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US Admits Taliban Offensive Is Whittling IS’s Grip on Afghanistan

21st March, 2020 · admin

By Jeff Seldin VOA News March 20, 2020 Almost a week since the Afghan Taliban trumpeted the defeat of the Islamic State in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, U.S. officials remain wary, though they concede the terror group’s grip on territory in rural areas appears to be slipping. The latest assessment is consistent with U.S. appraisals of previous

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kunar |
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US Airstrikes Kill 4 Islamic State Terrorists in Afghanistan

25th February, 2020 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News February 25, 2020 ISLAMABAD – U.S. military officials in Afghanistan say airstrikes have killed at least four Islamic State terrorists in eastern Afghanistan as a weeklong reduced fighting truce between U.S.-backed Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgency entered its fourth day without any significant breaches. The two counterterrorism airstrikes Tuesday

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kunar |
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More Than 1,000 Daesh Fighters Active In Kunar: Governor

8th January, 2020 · admin

Tolo News:  The governor of Kunar, Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal, said that around 1,200 fighters–including foreigners– are active locally. “According to our intelligence, there are up to 1,200 fighters, including fighters from Central Asian countries, Arabs, Punjabis and even Bangladeshi citizens and two to three Iranian families,” said Mirzakwal. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal, Kunar |
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Islamic State Staggers in Afghanistan, but Survives

22nd November, 2019 · admin

By Jeff Seldin VOA News November 21, 2019 One of the Islamic State’s most feared affiliates has suffered a significant setback, though U.S. officials caution reports that the terror group was “obliterated” are overblown. U.S. officials confirmed Thursday that Islamic State-Khorasan, as the terror group’s Afghan affiliate is called, collapsed in the country’s eastern Nangarhar

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kunar, nangar |
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Three Civilians Killed In Afghan-Pakistani Border Clash

28th October, 2019 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 28, 2019 Afghan and Pakistani security forces have clashed along the countries’ disputed border, leaving at least three civilians dead, Afghan officials said. A firefight broke out in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on October 27 and continued the following morning, the officials said. Sher Zamin Khan, a member

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Durand Line, Kunar |
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US troops ‘saved’ Daesh terrorists, leaders from Taliban siege in east Afghanistan

22nd June, 2019 · admin

Press TV June 22, 2019 US troops in Afghanistan have rushed to help members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group following a Taliban operation to purge the terrorists from the country’s east, according to Taliban militants. The Taliban militant group said in a statement on Friday that US soldiers “saved” Daesh members as well as

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Kunar, Taliban vs. ISIS, US aiding ISIS, War on Islam |
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Afghan Officials: Airstrikes Kill up to 50 IS Militants

4th May, 2019 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 4, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan said Saturday coalition airstrikes in an eastern province have killed up to 50 Islamic State militants, while Taliban insurgents have killed at least seven government forces in a western district. The Defense Ministry said the overnight airstrikes were carried out in coordination with Afghan

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Badghis, Kunar, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Afghanistan: Protest condemns US airstrikes as civilian casualties rise

20th February, 2019 · admin

Press TV February 20, 2019 Hundreds of Afghans marched in protest in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, demanding an end to US airstrikes after increasing numbers of civilian casualties in the past months. Last year, the United States stepped up military operations in Afghanistan to their highest levels since 2014, in an

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kunar |
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IS-Taliban Clashes Displace Hundreds in E. Afghanistan

5th July, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

VOA News July 4, 2018 Zia Urahman Hasrat Mohammad Habibzada WASHINGTON / NANGARHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — Islamic State militants and Taliban insurgents have been fighting fiercely in eastern Kunar province for the past three days, displacing hundreds of families, Afghan officials told VOA. The displaced families, mostly women and children, are forced to take refuge in

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Kunar, Taliban vs. ISIS |
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Pakistani Taliban Names Successor of Chief Killed in Drone Strike

23rd June, 2018 · admin · 3 Comments

Ayaz Gul VOA News June 23, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The extremist Pakistani Taliban has formally confirmed the death of its chief in last week’s American drone strike in eastern Afghanistan and announced the appointment of his successor. The slain militant leader, Mullah Fazlullah, and his four key commanders were traveling in a vehicle in the Afghan

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Posted in Drone warfare, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kunar |
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