Latest Kandahar News

Reclusive Taliban leader releases Eid message urging officials to set aside their differences

Apr. 06, 2024 07:53 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada urged his officials to set aside their differences and serve Afghanistan properly, according to a written statement released Saturday ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Public...

Islamic State group claims responsibility for bombing at Afghan bank and says it targeted Taliban

Mar. 22, 2024 03:42 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted people trying to collect their salaries at a bank in southern Afghanistan. The bombing Thursday at a branch of New Kabul Bank in Kandahar city killed three people and wounded 12 others. ...

A suicide bomber attacks a bank in Afghanistan, killing at least 3 people and injuring 12 others

Mar. 21, 2024 03:54 AM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber carried out an attack Thursday at a private bank in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring 12 others, officials said. All of the victims were people who had gathered at the branch of New Kabul Bank to...

A highway crash in southern Afghanistan kills 21 people and injures 38

Mar. 17, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A highway crash in southern Afghanistan left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured, according to a provincial traffic department. The crash occurred on Sunday morning in Gerashk district of Helmand province on the main highway between southern Kandahar and...