Tag: Kandahar
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Kandahar mosque bombings toll reaches 47, IS claim responsibility
A series of bombings were launched by the IS-affiliated militants in recent weeks.
October 16, 2021 -
More than 30 dead in Kandahar mosque blast
The explosion's cause is not yet clear, but it is suspected to be a case of suicide bombing. Witnesses said that there were three blasts in the mosque.
October 15, 2021 -
Taliban’s supreme leader shows up in Kandahar
Negotiations over the upcoming government in Afghanistan are expected to be expedited after the supreme leader arrives in Kabul.
August 30, 2021 -
Another Afghan provincial capital Kandahar seized by Taliban
The Taliban captured Afghanistan's third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, further squeezing the country's embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there.
August 13, 2021 -
India consulate safe, Taliban claims of takeover false: Kandahar Guv
As the Taliban's attacks increased on Kandhar, India temporarily withdrew its diplomats for security reasons.
July 13, 2021 -
Resurgent Taliban
The Taliban also captured a key district in its former bastion of Kandahar after fierce night-time fighting with Afghan government forces.
July 10, 2021 -
Taliban attacks pushed back in Kandahar: Afghan official
Kandahar residents said they were still concerned about the security situation in the province and that there was a need for large-scale operations in some parts.
January 9, 2021 -
3 policemen killed in suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province; several injured
The incident took place at 4:00 am (local time) in Shah Wali Kot district, as a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near the Police HQ.
July 8, 2020 -
Afghanistan: Two female officers shot dead by suspected Taliban militants
The policewomen were on their way to duty in Arghandab district, in the north of Kandahar city, before being shot in the latest targeted attack.
August 28, 2019 -
Roadside blast kills 6 civilians in southern Afghanistan
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
June 11, 2019 -
Elections postponed in Afghanistan after top officials’ assassination
According to the Afghanistan's Election Commission, out of the 7,384 voting centres that fall in Taliban territory, 2,384 will remain closed on election day.
October 19, 2018 -
India condemns terror attack in Afghanistan
"Deeply shocked and saddened by the dastardly terrorist attack in Kandahar," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) tweeted quoting Modi.
October 19, 2018 -
8 killed in Taliban suicide attack on Afghan police station
At least eight people were killed and many others wounded after a Taliban suicide car bombing struck a district police station in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Friday, the police said. The attack occurred around 4.30 a.m. when a Taliban suicide bomber drove a hijacked explosive-laden military vehicle into the Maywand district police station, an Afghan …
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December 22, 2017 -
Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kandahar, kills civilian
An Afghan woman was killed and four civilians wounded when a suicide car bomb struck a NATO-led coalition forces’ convoy in Kandahar city on Sunday, an official said. The blast occurred around 2 p.m. local time in Police District 5 of Kandahar city, capital of southern province of Kandahar, along a road which connects the …
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December 17, 2017