Afghanistan Gunfight

The spokesperson of the anti-Taliban resistance in Panjshir was killed in a fierce gunfight on Sunday. Just days ago, Fahim Dashty, chief spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), had told NDTV: "If we die, history will wri

A powerful car bomb struck near Kabul's international airport today evening, just hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the war-scarred Afghan capital.

The Taliban's main spokesman said on Saturday that he had received an audio statement from Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the Taliban leader reported to have been wounded or killed in a gunfight in Pakistan this week, and would release it shortly.

Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni today after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following their lightning capture of another provincial capital.

At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said today, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.

At least 13 militants were killed in a bombing and a gunfight in Pakistan's restive tribal areas Friday, the latest clashes in almost a week of infighting between rival Taliban factions.

A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said.

An Australian special forces soldier has been killed and two of his fellow troops were wounded in a gun battle with insurgents in southern Afghanistan.

An Afghan soldier was killed in a gunfight with US troops in southwest Afghanistan after he opened fire during an argument on Christmas eve, officials said today.

An explosion hit a shopping mall in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, where gunmen were inside exchanging fire with government security forces, a senior police official said."There was an explosion at the entrance of Kabul City Centre. There are gunshots being heard right now as I'm heading off towards it," Mohammad Zahir, Kabul police criminal i...

The spokesperson of the anti-Taliban resistance in Panjshir was killed in a fierce gunfight on Sunday. Just days ago, Fahim Dashty, chief spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), had told NDTV: "If we die, history will wri

A powerful car bomb struck near Kabul's international airport today evening, just hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the war-scarred Afghan capital.

The Taliban's main spokesman said on Saturday that he had received an audio statement from Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the Taliban leader reported to have been wounded or killed in a gunfight in Pakistan this week, and would release it shortly.

Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni today after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following their lightning capture of another provincial capital.

At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said today, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.

At least 13 militants were killed in a bombing and a gunfight in Pakistan's restive tribal areas Friday, the latest clashes in almost a week of infighting between rival Taliban factions.

A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said.

An Australian special forces soldier has been killed and two of his fellow troops were wounded in a gun battle with insurgents in southern Afghanistan.

An Afghan soldier was killed in a gunfight with US troops in southwest Afghanistan after he opened fire during an argument on Christmas eve, officials said today.

An explosion hit a shopping mall in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, where gunmen were inside exchanging fire with government security forces, a senior police official said."There was an explosion at the entrance of Kabul City Centre. There are gunshots being heard right now as I'm heading off towards it," Mohammad Zahir, Kabul police criminal i...