Kandhar

An hideout used by Taliban insurgents is seen being destroyed in an airstrike by defense forces in a video released by the Afghanistan government on Twitter. Tens of terrorists were killed and wounded as a result of the airstrike in Zherai district.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said the Indian Embassy in Kabul is in touch with Afghan authorities to bring back the body of Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Kandhar earlier today.

On Monday morning, Lakshman Kandhare, a waste picker from the Solid Waste Collection and Handling cooperative or the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune, came across a laptop bag as he made his regular morning rounds.

Once a deadpan radio announcer under the Taliban, Masood Sanjer has gained renown for being a thorn in the side of accountability-dodging Afghan officials, exemplifying hard-won media freedoms that are at stake in a pivotal year.

The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course.

Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents today vowed revenge against "sick minded American savages" for the weekend rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes. The Taliban would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr", they said in a statement on their website.

The white flags of the Taliban no longer fly from neighbourhoods in Kandahar City, as they did in some areas only two weeks ago, replaced instead by the red, black and green Afghan colors.But if the Taliban have been driven further underground, there has been no significant let-up in their campaign of terror and assassination against anyone connect...

Top JeM militant Nannu Mia, who claimed to have played a key role in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999 from Kathmandu to Kandahar, has been arrested along with four other militants in Dhaka.

An hideout used by Taliban insurgents is seen being destroyed in an airstrike by defense forces in a video released by the Afghanistan government on Twitter. Tens of terrorists were killed and wounded as a result of the airstrike in Zherai district.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said the Indian Embassy in Kabul is in touch with Afghan authorities to bring back the body of Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Kandhar earlier today.

On Monday morning, Lakshman Kandhare, a waste picker from the Solid Waste Collection and Handling cooperative or the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune, came across a laptop bag as he made his regular morning rounds.

Once a deadpan radio announcer under the Taliban, Masood Sanjer has gained renown for being a thorn in the side of accountability-dodging Afghan officials, exemplifying hard-won media freedoms that are at stake in a pivotal year.

The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course.

Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents today vowed revenge against "sick minded American savages" for the weekend rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes. The Taliban would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr", they said in a statement on their website.

The white flags of the Taliban no longer fly from neighbourhoods in Kandahar City, as they did in some areas only two weeks ago, replaced instead by the red, black and green Afghan colors.But if the Taliban have been driven further underground, there has been no significant let-up in their campaign of terror and assassination against anyone connect...

Top JeM militant Nannu Mia, who claimed to have played a key role in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999 from Kathmandu to Kandahar, has been arrested along with four other militants in Dhaka.