Afghan Taliban condemn Hakimullah Mehsud's killing

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday portrayed the killing of Pakistani Taliban head Hakimullah Mehsud as "an enormous misfortune" and urged Islamabad to forestall any further Us ramble strikes. Mehsud, who was under

Afghan schoolgirl scarred in acid attack now a teacher

Kandahar: When assailants tossed harsh corrosive in Shamsia Husseini's face outside her school in Afghanistan, she opposed them by coming

9 injured in Afghanistan wedding bomb

Kunduz: At slightest nine individuals incorporating kids have been wounded in a shell impact at a wedding gathering in northern Afghanistan, common authorities

Afghan villagers kill alleged bomber

Kabul, October 29: A few villagers in Aghanistan killed a man, suspected to have set off a shell which killed 18 individuals who were en route to a wedding Sunday, officals said. The legislative head of Ghazni region, Musa Khan Akbarzadah, said locals in Ander area stoned the man to demise. His physique was then riddled with slugs, Bbc reported Monday. The villagers guaranteed the man had conceded authority regarding Sunday's ambush and planted a second shell. The suspected assault plane was considered by the villagers covering up close to his home in Ander, a poor and profoundly conventional Pashtun territory in the east of the area, the commonplace representative included. The Taliban denied any association.

18 killed in Afghan roadside bombing

Kabul: Eighteen citizens were killed and five others wounded Sunday night in a roadside besieging in eastern Afghanistan's area of Ghazni, a senior official said. "A minibus was proceeding onward a street in Andar locale when it touched off an ad libbed dangerous apparatus (Ied). The blast slaughtered 18 and harmed five," Deputy Provincial Governor Ali Ahmadi was cited as saying by Xinhua. The chumps incorporated 14 ladies, one youngster and three men. The official said larger part of the harmed ladies were in basic condition, including they were coming back from a wedding. He rebuked Taliban radical assembly for the assault. The Taliban has increased strike since they started twelve-month rebel hostile late April. They regularly assault Afghan and Nato-headed compels with Ieds and roadside shells however the deadly weapons additionally perpetrate losses on citizens. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan as of late reported that over 1,319 Afghans were slaughtered and more than 2,500 wounded in demonstrations of terrorism and roughness in the first 50% of the year.

12 militants killed in Afghanistan

Kabul, October 27: At least 12 Taliban militants were killed in a series of cleanup operations since Saturday, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday. "Afghan National Police conducted several clearance operations with the cooperation of the army, National Directorate for Security and the NATO-led coalition forces in Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Wardak, Farah, Helmand and Nimroz provinces over the past 24 hours. As a result 12 armed Taliban were killed, 10 wounded and seven others were arrested," Xinhua quoted the Afghan interior ministry as saying in a statement. The Afghan National Police also seized weapons and defused several improvised bombs, the statement said. The security forces have intensified operations against Taliban and other militant groups recently, and the insurgent has responded with bombings and armed attacks.

Police: Roadside bomb kills 18 Afghan civilians

Kabul, October 27: Police say a roadside bomb has killed 18 civilians and wounded five as they rode a small bus home after attending a wedding in a lawless district of eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province. Deputy provincial police chief Col. Asadullah Ensafi said the blast occurred today in the Andar district as the bus travelled from one village to another. He says the dead include 14 women, three men and a child. Ensfai says the wounded are all women and two are in critical condition. Roadside bombs are the Taliban's weapon of choice and are responsible for the overwhelming majority of civilian casualties. Andar is one of the few districts in Ghazni where the Taliban retain some measure of control and often attack security forces, mostly by laying bombs along roads.

11 Taliban rebels surrender in Afghanistan

Kabul, October 27: At least 11 Taliban rebels surrendered with arms to the Afghan authorities in the country's Nangarhar province, a source said Sunday. "An 11-member group of armed opponents gave up fighting and handed over their arms to the authorities in Shinwar district Sunday," Malik Nazir, provincial High Peace Council chief, told Xinhua. Peace and stability would be further strengthened in several parts of the province with the insurgents' surrender, he added. The Afghan government set up a 70-member High Peace Council and launched the peace and reconciliation process in 2010 to encourage Taliban to disarm and give up militancy against the government. Over the past week, more than 40 Taliban fighters joined the process across the country, officials said.

Eight Afghan army personnel killed in bomb attacks

Kabul : Eight Afghan army personnel have been killed in separate bomb attacks since early Thursday, authorities said Friday. In one attack, six air force personnel were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Rodgard area of Shindand district in western Herat province, Xinhua quoted district governor Lal Mohammad Omarzai as saying. "The officers were returning from (a) army air force base to the provincial capital Herat city. The van they were travelling in touch off the IED on the roadside, killing all six people aboard," the governor told Xinhua. The Afghan Taliban has launched massive IED attacks against Afghan national security forces and over 87,000 NATO-led troops stationed in the country. Two other soldiers were killed and six injured in five IED attacks in Kunar, Ghazni, Kandahar and Helmand provinces over the same period of time, the Afghan Defence Ministry reported on its website. In addition, a civilian was killed in a similar attack in eastern Paktika province. Early Friday morning, three militants were killed and two injured when the militants launched an attack on police security checkpoints near a power dam in Helmand province. No policeman was hurt in the attack. Separately, eight Taliban militants were killed in an army operation in Nirkh district of the eastern Wardak province overnight, the provincial government said earlier Friday. The Taliban-led attacks and unrest have plagued parts of the war-torn country since late April when the insurgent group launched an offensive.

Afghanistan - Government Employee killed by Taliban

Kabul : Taliban militants abducted a government employee in Afghanistan's Farah province and killed him Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Abdul Rahman Zhawandon said. "The Taliban rebels kidnapped an employee of rural development department in Farah province this morning and shot him dead after keeping him in captivity for a few hours," Zhawandon told Xinhua without giving more details. A day earlier Tuesday, government forces raided Taliban militants' hideouts and killed at least two insurgents, he said, adding the kidnapping and killing of the government employee could be a revenge to the security forces operations.