Tolo News: Former Vice President Mohammad Younus Qanooni on Thursday said that the Taliban are implementing the policies of foreigners under the pretext of resisting foreign aggression and protecting Islam, but these are “vacant slogans.” He suggested that any effort to bring peace to the country should be carried out by the Afghan government. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 17, 2019 The United Nations said that an “unprecedented” number of civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan from July to September, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.” The UN said in a report on October 17 that the 1,174 deaths and 3,139 injured amount to a 42 percent increase over
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 16, 2019 At least three police officers were killed and about 36 people, including 20 children, were wounded when a vehicle bomb exploded near a police station in eastern Afghanistan on October 16. The explosion near the police headquarters in the Alishang district of Laghman Province also partially destroyed a
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 15, 2019 ISLAMABAD – A United Nations investigation has found insurgent attacks targeting the recent presidential electoral process in Afghanistan caused nearly 460 civilian casualties, including 85 deaths. The special report by the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released Tuesday, blames more than 80 percent of the casualties on
Tolo News: Gunmen associated with Commander Zalmay, a member of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami group, have killed three members of a family–including one child– in Baghlan province, security sources told TOLOnews. Security sources said that the gunmen killed the family following a brawl over 70,000 Afs in Khalazayee village in Baghlan province. Click here to read more
ANI: Taking to Twitter on Friday after meeting the Afghan leadership, Democrat senator Maggie Hassan said, “Pakistan continues to support and harbour the Taliban and, in doing so, continues to support and harbour al-Qaeda. And there is a real presence of ISIS-K in Afghanistan that poses a direct threat to our homeland, as well.” Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 13, 2019 The Taliban has shot and killed a government official in the capital Kabul. Raz Mohammad Waziri, the district governor of Jaghatu in Maidan Wardak Province, was killed in western Kabul on October 12, according to the provincial government in a statement. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 13, 2019 Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says government forces have gained control of a district in the country’s north from the Taliban. In a statement, the ministry said the Dash-e Archi district of Kunduz Province, along the border with Tajikistan, was retaken on October 12. Afghan special forces units stormed the
Ariana: U.S. President Donald Trump stressed that it is time bring U.S. troops back home from Afghanistan. Speaking at his campaign rally in Minneapolis, Mr. Trump said, “We were supposed to be in Afghanistan for a short period of time. We’re now going to be there for close to 19 years. It’s time to bring them
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 8, 2019 KABUL – Al-Qaida’s South Asia region chief, Asim Omar, was killed along with many others in southern Afghanistan last month, according to a statement released by Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security. The Tuesday statement said a joint operation — a term usually used to