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Washington: The United States used a special missile in its drone strikes in Afghanistan that does not explode but releases knife-like blades, hitting the targets with precision to avoid collateral damage to civilians, according to reports. The US drone...
Washington: One day ahead of the American withdrawal deadline from Afghanistan, the U.S. military kept up a constant flow of airport traffic in an effort to evacuate citizens and service members from Kabul. The U.S. military evacuated about 1,200 people...
Washington: In the light of the United States exit from Afghanistan, the incidents of the past week in Kabul has once again awakened mighty America to risks posed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province ( ISIS-K ). This wake-up call came in the wee hours...
Behesta Arghand, an Afghan female journalist, who made headlines by interviewing a member of the Taliban on television recently, has fled the country. An anchor at TOLO News, Arghand had interviewed a senior Taliban member on 17 August. The interview...
KABUL: Averting a major tragedy, the United States of America (USA) on Monday said that as many as five rockets were fired at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday, but were intercepted by a missile defence system, reported Reuters...
NEW YORK: Qatar, Turkey and G7 officials are reportedly meeting on Monday to discuss operations at Kabul Airport after the August 31 withdrawal deadline. New York Times [NYT].. If US and foreign troops continue to withdraw within the looming deadline...
KABUL: Three children were killed in a drone strike on Sunday that the US said killed an Islamic State suicide car bomber suspected of preparing to attack the Kabul airport, the Associated Press reported citing an Afghan official. The AP said the Afghan...
Kabul: A massive explosion was heard by locals in Kabul on Sunday afternoon, hours after US officials warned of a 'specific, credible threat' of a terror attack near the Hamid Karzai International Airport. The blast occurred due to an airstrike conducted...
Washington: DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. President Joe Biden embarked on a solemn journey Sunday to honor and mourn the 13 U.S. troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as their remains return to U.S. soil from Afghanistan. Biden and his...
KABUL: The United States carried out a "self-defensive" airstrike in Kabul against a suspected ISIS-K car bomb targeting the airport here, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday. Earlier today, an explosion was reported in the capital city of...
KABUL: A Taliban spokesman says a US military airstrike has targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to target the Kabul international airport amid the American evacuation there. Zabihullah Mujahid said in a message to journalists that the strike...
Kabul: A major blast was heard in Afghan capital Kabul, hours after US officials warned of the possibility of a terror attack, reports international news agency AFP. It was a rocket that “initial information shows hit a house”, a security official from...