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Afghan forces inspect a site where Taliban attacked in Kandahar on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Kandahar: Taliban attacks kill 58, wounds 9, Afghan army camp wiped...

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a media statement.

20 Oct 2017 11:23 AM IST

Spokesman Dawlat Wazir said the attack late Wednesday involved two suicide car bombs and set off hours of fighting. He says nine other soldiers were wounded and six have gone missing. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

43 Afghan soldiers killed in attack on army camp by Taliban

Afghan forces have struggled to combat a resurgent Taliban since US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat...

19 Oct 2017 2:00 PM IST

Afghan mourners pray in front of the slain Afghan local police officer in Helmand. (Photo: AFP)

22 cops killed in Taliban attack

At least 15 policemen were wounded in the coordinated assaults.

15 Nov 2017 6:32 AM IST

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a blistering attack on a government compound in Afghanistans central province of Ghazni that killed at least 15 members of the security forces. (Representational image: AFP)

Taliban claim attack on Afghan government post, killing 18

The assault killed three top local officials the district's governor, intelligence chief and deputy police chief.

12 April 2018 2:17 PM IST

The Taliban control or contest more than half of Helmands districts and regularly deliver sharp blows to Afghan forces. (Photo:AP)

Close to 23 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attack in...

The pre-dawn assault, claimed by the Taliban, saw militants enter the base in Helmand province.

2 March 2019 11:31 AM IST

Afghan personnel arrive at the site of the attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Four killed as gunmen attack Sikhs gathered at a Gurdwara in...

The sikhs are a religious minority in Afghanistan

25 March 2020 11:19 AM IST

Afghans first vice-presidenti Amrullah Saleh (C) speaks to the media at the Independent Electoral Commission office in Kabul. - At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistans vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early on September 9, officials said. (AFP File)

India condemns terrorist attack on Afghan VP Saleh

Saleh is reportedly a former Afghan Intelligence chief and staunch critic of the Taliban and is hated by Pakistan-backed...

9 Sept 2020 4:15 PM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

If Taliban moves towards India, air strike is ready: Yogi Adityanath

The CM was addressing the Samajik Pratinidhi Sammelan during which he also launched an attack on his political opponents...

1 Nov 2021 10:38 AM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

US, Afghan officials: At least 72 killed in airport attack

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday

27 Aug 2021 7:50 AM IST

Taliban fighters are seen in a vehicle along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistans third biggest city, after government forces pulled out the day before following weeks of being under siege (AFP)

Taliban close in on Kabul as US scrambles to evacuate

With the country's second- and third-largest cities having fallen into Taliban hands, Kabul has effectively become the...

14 Aug 2021 11:19 AM IST

Injured men receive treatment at a hospital in Ghazni province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Taliban attack kills 30 in Afghanistan

Attack involved the use of heavy artillery, 7 militants eliminated, 5 wounded.

16 Aug 2018 2:35 AM IST

A blast from explosives placed on a motorbike killed at least six people, including four children, and wounded nine other children in Herat province in western Afghanistan. (Representational Image)

At least 9 dead, 11 injured in Kabul suicide bomb blast

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which came after several weeks of relative calm in Kabul.

15 Aug 2018 6:32 PM IST