Nazrana Ghaffar VOA News July 21, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to announce his policy for Afghanistan before the end of this month, amid growing concerns about the increasing presence of Islamic State and other terrorists groups in the region. Trump’s move to give more authority to the Pentagon is welcomed across the
PTI: WASHINGTON: Pakistan created terror groups such as the Taliban, the Haqqani network and the Lashkar-e- Taiba to keep India “off balance” and protect Islamabad’s interests in war-torn Afghanistan, according to former US diplomats and officials. William Milam, a former US ambassador to Pakistan, and Philip Reiner, a former senior director for South Asia at
KABUL, July 20, (Xinhua) — Taliban militants who have been fighting the government to regain power have intensified activities as the armed group has engaged security forces in several provinces. The militants in their latest waves of targeting government interests, launched massive offensive against government troops in Gereshk district of the southern Helmand province Thursday
KABUL, July 18 (Xinhua) — Taliban militants who have lost ground in the northern Kunduz province amid government forces mounting pressure, launched major offensive in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the neighboring Baghlan province on Tuesday to reduce stress on fighters in Kunduz, local observers said. The surprise and multi-pronged attacks which began at 03:00 a.m. local
Press TV July 17, 2017 The United Nations has warned against a sharp rise in civilians casualties amid violence in Afghanistan, saying over 5,000 people were killed or wounded in the war-torn country in the first half of this year. In its mid-year report published on Monday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) is tasked with trying to budge the country towards some kind of peace process with a headless Taliban movement while the body faces an existential struggle against Afghan lawmakers. Moreover, President Ashraf Ghani believes negotiations must start not with the Taliban but with the group’s benefactors, although that is
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 16, 2017 Afghan troops have recaptured a district from Taliban militants in the volatile southern province of Helmand, a government official said. A large-scale operation to retake Helmand’s Nawa district began early on July 15 with Afghan troops moving in from three different directions as international forces provided air support,
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it finds it necessary to build a fence along its long porous border with Afghanistan, in part because of a lack of cooperation from authorities in Kabul. The border region has long been a source of instability, with militant groups, terrorists and smugglers using the
Jeff Seldin VOA News July 14, 2017 PENTAGON — The top Islamic State official in Afghanistan has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, the second such targeted killing in the past four months and third in the past year. U.S. military officials said Friday that Abu Sayed was killed July 11 in a strike on the
Tolo News: At least two Taliban fighters were killed and three others wounded after ambushing a convoy of four fuel tankers in Chashma-e-Sheer area in the north of Pul-e-Khumri city in northern Baghlan province on Thursday morning, local officials confirmed. According to the drivers of the tankers, a group of Taliban fighters fired rockets at them.