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Kandahar airport in Afghanistan targeted by rockets

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – Afghanistan's Kandahar airport was targeted by Taliban rockets today.
2021-04-07 17:45
104 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan in past 24h

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that in the past 24 hours, 104 Taliban members have been killed and 68 others wounded in the clashes between the army and the Taliban in various parts of the country.
2021-04-06 17:35
22 Afghan military forces killed in Helmand province

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Following the Taliban attack on an Afghan army checkpoint in Helmand province, 22 Afghan soldiers were killed and 14 others were abducted.
2021-04-06 05:33
110 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – In continuation of Afghanistan’s army operations in various parts of the country, 110 Taliban members were killed.
2021-04-05 21:30
96 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan in past 24 hours

TEHRAN, Apr. 04 (MNA) – Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that 96 Taliban members were killed and 12 others were wounded in an airstrike by the army in Kandahar and Kunar provinces.
2021-04-04 15:06
77 Taliban member killed in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – According to TOLO TV, at least 77 Taliban members were killed in operations of the Afghan army in various provinces of Afghanistan.
2021-04-03 16:39
27 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan’s Zabul province

TEHRAN, Mar. 25 (MNA) – The Afghan Ministry of Defense in a statement announced that 27 Taliban members were killed and 18 others were wounded in clashes with Afghan security forces overnight in Zabul province.
2021-03-25 13:34
Afghanistan welcomes Moscow conference’s resolution

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – The Afghan government on Friday welcomed the call at a conference in Moscow for ending hostilities and moving towards a peaceful settlement in Afghanistan.
2021-03-19 18:28
US airstrikes target Taliban in Kandahar province

TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) – The US has conducted airstrikes against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan in the past 48 hours, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
2021-03-17 21:28
Eight students, professors killed, wounded in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – A driver and a student were killed and six university professors were injured when gunmen attacked a bus in Afghanistan's Baghlan province.
2021-03-16 21:23
Car bomb explosion injures Afghan soldier in Wardak

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – A car bomb blast injured an Afghan soldier in the central province of Maidan Wardak, according to the Ministry of Interior on Friday.
2021-03-12 13:30
93 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan in past 24 hours

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that 93 Taliban members have been killed in the past 24 hours in Faryab, Kandahar and Zabul.
2021-03-10 16:46
7 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attack

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Seven Afghan army forces have been killed and four others injured in Balkh province on Saturday.
2021-03-06 19:47
'My assassination plot foiled': Amrullah Saleh

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh announced on Wed. that his assassination plot has been foiled.
2021-03-03 13:13
46 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar prov.

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) ---The Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that 33 members of the Taliban were killed and 13 others were wounded in clashes with Afghan security forces in Kandahar province.
2021-02-26 22:33
57 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – Afghan Defense Ministry announced that 57 Taliban members were killed and several others wounded in Kandahar, Faryab and Kapisa provinces in the past 24 hours.
2021-02-24 13:00
Afghan security forces free 42 hostages held by Taliban

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Afghan Special Forces released 42 persons who were taken hostage by Taliban during a night operation.
2021-02-16 15:32
65 media activists killed in Afghanistan in last 3 yrs.: UN

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan in a report announced that sixty-five human rights and media employees have been killed in Afghanistan since 2018 up to Jan. 2021.
2021-02-16 14:48
Bomb blast kills 7 police forces in Afghanistan’s Faryab

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Seven Afghan police forces were killed in a car bomb in the northern province of Faryab on Tuesday.
2021-02-16 12:10
80 Taliban members were killed in 7 Afghanistan's provinces

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – The Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that 80 Taliban members were killed and several others were wounded in clashes with government forces in 7 provinces in the past 24 hours.
2021-02-16 01:00
Pakistan to confer on Afghanistan with US, regional countries

TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – Some news sources say that Pakistan is in contact with the Biden government, as well as countries in the region, including China, Russia and Iran, to reach a consensus on the situation in Afghanistan.
2021-02-15 14:02
Bomb blast leaves 1 dead, 1 injured in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – One person has been killed and another injured in an explosion in the central province of Uruzgan in Afghanistan.
2021-02-14 22:20
Taliban denies reports over death of 'Taliban leader'

TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – A senior Taliban member denied the controversial news over the death of Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada in an explosion in Quetta of Pakistan.
2021-02-14 16:00
153 Taliban members killed in past 24h: Afghan MoD

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense says the country’s army has killed more than 150 members of the Taliban in the past 24 hours.
2021-02-13 12:58
Seven security forces wounded in Kandahar car bomb blast

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Seven security forces have been wounded in a car bomb explosion in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.
2021-02-13 10:30
16 security forces killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz

TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – A security source said on Friday that 16 security force members were killed and two more were wounded in a Taliban attack on their outpost in Khan Abad district in the northern province of Kunduz on Thursday night.
2021-02-05 11:45
Iran envoy, Afghanistan's Abdullah confer on peace process

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fard held talks with Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on the country's peace process.
2021-02-02 16:12
By: Pantea Nikzad

Taliban presser on Afghan peace process in Tehran

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – In a press conference held on Monday in Tehran, Taliban's spokesman Suhail Shaheen, as well as Abdul Haq Wasiq, and Mullah Khairullah Khairkhah, members of the Taliban negotiating team, answered questions raised by reporters.
2021-02-02 10:44
Americans ‘responsible for violence in Afghanistan’: Taliban

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – A Spokesman for the Taliban negotiating delegation in Doha Suhail Shaheen said that Americans are responsible for the spread of recent violence in Afghanistan.
2021-02-01 20:30
'US cannot return to JCPOA with just one signature'

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that the US left the JCPOA with one signature, but it cannot return to it with one signature.
2021-02-01 11:54