KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): A runaway woman was shot dead during a clash between security personnel and robbers in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on Friday.
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Dozens of journalists in northern Kunduz province have voiced their concern over lack of cooperation from officials in the coverage of upcoming presidential and provincial council elections.
KABUL (PAN): Fifteen people were killed and 100 others injured when bombs tore through two mosques in Pakistan’s northwestern Malakand tribal region on Friday, a private TV channel reported.
MAIMANA (PAN): Two groups involving 45 fighters have joined the peace process in northern Balkh and Faryab provinces, the National Security Directorate (NDS) said on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): The United States has strongly condemned Thursday suicide bombing that killed 15 people, including six Americans, and wounded more than 40 others in Kabul.
KABUL (PAN): A senior Pentagon official has indicated during a congressional hearing the war on Al-Qaida and its affiliate will continue for a decade or two, an American newspaper reported on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): A senior Taliban leader was detained during a joint operation Afghan and coalition forces in northern Baghlan province on Friday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Local officials on Thursday said the Taliban controlled nearly a dozen villages in the Warduj district of northeastern Badakhshan province.
KABUL (PAN): The interior minister visited the scene of the suicide attack in Kabul, condemning in the strongest of terms the blast that occurred in a residential area of the capital.