Three killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan: official
- 21-Mar-2024
KANDAHAR: A suicide bombing killed three people and wounded 12 others outside a bank in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, a provincial official said. “A suicide attack occurred in which three compatriots were killed and 12 others were wounded, according to preliminary information,” Inamullah Samangani, Director of Information and Culture of Kandahar […]
At least 32 dead, 53 wounded in Kandahar mosque blast
- 15-Oct-2021
Blasts tore through a mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, killing at least 32 people and injuring 53 others. The cause of the explosions was not immediately clear, but they came a week after a suicide attack on worshippers at a mosque in the northern city of Kunduz that was […]
India’s military planes drop weapons in Afghanistan in guise of airlifting diplomats
- 11-Jul-2021
ISLAMABAD: Two Indian planes landed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar on Saturday to airlift its team of a diplomatic mission serving there apparently, only to emerge later that it dropped ammunition in the guise of it to be used against Afghan Taliban, ARY NEWS reported. The entire episode exposed the double game of the Indian authorities, who […]
India shuts down Afghanistan’s Kandahar consulate
- 11-Jul-2021
India has evacuated around 50 diplomats and other staff members of the Kandahar consulate in Afghanistan in view of the “intense fighting near Kandahar city, reported Indian media. The fighting started as the Taliban tries to regain control over the country as the US pulls out its forces after nearly two decades. The personnel at […]
Afghans risk their lives to vote in delayed Kandahar poll
- 27-Oct-2018
KABUL: Afghans risked their lives to vote in legislative elections in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, after the Taliban-claimed killing of a powerful police chief delayed the ballot by a week. An hour after voting was due to start, long queues of turbaned men could be seen outside still-shuttered polling centres in the deeply conservative Kandahar […]
Afghanistan delays vote in strategic Kandahar after killing of commander
- 19-Oct-2018
Saturday’s parliamentary election in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar will be delayed by a week after the assassination of one of the country’s most powerful security chiefs.
Top Afghan police chief killed in shooting, US general unhurt
- 18-Oct-2018
KANDAHAR: Gen. Abdul Razeq, one of Afghanistan’s most powerful security officials, was killed on Thursday when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor’s compound in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said. Gen. Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan who had been at the meeting with Razeq only moments earlier, […]
16 killed, 38 wounded by blast in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
- 22-May-2018
KANDAHAR: At least 16 people were killed and 38 wounded Tuesday when a minivan packed with explosives exploded as members of the security forces were trying to defuse it in southern Afghanistan, officials said. Police and intelligence officers in the city of Kandahar had already cleared the area around a bus station where the van […]
16 killed, 38 wounded by blast in southern Afghan city
- 22-May-2018
KABUL: At least 16 people were killed and 38 wounded Tuesday when a minivan packed with explosives detonated as security forces were trying to defuse it in southern Afghanistan, officials said. Security forces in Kandahar had already cleared the area around a bus station where the van was found, provincial governor spokesman Daud Ahmadi said. […]
43 Afghan troops die in Kandahar military base attack
- 19-Oct-2017
KANDAHAR: At least 43 Afghan soldiers were killed in a militant attack on an Afghan military base in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The Taliban carried out two suicide car bombings at the military camp, setting off a battle continued for several hours. “A group of insurgents attacked an army base in Chashmo […]