2017-08-18
Iran is directly helping the Taliban in an attempt to destabilise western Afghanistan, Ghor provincial officials told Salaam Times.
2017-08-16
The bodies of 42 civilians, including children, were found shot and beheaded in three mass graves in Mirzawalang, Sar-e-Pul Province, officials said.
Only 400 to 600 ISIS militants are left in Afghanistan, says the Ministry of Defence.
2017-08-14
The militants beheaded a religious scholar and elders who opposed the group's extremism and banned television 'to keep us ignorant', residents say.
2017-08-11
Taliban and ISIS activities disproportionately affect innocent civilians, undermine the country's economy and have nothing to do with Islam, observers say.
2017-08-09
'They didn't even spare women or children,' one villager said. 'I buried 10 bodies in one grave.'
2017-08-07
A joint group of fighters reportedly entered the town, burned mosques, killed dozens of civilians and mutilated their bodies.
2017-08-02
Mourners took to the streets, carrying coffins of their loved ones, in protest of the terrorist group.
2017-08-01
With civilians largely bearing the brunt of attacks, Afghan unity is the only viable path to defeat terrorism, officials say.
2017-07-31
Afghan security forces evacuated embassy staff and all four attackers were killed, officials say.
