Tolo News: “Pakistan and Pakistan’s military were involved in the plan to attack Ghazni; Pakistan provided all sufficient aid to them and it’s very clear,” said MoI spokesman Najib Danish. “There has been an intelligence weakness in Ghazni,” said Mohammad Radmanish, deputy spokesman for the ministry of defense. Prior to the attack, Afghan security officials visited
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 19, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced a three-month unilateral conditional cease-fire with the Taliban, hours after authorities confirmed the Islamist insurgency overran a northern district and apparently captured dozens of government soldiers. Ghani explained Afghan forces will halt their operations from Monday, provided the insurgents reciprocate and
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan for at least the fifth time in the past eight years has experienced a “Tet-like” offensive – that is, if you believe military pundits, scholars and reporters who often cannot resist historical analogies even if it comes at the expense of true clarity. This is not to say the siege of Ghazni
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 17, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan has alleged hospitals in neighboring Pakistan are receiving and treating Taliban insurgents who had been injured in recent fighting with Afghan forces in the southeastern Ghazni city. President Ashraf Ghani, while speaking to a gathering of officials, clerics and residents in Ghazni Friday, also said that
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News | August 16, 2018 Afghan officials claim that dozens of Pakistani nationals were among more than 400 militants killed in fierce battles in southeastern Ghazni province in the past several days. “During the Taliban attack in Ghazni province, over 400 terrorists were killed, including 70 Pakistani nationals whose bodies are ready
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 16, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Gunmen launched an attack on a training center on the grounds of Afghanistan’s intelligence service in Kabul, a day after a dozens of people were killed in assault on an education institution in the capital. Bahar Mehr, an advisor to minister of interior told VOA that four
WASHINGTON, August 14 (Sputnik) – Optimistic assessments of US progress in the 16-year Afghan war belie stunning battlefield losses in recent weeks that reflect a shift in the conflict from stalemate to probable defeat of American-backed forces, the private intelligence firm Soufan Group said in a new report on Tuesday. The grim assessment was based
Khaama Press: The leader of the Awami National Party of Pakistan Afrasiab Khattak has said that the dead bodies of the Pakistanis killed in Ghazni city clashes, are being shifted to Pakistan. Khattak was citing reports regarding the killing and apprehension of several Pakistani militants during the Ghazni clashes as he asked the Pakistani authorities for
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 14, 2018 Taliban fighters have overrun an Afghan National Army operations base in northern Afghanistan while, further to the south, security forces are battling for a fifth consecutive day against Taliban militants who seized the city of Ghazni. Defense Ministry spokesman Ghafor Ahmad Jawed said Taliban fighters gained control of
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 13, 2018 Afghan government forces are battling the Taliban in Ghazni for a fourth straight day after the militant group launched an assault on the eastern city, officials say. Defense Minister Tareq Shah Bahrami said on August 13 that some 1,000 additional troops had been sent to Ghazni, the capital