Local officials said that one protester was killed and four others including a police officer were injured on Saturday during a demonstration-turned-riot at the Iranian Consulate in Herat province. Do...
Mehrabuddin Safi, the Governor of Kapisa province, on Friday said that the presence of Illegal Armed Groups (IAGs) in his province was the single greatest threat to its residents' security and safety,...
Suspected Taliban in Afghanistan shot dead Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, whose book about her dramatic escape from the militants in the 90s became a Bollywood film, police said on Thursday.Police i...
Despite assurances from security officials that all measures are being taken to address the issue, residents of Sholgarah district in northern Balkh province on Thursday drew attention to the growing...
According to reports from doctors and police officials in Jowzjan province, a nine-year-old boy was hospitalized after being raped by an older boy in the Mangjak district on Wednesday. The victim's fa...
Over a month after Bamyan Governor Habiba Sarabi and MP Masouda Karokhi were given prestigious awards for their work in the field of governance, peace building and women's empowerment in Afghanistan,...
Local officials said that the Governor of Spinghar district in eastern Nangarhar, Kazim Khan Muhmand was injured in a roadside bomb blast.The incident took place in the district, while he was on his w...
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday night that eight police officers would be prosecuted in a military court after being arrested for killing six children swimming in the Larkhab river in n...
A number of tribal elders from various provinces of Afghanistan jointly advocated for Afghanistan's Presidential election slated for next spring to be delayed until 2018 in light of the security probl...
Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, the head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) Secretariat, acknowledged major concerns regarding the securing of polling sites for the upcoming election on Monday. Accord...
