The Minister of Defense of the Islamic Emirate, in a speech at the graduation ceremony of the commandos of the National Army, warned those who, in his words, are working "to disturb and disrupt security" that "unnecessary propaganda will end up harming them".

Acting Minister of National Defense visited the 209 Al-Fath Army Corps and said that the ministry actively works for the timely supply of necessary equipment to all military divisions across the country.

The most vivid personal memory of war is the first bombs dropping on Kandahar, said Naimatullah Zenrary. “The pressure of the blasts would prompt blood to shoot out of people’s eyes and noses,” he remembered. “The picture has been engraved in my head for almost two decades; the images still appear in my dreams.”

Four militants of the Haqqani militant group have been arrested during an operation in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, the command of special forces said Monday.

Four Taliban militants have been killed after Afghan Special Operations Forces conducted an airstrike in the country's southern province of Helmand in the latest raid against the Taliban insurgents and their supply lines, command of special forces said Sunday.

More than 500 newly graduated officers and soldiers joined the Afghan national army in southern region, an army source said on Saturday.

Sixteen Taliban militants were killed and six others wounded in five provinces since early Tuesday, the country's defense ministry confirmed on Wednesday.

More than 1,550 army cadets, including officers and soldiers, graduated from the army's Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) and joined the Afghan army as fighting rages in the war-torn country, a military source said Monday.

At least 12 Taliban fighters have been arrested in Balkh province, army officials confirmed.

At least 150 security forces have been surrounded by Taliban group in Jawzjan province, local officials said.

Senior Afghan security officials as well as the US and NATO Forces Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller travelled to Ghazni on Tuesday to review situation in the province

As many as 10 armed oppositions were killed and six others were wounded during air attacks carried out by Afghan air forces in southern Helmand province.

Over 21 terrorists have been killed during air attack carried out by Afghan air forces in central Maidan/Wardak province last night.

At least thirteen Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed, three injured and two others arrested in the Taliban attack in north western Faryab province, an official said.

The Taliban captured a district center Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 13 government soldiers. The fighting comes as Russia asserted the Taliban is getting stronger and called for increased efforts to reach a negotiated settlement to the 17-year-old war.

Recently, 8 members of Taliban and ISIS terrorist groups were killed and four others were wounded during clashes in eastern Nangarhar province.

The Afghan military has suffered its worst loss of the year in southern Afghanistan, with at least 40 security force members killed in a Taliban attack this past week, but senior officials had still not released a death toll two days later, according to residents and functionaries from the area who spoke on Sunday.

 At least 58 anti-government militias were killed during joint military operation conducted by Afghan and coalition forces in northern Kunduz province.

Taliban fighters killed or captured an entire Afghan National Army company of more than 50 soldiers on Monday, Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of major attacks by the militant group even as it pursues a peace deal with the United States.

 At least 10 anti-government militias were killed during special operation conducted by Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province last night.