By Ron Synovitz and Hamid Mohmand Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 9, 2016 KABUL — Ahmad Masud was 12 years old when his father, the legendary anti-Taliban military commander known as the “Lion of Panjshir,” was killed by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers in northern Afghanistan on September 9, 2001. The assassination of Ahmad Shah Masud, who also
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2016 Afghans are commemorating the 15th anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Massud, the revered Northern Alliance leader and anti-Taliban commander who was assassinated by Al-Qaeda militants on September 9, 2001. September 8 marks the start of Martyrs Week, which is observed every year in Afghanistan to remember
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces have raided a madrassa, or Islamic seminary, in the southwestern city of Quetta and rounded up around 100 Afghan nationals for suspected links to militant groups, officials said. Provincial government spokesman Anwar ul-Haq Kakar told VOA the detainees did not posses any identity documents.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 5, 2016 Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan have joined China in a military alliance aimed at countering Islamist militancy, officials said. Military leaders from the four countries gathered on August 4 in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang to announce the alliance, the Pakistani Army said. Known as the Quadrilateral Cooperation and
1TV: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that the state to state relations with Pakistan are bigger problem for Afghanistan than existence of terror groups such as Taliban and Al Qaeda. In an interview with Geo News, Ashraf Ghani said that there are sanctuaries and Taliban offices in Quetta “they are openly recruiting, financed and logistic supplies
VOA News Carla Babb July 12, 2016 BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN—The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says his forces are using the new authority they have been given to strike Taliban targets “almost daily” in support of the Afghan government’s efforts to rid the country of insurgents and terrorists. Speaking at Bagram Air Field on
Press TV July 11, 2016 President Barack Obama announced last week that the US strategy in Afghanistan has changed again, slowing the drawdown of US forces in the country. He even bragged about why he constantly reviews his strategy in Afghanistan, changes commanders, and makes adjustments, saying he is “guided by the facts, what’s happening
1TV: Pakistan is violating sovereignty of other nations by allowing terrorists to enjoy safe havens in its soil, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative told the United Nations on Tuesday. Speaking at the U.N. Security Council debate, Mahmoud Saikal noted how chiefs of terror groups such as al Qaeda and Taliban died in Pakistan over the past 15 years. Click
Press TV June 11, 2016 The leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has reportedly pledged allegiance to the new Taliban leader in Afghanistan. Zawahri pledged assistance to Haibatullah Akhundzada — the new leader of Taliban — in a 14-minute online audio message on Saturday, the report said. The authenticity of the recording, however,
VOA News / May 22, 2016 U.S. military officials said Saturday that an American drone strike had most likely killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a remote area of Pakistan near Afghanistan’s border. A U.S. official who spoke on background said President Barack Obama had authorized the strike, which occurred Saturday afternoon local