Kandahar province

Eight election commission employees killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Those who were killed in the attack were stationed in the government offices inside the district to register voters for the upcoming presidential polls in the war-torn country.

Jun 30, 2019, 16:50 PM IST

16 security personnel killed in Afghanistan

"A group of Taliban militants attacked the checkpoints in Shah Walikot district at around 2 a.m.," the official told Xinhua news agency.

Jul 20, 2017, 15:00 PM IST

18 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack

This is the second attack in Shah Wali Kot this week. 

May 26, 2017, 19:52 PM IST

UN torture committee wants Afghan general prosecuted

The Afghan National Police (ANP) in the province was allegedly responsible for incommunicado detention, enforced disappearances, mass arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killings during counter-insurgency operations, it said. 

May 12, 2017, 21:48 PM IST