Recent News Headlines : Dih Bala - Afghanistan

GOVERNOR OF POVERTY-STRICKEN AFGHAN PROVINCE QUITS AS SECURITY WORSENS


Farah has been suffering from a lot of internal issues for a long time, said Farid Bakhtawar, head of the provincial council... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 12

FOUR U.S. CITIZENS KILLED IN JAN. 20 ATTACK ON KABUL HOTEL


Four US citizens killed in Jan 20 attack on Kabul hotel... READ MORE

25th January, 2018 113

SAVE THE CHILDREN SUSPENDS OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER IS ATTACK


UK ambassador to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay condemned the attack in a tweet... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 0

SAVE THE CHILDREN SUSPENDS OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER IS ATTACK


UK ambassador to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay condemned the attack in a tweet... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 0

ATTACKERS TARGET SAVE THE CHILDREN OFFICE IN AFGHANISTAN,


Militants attacked the offices of British aid agency Save the Children in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, Wednesday, killing a police officer and a civilian, authorities said... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1531

DEADLY ISIS ATTACK HITS SAVE THE CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN


Zabihullah Ghazi reported from Jalalabad and Mujib Mashal from Kabul, Afghanistan... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 2229

GUNMEN ATTACK SAVE THE CHILDREN OFFICE IN EAST AFGHANISTAN


The UN's mission in Afghanistan tweeted that it was looking into reports of the attack... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 0

GUNMEN ATTACK SAVE THE CHILDREN OFFICE IN EAST AFGHANISTAN


The UN's mission in Afghanistan tweeted that it was looking into reports of the attack... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 0

MULTIPLE AMERICANS KILLED, INJURED IN ATTACK ON KABUL HOTEL


WASHINGTON -- Multiple American citizens were killed and injured in the Taliban's 13-hour siege of an upscale hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, the State Department said Tuesday... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 4

HEAVY CASUALTIES AFTER OVERNIGHT BATTLE AT KABUL HOTEL


Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 21, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 2917

KABUL HOTEL ATTACK LEAVES KARZAI UNDETERRED


Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid later issued a statement claiming that Taliban attackers killed guards at a gate and entered the hotel... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 0

AT LEAST SIX DEAD IN 12-HOUR TALIBAN SIEGE AT LUXURY KABUL HOTEL


KABUL - The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the six-story Intercontinental Hotel on a hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 0

TALIBAN CLAIMS DEADLY KABUL HOTEL SIEGE


Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five civilians killed and six wounded... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 3152

AT LEAST FIVE DEAD IN ATTACK ON KABUL'S INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL


Smoke rises from the Intercontinental Hotel during an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan January 21, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 2907

KABUL INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SIEGE ENDS, ALL GUNMEN KILLED


An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan January 20, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 2786

5 KILLED AS GUNMEN BATTLE SECURITY FORCES AT KABUL HOTEL


Massoud Hossaini AP Gunmen storm hotel in Afghan capital Security forces stand guard near the Intercontinental Hotel after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 615

GUNMEN ATTACK INTER-CONTINENTAL HOTEL IN KABUL


The Taliban and Islamic State have each waged attacks in the past against diplomatic targets and other sites in Kabul... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 275

POLICE KILLING OF NAQEEBULLAH MEHSUD ANGERS PAKISTANIS


A native of Makin, once known as the nerve centre of the Pakistan Taliban, Naqeebullah often travelled between Karachi and the tribal district, Alamgir said... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 5934

COULD TALIBAN FINALLY RETURN TO AFGHAN PEACE TALKS? OBSTACLES ABOUND


One senior government official in Kabul, noted that speculation about peace talks regularly surfaces in the winter, while the Taliban regroups ahead of its spring offensive... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 96

WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS DONALD TRUMP'S 'LIES AND DECEIT' REMARKS ABOUT PAKISTAN


Early in January, the US froze nearly USD 2 billion in security assistance to Pakistan for not taking any decisive action against terrorists operating from its soil... READ MORE

18th January, 2018 2

PENCE URGES PEACEFUL END TO STANDOFF OVER AFGHAN GOVERNOR


FILE PHOTO Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani poses for a photograph at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at the U.N... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 145

A NEW U.S. AIR BLITZ IN AFGHANISTAN ISN'T STOPPING FOR WINTER. BUT WILL IT STOP THE TALIBAN?


