Insider Attack In Afghanistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ruled out hosting American bases in Pakistan for military action inside war-torn Afghanistan, fearing it might lead to his country being "targeted in revenge attacks" by terrorists.

Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, and up to 200 people were believed to be trapped inside, a member of parliament said.

The Taliban killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province today, a senior defence official said.

In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India has said the problem of terrorism in Afghanistan is not a local one and attacks inside the country are launched from safe havens in its neighbourhood that has sheltered Taliban leaders and supported the "dark agendas" of terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against terrorists moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan

Save the Children suspended operations across Afghanistan on Wednesday as ISIS terrorised staff trapped inside one of its offices in an hours-long attack, the latest assault on a foreign charity.

A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said, the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority.

Seven American troops were wounded Saturday in an insider attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base, as the US appears set to boost its troop presence in the country.

"India's work in Afghanistan will go on, despite today's rocket attack," India's Ambassador in Afghanistan, Manpreet Vohra has told NDTV after a rocket exploded inside his residential compound in Kabul this morning.

Four Americans were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said, in a major breach of security.

As many as 12 Afghan soldiers were killed in their sleep by comrades in an outpost near the northern city of Kunduz, an official said on Tuesday, in the latest so-called "insider attack".

Explosions and gunfire rang out as terrorists stormed the elite American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, prompting desperate calls for help from students trapped inside classrooms, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.

The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of "bacha bazi" -- paedophilic boy play -- to infiltrate security ranks, multiple officials and survivors of such assaults told AFP.

An Afghan police official says six police have been shot and killed by colleagues who turned their guns on them at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Uruzgan province.

A rogue policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan early today, officials said, the second insider attack on police in just over a week.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ruled out hosting American bases in Pakistan for military action inside war-torn Afghanistan, fearing it might lead to his country being "targeted in revenge attacks" by terrorists.

Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, and up to 200 people were believed to be trapped inside, a member of parliament said.

The Taliban killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province today, a senior defence official said.

In a veiled reference to Pakistan, India has said the problem of terrorism in Afghanistan is not a local one and attacks inside the country are launched from safe havens in its neighbourhood that has sheltered Taliban leaders and supported the "dark agendas" of terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against terrorists moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan

Save the Children suspended operations across Afghanistan on Wednesday as ISIS terrorised staff trapped inside one of its offices in an hours-long attack, the latest assault on a foreign charity.

A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday night, a security official said, the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country's Shi'ite minority.

Seven American troops were wounded Saturday in an insider attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base, as the US appears set to boost its troop presence in the country.

"India's work in Afghanistan will go on, despite today's rocket attack," India's Ambassador in Afghanistan, Manpreet Vohra has told NDTV after a rocket exploded inside his residential compound in Kabul this morning.

Four Americans were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said, in a major breach of security.

As many as 12 Afghan soldiers were killed in their sleep by comrades in an outpost near the northern city of Kunduz, an official said on Tuesday, in the latest so-called "insider attack".

Explosions and gunfire rang out as terrorists stormed the elite American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, prompting desperate calls for help from students trapped inside classrooms, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.

The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of "bacha bazi" -- paedophilic boy play -- to infiltrate security ranks, multiple officials and survivors of such assaults told AFP.

An Afghan police official says six police have been shot and killed by colleagues who turned their guns on them at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Uruzgan province.

A rogue policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in southern Afghanistan early today, officials said, the second insider attack on police in just over a week.