JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 15 people, including two Taliban insurgents, have been killed in a special forces’ operation in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. Ajmal Omar, a member of the provincial council, told Pajhwok...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday said more than 64,000 Afghan civilians were either killed or wounded during the past nine years, with the Taliban causing 70 percent of the casualties.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Former president Hamid Karzai on Monday said killing civilians “is an act against all Islamic and human rules and a crime against humanity.” A statement from Karzai’s media office to Pajhwok Afghan News said a number of Afghan...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Sixty-four thousand civilians have been killed and wounded over the past nine years in Afghanistan , with the government lacking strategy for their protection, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Wednesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Taliban militants on Friday rejected a United Nations (UN) report that blamed the militants for 65 percent of civilian casualties in 2017. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday released its annual...

KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 1,372 civilians lost their lives and 2,360 others sustained wounds in violent incidents during the last eight months of 2017 in Afghanistan , the Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) said on Wednesday. Announcing...

KABUL (Pajhwok): June proved to be the deadliest month for civilians in Afghanistan during the past 15 years as more than 1,000 people were either killed or wounded in violent incidents across the country, a group said on Monday.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Nine members of a family have allegedly been killed during an operation in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, but local officials reject the claim as baseless. Residents of Greshk said they tried to place the...

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The provincial government of southern Helmand province on Monday confirmed those killed and wounded in recent NATO airstrikes in the troubled Sangin district were civilians including women and children. At least 25 civilians,...