Authorities in Kabul say at least 15 people have died, 80 others have been injured in cross-border firing. What is happening along the Durand Line? WION's Palki Sharma has a report.

Gravitas: Pak shelling kills 15 Afghan civilians

Tensions are flaring between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a cross border firing incident occurred at Chaman on July 30. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Pak shelling kills 15 Afghan civilians, Afghan forces in high alert

The United Nations called Tuesday for an immediate reduction of violence in Afghanistan, saying civilian deaths by both Taliban and Afghanistan's own security forces is on the increase.

Rise in civilian deaths by Taliban and Afghan forces, says UN

Taliban militants ambushed a government checkpoint in Balkh province in Afghanistan's north, killing at least 15 members of the security forces, local officials said on Tuesday, the latest in an escalating series of insurgent attacks.

Taliban kill 15 in attack on Afghan security checkpoint: Officials

Over 100 terrorists were neutralised and 45 others suffered injuries in operations conducted by the Afghan forces in the last 24 hours. The forces conducted 18 operations in 15 different provinces of Afghanistan.

100 terrorists killed, 45 injured over last 24 hours in Afghanistan

At least eight militants from the Taliban Islamist movement were killed in a clash with security forces in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, Khawaja Yahya Alawi, a spokesman for the 205th Corps, said on Sunday.

At least 8 Taliban militants killed in clash with Afghan forces in Kandahar

In a joint counter-terrorism operation by the Aghan and the US forces, 110 Taliban terrorists were killed or injured in the South-eastern Paktika province on Sunday.

90 terrorists killed, 20 injured in counter-terrorism operation by US, Afghan forces in Paktika

Afghanistan's special forces repelled an assault on Saturday on the country's northern city of Kunduz, which was attacked by the Taliban movement earlier in the day, acting Defence Minister Asadullah Khalid said.

Afghan forces regain control of Kunduz after Taliban attack: Defence minister

Afghan government forces mistakenly killed seven civilians, including children, in an attack on militants south of the capital, a provincial official said on Monday, the latest victims of a war undiminished by peace talks.

Afghan forces kill seven civilians in attack on militants

Five terrorists were killed and four others sustained injuries in an exchange of fire between Afghan forces and Taliban in the country's northern province of Takhar on Sunday.

5 Taliban terrorists killed by Afghan forces in Takhar province

Afghan forces on Monday killed at least 12 commanders belonging to the Haqqani Network terror group in an operation in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan, the country`s intelligence agency said.

12 Haqqani Network commanders killed in Afghanistan

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group`s daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight fighting with US and Afghan forces.

Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war

Pentagon's acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved the transfer of $1.5 billion to build more than 80 miles of barriers on the border with Mexico, US official said on Friday, including taking about $600 million in savings from an account meant for Afghan security forces.

Pentagon to transfer $1.5 billion from Afghan forces, other areas for border wall construction

Afghan civilians are for the first time being killed in greater numbers by US and pro-government forces than by the Taliban and other insurgent groups, a UN report released Wednesday revealed.

More civilians now killed by US, Afghan forces than by insurgents: UN report

Afghan security forces have arrested six alleged members of the Islamic State militant group and accused them of using hundreds of fake accounts on Facebook Inc and other social media to find recruits, authorities said on Thursday.

Afghan forces arrest alleged Islamic State online recruiters: Report

Afghanistan's main spy agency has killed a Taliban commander who was the mastermind of this week's deadly attack on Afghan forces at a military base in the central province of Maidan Wardak, officials said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan says Taliban mastermind of deadly attack on military base killed

Heavily armed Taliban fighters destroyed bridges near the central city of Ghazni on Saturday, closing the main highway between the capital Kabul and southern Afghanistan, officials said.

Afghan forces, Taliban battle for control of highway in Ghazni province

Ammonium nitrate is also widely used as a fertiliser. Its import into Afghanistan however is banned for security reasons

Afghan forces seize 8 tonnes of bomb-making chemical at Pakistan border

Four people were killed and five wounded by unidentified gunmen in a separate attack on a lawmaker's Nangarhar home on Friday. The lawmaker was not at home at the time.

Afghan forces kill 10 Taliban as ceasefire is announced

The Taliban fighters emerged from their hiding places about an hour before midnight on Wednesday

Taliban emerge from hiding to battle Afghan forces in city near Iran

"There are many people in the same situation. Thousands of young people are jobless, they either join the Taliban or cross the border to Iran to find a living."

As Afghan forces squeeze in Helmand, Taliban focus shifts

The Taliban released pictures that appeared to show fighters in the town

Taliban capture district centre in western Afghan province

News reports said that around 13 others were left wounded

Afghan forces kill 28 insurgents during airstrikes

A more aggressive US strategy in Afghanistan including a surge in air strikes introduced by President Donald Trump in August has pushed the Taliban back from several district centres and two provincial capitals.

Afghan Taliban say they want to end war through dialogue

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