Ayaz Gul VOA News August 26, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A drone strike has killed the leader of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdu Saad Erhabi, along with his nine commanders. The overnight missile attack occurred in the Khogyani district of the troubled eastern Nangarhar province where the terrorist group, locally known as ISK-P, is headquartered. Provincial government
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 4, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Wednesday an American drone strike has killed a key militant commander wanted in neighboring Pakistan for terrorism. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish told VOA the attack occurred Tuesday in the volatile Kunar province next to the border with Pakistan. He would not
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 23, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The extremist Pakistani Taliban has formally confirmed the death of its chief in last week’s American drone strike in eastern Afghanistan and announced the appointment of his successor. The slain militant leader, Mullah Fazlullah, and his four key commanders were traveling in a vehicle in the Afghan
Michael Hughes: A U.S. drone operator amid the first ceasefire Afghanistan has ever witnessed decided to launch a projectile into Kunar province to vaporize a morally repugnant Pakistani Taliban leader. The point, however, is not whether the mission succeeded or if he on the receiving end of the strike were target-worthy. The point is what was
VOA News Carla Babb June 14, 2018 PENTAGON — A U.S. drone strike has targeted the leader of the Pakistani Taliban in an Afghan province near the border with Pakistan, a U.S. military official confirmed to VOA. Unconfirmed reports from locals Thursday said Mullah Fazlullah has been killed. The U.S. official, who spoke on the condition
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suspected American airstrike in northeastern Afghanistan has destroyed a Pakistani Taliban-run suicide bombing training center, killing more than 20 militants. Afghan officials confirmed and released few details of the attack Thursday, a day after it occurred in the Kunar province bordering Pakistan. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 12, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The outlawed Pakistani Taliban confirmed Monday its deputy chief was among several militants killed in a recent U.S. drone strike near Pakistan’s volatile border with Afghanistan. In announcing the death of Khan Said Sajna, the spokesman for the so-called Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP, said the pre-dawn drone attack
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 9, 2018 ISLAMABAD — An American drone attack in northwestern Pakistan is believed to have killed a high-profile militant commander along with several of his aides. Tribal sources and local Pakistani officials confirmed Friday the strike took place a day earlier near the Afghan border in North Waziristan tribal district. They
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 2, 2018 A top U.S. commander says he has seen improvement in Afghan forces’ capabilities in the fight against Taliban extremists in Helmand Province since the American military returned to the troubled region nine months ago. But Marine Brigadier General Roger Turner told a Pentagon news briefing on February 1
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 25, 2018 ISLAMABAD – The United States has denied Pakistan’s claim that an American drone strike targeted an Afghan refugee camp in the country, in a war of words between the uneasy allies. The denial Thursday came a day after missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft struck a militant hideout located