Ayaz Gul VOA News August 24, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban insurgency claimed Friday that U.S. airstrikes killed 16 of its fighters in eastern Afghanistan who were battling militants loyal to the rival Islamic State. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, asserted Friday that Taliban fighters were carrying out attacks against Islamic State bases in eastern provinces
Anadalou Agency: A notorious Afghan banker and former international poker player has died in a Kabul prison of heart attack, officials and local media confirmed on Friday.According to local Tolo News, Sherkhan Farnood, the former chair of defunct private lender Kabul Bank, died in prison at age 57 of a heart attack. It added that Ghafoor Ahmad, Defense
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 24, 2018 Pakistan has called on Washington to correct what the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad describes as a “factually incorrect” account of an August 23 phone call between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. A description of the call released by the U.S. State
WASHINGTON, August 23 (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan wished him success, and discussed the importance of Pakistan taking decision action against terrorists, the Department of State said in a press release on Thursday. “Secretary Michael R. Pompeo spoke today with Pakistani Prime
Tolo News: Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak on Thursday held a meeting with senior ministry and police officials to discuss Tuesday’s rocket attack on Kabul, which was launched during the president’s Eid message. In a live broadcast of the meeting, officials were seen giving the minister a report back on the attack – that happened
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 23, 2018 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to appoint Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born former U.S. ambassador to Kabul, as his special envoy on Afghanistan, media reported on August 22. The decision reported by Reuters and AP, citing anonymous U.S. officials, would send a signal that the United
The Virginian-Pilot: Earlier this month, the now-24-year-old Hanifa Yousoufi, became the first Afghan woman to summit her country’s tallest mountain. Yousoufi reached the summit of Noshaq on Aug. 10 after nearly a month of climbing. At 24,580 feet, it’s the highest point in Afghanistan and the second-highest peak in the Hindu Kush range. Click here to read
Carla Babb VOA News August 22, 2018 PENTAGON — The commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan says the Trump administration’s strategy for the war-torn country is yielding progress, despite no significant changes on the battlefield and several deadly Taliban attacks. “I believe the strategy is working,” U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson told reporters at