Afghanistan

Attacks by extremists on Afghan schools triple: UNICEF

2:13 pm May 29, 2019

United Nations: Attacks on schools in Afghanistan tripled in 2018, surging from 68 in 2017 to 192, the United Nations agency for children said in a report, as the Taliban and other extremist groups in the war-torn country continue to wage a campaign of violence against softer targets. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday […]

Afghan official: gunmen kill provincial intelligence officer

3:49 pm May 12, 2019

Kabul : An Afghan official says unidentified gunmen killed a deputy intelligence director for northern Baghlan province. The provincial official says Abdul Ghafour Mahmoud was shot Sunday while travelling to the capital, Kabul, and another intelligence agent was wounded. The official spoke anonymously because he was not authorised to speak to the media. He says the attack took place on the outskirts of Baghlan’s provincial capital, […]

Taliban attack a police headquarters in Afghanistan

9:04 pm May 5, 2019

Kunduz (Afghanistan): A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a police headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding 40 more, according to the insurgents and Afghan officials. The attack occurred two days after President Ashraf Ghani offered the Taliban a ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan, which […]

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