RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 18, 2018 The police chief and intelligence head of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar have been killed in a shooting attack, officials say, in a major blow to the West-backed government in Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the October 18 assault that came just two days before parliamentary
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RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 17, 2018 An Afghan candidate has been killed in an explosion in his office in the southern province of Helmand, officials said, as violence escalates ahead of the October 20 parliamentary elections. Abdul Jabar Qahraman was killed in the explosion of a bomb apparently placed under a sofa in his
Tolo News: Former chief of the National Directorate of Security Amrullah Saleh said on Tuesday that the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad does not have the authority to talk with Taliban on behalf of the Afghan people. Saleh made the remarks at a gathering in Kapisa province where he voiced disapproval over talks between Khalilzad and Taliban last week in Qatar. Saleh said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 16, 2018 Dozens of Afghan police officers have been killed in two attacks claimed by the Taliban in north and central Afghanistan, just days before parliamentary elections that the militants have threatened to disrupt. A militant assault on security outposts in the northern Samangan region on October 16 killed several
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 14, 2018 Taliban fighters have attacked two checkpoints in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, killing at least 17 Afghan soldiers and abducting 11 others, officials say. Ghausuddin Noorzai, the district chief in Posht Rod, said that another four soldiers were wounded in the attack, which began late on October 13
Press TV October 13, 2018 A bomb attack at an election rally in northeastern Afghanistan has claimed the lives of over a dozen people and left above 30 wounded. Officials have put the number of fatalities at 13 but medics say the toll could rise even higher. They said the explosion occurred when a motorbike
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 13, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The United States and the Taliban held a new round of direct talks this week in Qatar, where the two sides agreed to continue the dialogue process to promote a negotiated settlement to the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman, while announcing details of Friday’s meeting,
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 11, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban announced Thursday that it would allow the International Committee of the Red Cross to fully resume operations in Afghanistan, restoring safety guarantees that had been withdrawn a few weeks ago. The Islamist insurgency had pulled the guarantees in August after accusing the relief group
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 11, 2018 At least 15 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban assault in the northern province of Kunduz, reports say, as the militants escalate their offensive ahead of this month’s general elections. A member of the provincial council, Amruddin Wali, said 15 members of