Tolo News: The commander of the Al-Fatha corps in northern Afghanistan, Ataullah Omari, said that the newly deployed forces are professionally trained. The commander denied reports about the presence of Daesh fighters in the province and warned that they would prevent any attacks. Click here to read more (external link).
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 8, 2021 Taliban fighters overran three provincial capitals, including the strategic city of Kunduz and Sar-e Pol in the north of the country on August 8, local officials and a spokesman for the militants said as the group stepped up its northern offensive and threatened more urban centers. The militants have
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 22, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Clashes between government forces and Taliban insurgents have killed about 60 combatants on both sides, officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday. In a major pre-dawn attack, the Taliban raided army and police outposts in two districts of the northern Sar-e-Pul Province. Provincial governor Abdul Qadir Ashna
Tolo News: The Stability and Convergence team led by Abdullah Abdullah introduced Mohammad Noor Rahmani as the governor of Sar-e-Pul at a gathering in the province on Saturday. They also took down President Ghani’s portrait from the provincial governor’s office. Meanwhile, Kamaluddin Nizami, governor of the central province of Panjshir, appeared at a press conference
Tolo News: At least 15 civilians among them six women, one man, six young girls and two children were killed and two others were wounded as after their vehicle hit a roadside mine in Khan Abad district of Kunduz province, said Abdul Jabbar Naeemi, the governor of Kunduz province. He said that the roadside bomb was
Ariana: Ghulam Sakhi Veera, the governor of Gosfandi district in Sar-e Pol province told Ariana News that Taliban militants launched a widespread attack on Gosfandi district last night but faced resistance from the Afghan security forces and were forced to retreat after hours of clashes. He added that Taliban militants looted around 100 sheep of the
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 2, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Taliban insurgents have detonated a powerful bomb near a major military base in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, killing at least five soldiers and wounding six others. The attack happened Tuesday night in the volatile Maiwand district, where Taliban rebels dug a two-kilometer tunnel into the Afghan National
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 1, 2019 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has killed more than 20 pro-government forces and captured several security outposts in northern Afghanistan. The insurgents staged the deadly offensive to try to take control of oil fields in Sayyad district in Sar-e-Pol province, a local government spokesman told VOA Tuesday. Zabihullah Amani said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 4, 2018 An Afghan official says the Taliban stormed a police checkpoint in the northern province of Sa-e Pol, killing a district police chief and another police officer. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for Sar-e Pol’s provincial governor, said the attack began late on December 3 in the Sayyad district —
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 10, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Islamist Taliban in northern Afghanistan has captured a strategically important district near the border with Turkmenistan and threatened a provincial capital, killing dozens of Afghan troops in a series of battlefield attacks. During the past three days, the insurgents stepped up battlefield attacks across the country