Taliban fighters blend back into their villages, where it's warm, and U.S. forces hunker down through the holidays... READ MORE

16th January, 2018 666

PAKISTAN-US TIES TESTED BUT NOT KILLED BY HUGE AID CUT


Because Afghanistan does not accept that the Pakistani Taliban is sitting in Afghanistan... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 1921

'WE TRIED TO MAKE IT FUN'


Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 52

PAKISTAN SAYS US MILITARY AID SUSPENSION 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'


State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the security spending would be suspended until Pakistan takes decisive action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 0

WHY CAN'T THE USA AND PAKISTAN AGREE ON THE 'WAR ON TERROR'?


In the video, NBC's Islamabad producer Waj Khan gives his assessment of current relations between the US and Pakistan... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 1081

STAND-OFF OVER POWERFUL AFGHAN GOVERNOR FORESHADOWS BITTER ELECTION FI


Atta Mohammad Noor, Governor of the Balkh province, poses for a photo before an interview in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan January 1, 2018... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 1776

PAKISTAN SAYS U.S. MILITARY AID SUSPENSION 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'


State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the security spending would be suspended until Pakistan takes decisive action against the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network... READ MORE

6th January, 2018 0

US PLACES PAKISTAN ON RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM WATCH LIST


The US has placed Pakistan on a watch list for severe violations of religious freedom, amid an escalating war of words between the two countries... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 4395

KABUL SUICIDE ATTACKER KILLS AT LEAST 11, WOUNDS 25 AS POLICE HANDLED SHOPKEEPER PROTEST


A suicide attacker blew himself up near a crowd of police and protesters in Kabul Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 25 others, officials sa... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 0

Trending News Headlines : Dih Bala

A POLICEMANS BEAR HUG STOPS A SUICIDE BOMBER FROM KILLING MORE


Broad-shouldered and heavily muscled, Lieutenant Pacha shouted at the suspect to halt, but instead the man started running... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 52482

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: THE WAR ON TERROR HAS COST $250 MILLION A DAY FOR 16 YEARS


A 2011 paper from Harvard Kennedy School professor Linda Bilmes estimated the cost of veterans' benefits as 600 billion to 1 trillion over the next 40 years... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 33682

REPORTER READS NEWS MINUTES AFTER ISIL ATTACKS STATION


Defiant Parwiz Sapy appeared calm and collected on Shamshad TV as he announced to viewers on Tuesday The attack has ended... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 18004

DEADLY ATTACK ON METHODIST CHURCH IN PAKISTAN


But Pakistan's Christian minority has also frequently been the subject of militant attacks, and guards had been placed near the church in Quetta as a result... READ MORE

17th December, 2017 13487

AFGHANISTAN WAR: ONE AMERICAN KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED IN ACTION


Four Americans were wounded during a combat engagement in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 9511

KIDNAPPED CANADIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY FREED IN PAKISTAN GUN BATTLE AFTER 5 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY


I've personally written to several of the most senior government officials in Afghanistan, those with great power over the execution of your brothers, Patrick Boyle says... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 6224

KABUL SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK KILLS DOZENS


Afghanistan suicide bomb attack Dozens killed in Kabul... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 4909

TRUMP STIFFED GOLD STAR DAD AFTER PROMISING HIM $25K CHECK


He said, 'I'm going to write you a check out of my personal account for 25,000,' and I was just floored, Baldridge told the paper... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 4566

FOUR KILLED IN 'SUICIDE ATTACK' AT AFGHAN VOICE


Kabul Four killed in 'suicide attack' at Afghan Voice... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 4318

ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN IS US TOOL TO CAUSE TROUBLE IN WHOLE REGION - EX-AFGHAN PRESIDENT KARZAI TO RT


Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says ISIS is tool of the US in Afghanistan, used to destabilize whole region... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 4231

MOTHER OF KABUL BLAST VICTIM: 'ISIL, WHY MY SON?'


