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Afghanistan airspace is occupied: defense minister

24th February, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The [Taliban] Minister of National Defense [Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid] has expressed concern about the patrolling of drones in the airspace of Afghanistan and said that the country’s airspace is under occupation and they do not have the technology to prevent the patrolling of these aircraft. “Did we make M-4, M-16, Black Hawk and B-52?

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Posted in Drone warfare, Security, Taliban | Tags: Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Taliban Security Failure |
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Drone Patrols the Darqad District Airspace of Takhar Province

12th November, 2022 · admin

8am: Sources said to Hasht-e Subh that two drones patrolled this district for hours at midnight on Saturday, November 12. Similarly, three months ago, drones targeted two targets in Darqad and Khaja Bahauddin districts of Takhar, which resulted in casualties. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Drone warfare | Tags: Takhar |
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Al-Zawahiri’s Killing Raises Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan

23rd October, 2022 · admin

Jamestown Foundation: The most significant question that arose in the wake of his death concerned the origin of the drone that killed him. It certainly was not from inside Afghanistan. But was it from neighboring Pakistan or some other country? And would Pakistan allow the U.S to use its airspace for a strike on al-Zawahiri

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Drone warfare, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban |
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Biden signs policy limiting drone strikes in Afghanistan, other countries

9th October, 2022 · admin

Ariana: US President Joe Biden has signed a classified policy limiting counterterrorism drone strikes outside conventional war zones, including Afghanistan, New York Times reported this week. The policy requires Biden’s approval before a suspected terrorist is added to a list of those who can be targeted for “direct action,” in a return to a more

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Posted in Drone warfare, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Claims Pakistan Receives Hefty Money for Permitting US Airstrikes on Afghanistan

27th September, 2022 · admin

Khaama: Taliban government authorities assert that US drones invaded Afghanistan through the airspace of Pakistan. They claim that Pakistan receives millions of dollars in return. In a meeting commemorating World Tourism Day, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, Political Deputy of the Taliban government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claimed that Pakistan had allowed the US to use

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Posted in Drone warfare, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai |
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Taliban foreign ministry calls on US to stop drones patrolling in Afghan airspace

7th September, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] said Wednesday the United States’ practice of using drones to patrol Afghan airspace was in violation of the Doha Agreement and of international law and requested Washington to stop. According to Muttaqi, so far the world still does not have a

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Posted in Drone warfare, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Pakistan says Taliban’s claim of US drone operations is ‘highly regrettable’

29th August, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Responding to a claim by the Afghan minister of defense of the US using Pakistan’s airspace for drone operations, Pakistan said late Sunday it was “highly regrettable”. According to a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Islamabad has noted with deep concern the allegation by Afghanistan’s Defense Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoub regarding the use of

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Posted in Drone warfare, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob |
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Taliban Claim US Drones Use Pakistan Airspace to Invade Afghanistan

28th August, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban defense minister Sunday directly accused neighboring Pakistan of allowing the United States to use its airspace for drone attacks against Afghanistan. Mohammad Yaqoob leveled the allegations nearly a month after Washington said it killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone

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Posted in Drone warfare, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob |
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Taliban says it has not found body of al Qaeda terrorist hit by US drone strike in Kabul

25th August, 2022 · admin

Fox News: The Taliban says it has not been able to find the body of al Qaeda terrorist leader Ayman al Zawahiri after a U.S. air strike hit the home he was staying at in Afghanistan. The U.S. said it killed al Zawahiri with a drone strike in the Afghan capital of Kabul in July.

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Drone warfare, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Claim Ignorance about Slain Al-Zawahiri’s Presence in Kabul

4th August, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 4, 2022 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s Taliban administration claimed Thursday that it had “no knowledge” that slain al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was residing in Kabul and warned of unspecified “consequences” if the United States breached Afghan territorial sovereignty in the future. The official declaration in local and English languages came several

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Drone warfare, Haqqani Network, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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