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No group took responsibility for the attack. (Photo: Representational Image)

3 policemen killed in Taliban assault: official

The Friday afternoon assault on the checkpoint lasted two hours. No group took responsibility for the attack.

21 Jan 2017 7:29 PM IST

Pakistan needs to be serious about closing down 600 Deobandi madrassas in the country, an influential US lawmaker has said. (Representational Image)

Afghan children smuggled to Pak madrasas, taught ways of Taliban:...

The police called it child trafficking and threw the drivers and the only other adults, two men who organised the...

31 July 2017 2:17 PM IST

Afghan police. (Photo: Representational)

Afghanistan: Taliban militants attack security outposts, kill 20...

A district official said that at least 15 others were wounded in the fighting.

21 May 2017 1:08 PM IST

A man looks at the coffin of a victim who died in Wednesdays massive bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans mourned the loss of family members, friends and colleagues on Thursday, a day after the truck bomb exploded in the capital leaving at least 90 people dead and more than 450 others wounded in one of the worst extremist attacks since the drawdown of foreign forces from Afghanistan in 2014.

Gunshots as Kabul protesters clash with police over deadly bombing

The bombing during the holy month of Ramadan highlighted the ability of militants to strike even in the capital's most...

2 Jun 2017 3:47 PM IST

5 Taliban fighters were killed and nine others wounded in the clash. (Photo: Representational/AP)

6 policemen killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Taliban fighters had attacked the police check post named Karez Shekhan in Sheb Koh district late Thursday night.

30 Jun 2017 4:32 PM IST

The policemen were killed while they were sleeping in an outpost in the district of Almar in northern Faryab province. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Attacks in Afghanistan kill 9 policemen, cleric and his wife

A policeman who was on duty opened fire and killed his colleagues, then collected all their firearms and fled the scene.

3 Feb 2017 5:43 PM IST

Security forces are deployed as the site of suicide attacks and an ongoing clash between Taliban insurgents and government forces in the main police station in eastern Paktia province, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

5 Afghan policemen killed, 15 injured in Taliban attack in Gardez

One of the five attackers was still holding out more than five hours after the coordinated assault began, police...

18 Jun 2017 1:31 PM IST