosive device... read more ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday said it was extremely conceed about the safety of hundreds of joualists and media outlets due to an increase in Taliban and Islamic State attacks in a number of Afghanistan provinces. The head of RSF’s Iran-Afghanistan desk Réza Moïni said the organization called on President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah to implement appropriate measures for the protection of joualists. “At this time of danger, the NATO democracies present in Afghanistan must also face up to their responsibilities. We must not let Afghan joualists be discouraged by the Taliban threats and by the inteational community’s silence,” Réza ...

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CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a NATO forces convoy in Bagram district of central Parwan province late on Monday, injuring three Afghan policemen, an official said. The suicide attack on the coalition forces took place in Qala Nasro area at about 6pm, the Bagram district chief, Abdul Shakoor Qados, told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said three policemen escorting the convoy were injured in the blast that damaged a NATO vehicle, but caused no casualties to the inteational troops. NATO troops in Afghanistan rejects the clime saying :"We are aware of the media reports. No Resolute Support people, U.S. orotherwise, were hurt in today's IED attack near Bagram...

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