By Shareefullah Sharafat and Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2018 QALAT, Afghanistan — The ancient fortress towering above Qalat, the capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul, overlooks swaths of desert and scrubland that stretch to the rugged mountains straddling the border with Pakistan. This barren, sparsely populated land has long been
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 24, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Monday a Taliban prisoner has killed at least eight policemen, including three senior officers, after covertly seizing an assault rifle from a guard at the detention facility in southern Zabul province. The incident happened while security guards were offering evening prayers late Sunday
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
Tolo News: At least 45 Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on a security base in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday night, a security source confirmed on Wednesday. This is the second large-scale attack in two days on a military base after one in Faryab fell to the Taliban on Monday. Click here to
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 12, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban insurgency reportedly has killed more than 65 government forces and made territorial advances in fresh attacks across Afghanistan during the past two days. The clashes in western Farah and southern Zabul provinces erupted Thursday and Friday when insurgents attacked security outposts in these areas. A
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 22, 2018 At least 10 people have been killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni and Zabul provinces, officials say. “Unfortunately, eight local police were killed and another one was injured,” said Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor, after a large number of Taliban militants attacked
VOA News / May 28, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A Taliban infiltrator has gunned down six government forces in southern Afghanistan, raising the number of army and police personnel killed by insurgents in the past week to nearly 100. Afghan and insurgent officials said Sunday the overnight “insider attack” incident took place at a
VOA News May 21, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Unknown gunmen have killed a German aid worker and her Afghan security guard in Kabul before kidnapping a Finnish woman who worked for an aid organization. A Finnish Foreign Ministry spokesperson is reported to have confirmed a Finn has been taken hostage, and that there is no information yet
Press TV March 11, 2017 Eight Afghan policemen have been killed in their base by “infiltrators” in an attack claimed by the Taliban in Shinkia district of the southern province of Zabul. “The infiltrators first poisoned their colleagues and then shot them dead,” said provincial spokesman Gul Islam Seyal on Saturday. The attackers fled the
Khaama Press: The provincial governor and mayor of southern Zabul province escaped an ambush by unknown gunmen earlier today. According to the local government officials, the incident took place on Zabul-Kandahar highway as the two top officials were on their way to Safa district. Provincial governor’s spokesman Gul Islam Siyal confirmed the incident and said governor