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The Taliban deputy military chief for Helmand province, Mullah Amanullah, was killed along with eight other militants in an airstrike conducted by Afghan air force in Nawa district of the southern Helmand province, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD). In a statement published by the ministry, it says that…

As many as 261 civilians were killed and 602 others wounded as a result of Taliban attacks in different provinces over past 50 days, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI). The Taliban have killed or wounded the civilians in nearly 2,000 attacks, said Tariq Arian, spokesperson for the MoI,…

The southwestern province of Nimruz which shares border with the volatile provinces of Helmand and Farah and also with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, Iran and Pakistan, has recently witnessed an unprecedented hike in violence. As per account of the local residents and authorities, construction of Kamal Khan dam, poor leadership of…

A young Afghan girl has committed suicide by hanging in the western Farah province after her two brothers were killed in the battle against the Taliban, according to a local official. Muhibullah Muhib, spokesperson for Farah police chief, told Kabul Now that the incident took place last night, October 27,…

Expressing disappointment over high level of violence despite commitments made by Afghan warring sides to lower it, the US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has warned that the window to achieve a political settlement will not stay open for ever. The US Special Representative for Afghanistan noted that “intransigence…

As many as ten civilians, including women, were killed and eight others wounded as a result of Taliban mortar attack and landmine explosion in Balkh and Zabul provinces, according to local officials. Six civilians, three women and three men, were killed and one other was wounded after a mortar shell…

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has recorded and sued a total of 3,000 cases of violence against women over past ten months across Afghanistan, said Sina Shana Mansoor, Deputy Attorney General for Combatting Violence against Women and Juvenile Delinquency. Appearing in a press conference held in Kabul today, Tuesday, October…

As many as three people were killed and 10 others wounded after a magnetic bomb attached to a car went off in PD10 of Kabul city, Kabul police confirmed. The incident took place in Sarai Choqorak area of PD10 around 01:20 PM today, Tuesday, October 27, said Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesperson…

Foreign terrorists, including members of the Islamic State Khurasan Province, are equipped with surveillance drones and fight for the Taliban in Faryab province, claims Naqibullah Fayeq, governor of the northern province. Talking to Kabul Now, Fayeq said today, Tuesday, October 27, that some Uzbek citizens have used surveillance drones in…

“Make me an axe and let’s break the Taliban into pieces,” Rajab, who is eight years old and has lost his father, mother, sister, and brother in a roadside bomb explosion, repeatedly asks his uncle, Rahmatullah Muradi, after hearing the news. The sense of revenge, which Rajab carries after the…