Taliban bomb kills eight Afghan police: officials

KABUL, April 24 (Xinhua) -- A tremor jolted Afghan capital Kabul and eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan at 01: 55 p.m. local time on Wednesday, claiming the lives of three people and injuring 70 others, an official said. "So far ...

US Geological Survey said that it occurred 11km south of Mehtar Lam in the Laghman province of Afghanistan Tremors were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Lahore and the tribal areas of Pakistan. At several places in Pakistan, the tremors last ...

Font size: MEHTERLAM (WNA): Four of a militant group planning roadside mine to target a passing-by security convoy were killed and another wounded in eastern province of Laghman, an official said on Wednesday. Governor spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak told ...

Afghanistan security forces walk on a road during an operation in Alisheng district of Laghman province on April 11, 2013. : Published on 13 Apr. 2013 12:44 AM IST Print Text Size Scores of heavily armed Taliban militants killed 13 Afghan ...

An Afghan security operation on Tuesday in Mehterlam, the capital city of eastern Laghman province, killed 15 insurgents, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry said the insurgent's commander, identified as Qari Almas, was also killed in the raid.

Font size: KABUL (WNA): The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) on Wednesday condemned what it said another killing referring to an ambiguously assassination of photo-reporter in eastern Laghman province. With sadness another star ...

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan The smell of freshly-popped popcorn floats down a hallway at Forward Operating Base Xio Haq. Its not coming from the Morale Welfare and Recreation building, but from the Religious Support Team's office. The offer of ...

Font size: MEHTARLAM (WNA): A photographer from the Laghman police chief office was dubiously killed after touring to a historical site in Alingar district of the province, where two of his friends were accompanying him, an official said Wednesday.

The explosives were set off when the animal walked close to a police post in the volatile district of Alingar in Laghman province early in the morning, provincial spokesman Sarhadi Zwak told AFP. "The bomb on the back of the donkey was remotely ...