Over the past two years, ISIL has claimed a growing number of attacks in certain areas of Afghanistan where its presence was previously rare... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 3040

ISIS NUMBERS GROWING FAST NEAR CHINA'S NEW SILK ROAD, SAYS RUSSIA


Top Russian diplomat Zamir Kabulov said over the weekend that Moscow is ready to sit down with Washington to discuss cooperation on Afghanistan... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 2702

TRUMP ATTACKS PAKISTAN 'DECEIT' IN FIRST TWEET OF THE YEAR


Pakistan has already had millions of dollars of US aid withheld for allegedly not taking enough action against the Taliban-allied Haqqani network... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 2378

ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS DEADLY BLAST AT AFGHAN SHIITE CENTER


I have little doubt that this attack deliberately targeted civilians, said Toby Lanzer, the acting head of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 2150

PAKISTAN SUMMONS US AMBASSADOR OVER TRUMP'S 'LIES AND DECEIT' TWEET


Relations between the US and Pakistan have been strained for years over Islamabad's alleged support for Haqqani network militants, who are allied with the Afghan Taliban... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 2066

AFGHAN SUICIDE MOSQUE ATTACKS KILL SCORES OF WORSHIPPERS


Some 60 people have been killed in two separate attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, officials say... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 2034

US AIRSTRIKES KILL SCORES OF CIVILIANS IN KUNDUZ PROVINCE, AFGHANS SAY


A US soldier was killed on Saturday after sustaining injuries on an operation in Logar in the eastern part of the country, the US military said... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 2031

HUNTING TALIBAN AND ISIS FIGHTERS FROM 20000 FEET


With the war in Afghanistan now in its 17th year, President Trump's strategy aims to drive the Taliban to a negotiated settlement... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 1812

TRUMP BLASTS PAKISTAN FOR 'LIES' AND 'DECEIT' IN FIRST 2018 TWEET


No more! The Pakistani Defense Ministry responded to Trump's broadside with its own tweet... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 1664

TILLERSON AND THE MISSING WALL CLOCK


Images show him meeting President Ashraf Ghani in a windowless room at Bagram Airfield, under a US military clock and a red fire alarm... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 1600

TALIBAN ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST 69 ACROSS AFGHANISTAN


Taliban militants struck government targets in many provinces of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 69 people, including a senior police commander, and wounding scores of others... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 1547

AFGHAN ARMY BASE DESTROYED BY TALIBAN SUICIDE BOMBERS


At least 43 Afghan soldiers have been killed after two suicide bombers in Humvee trucks targeted a military base in the southern province of Kandahar... READ MORE

19th October, 2017 1399

NOW PUTIN IS BEING ASKED TO BRING PEACE TO AFGHANISTAN


Russia has a significant role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar told reporters in Moscow on Thursday... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 1398

FIGHTERS STORM TV STATION IN AFGHANISTANS KABUL


At least one security guard was killed as fighters stormed a private television station in the Afghan capital, Kabul... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 1315

ICC SEEKS TO INVESTIGATE CIA, U.S. MILITARY FOR ALLEGED WAR CRIMES


The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was reviewing Bensouda's authorization request, but opposes the International Criminal Court's involvement in Afghanistan... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 1124

SUICIDE ATTACK NEAR AFGHAN INTELLIGENCE HQ


Ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near the compound of Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul, officials say... READ MORE

25th December, 2017 1103

A TALE OF TWO HOTELS A BUDDHA BEHIND EACH


BAMIAN, Afghanistan -- The two hotels are separated by a 400-yard stretch of asphalt road, but they seem worlds apart... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1099

CHINA, PAKISTAN TO LOOK AT INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN IN $57 BILLION ECONOM


Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani speaks during a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 1023

AUSTRALIAN POLICE: MELBOURNE DRIVER SAYS ATTACK MOTIVATED BY MISTREATMENT OF MUSLIMS


Police identified the driver as Saeed Noori, 32, an Afghan granted entry to Australia in 2004 as a refugee... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 989

DOZENS KILLED IN TWIN BOMBINGS OF MOSQUES IN AFGHANISTAN


More than 70 people have been killed in twin suicide bombings on mosques in Afghanistan, government officials said... READ MORE

21st October, 2017 983


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