1TV: Civilian casualties have increased by 19 percent in Afghanistan, the country’s Independent Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday. A total of 3,032 civilians were killed while nearly 8,200 others were wounded during the last solar year 1397, the commission said in an annual report. The report attributed 53 percent of the casualties to the Taliban.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 21, 2019 The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an Afghan government building that killed at least seven people on April 20. According to a statement published by the militant group’s Amaq news agency on April 21, the assault on the Communications Ministry headquarters
VOA News April 20, 2019 About a dozen people were killed during an attack Saturday on the Communications Ministry building in Kabul, authorities said, ending a spell of relative calm in the Afghan capital. The Interior Ministry said on Twitter the nearly five-hour attack had ended and that “all suicide bombers were killed.” The attack
Emran Feroz via TRTWorld: Foreign invaders and elite urban Afghans have long underestimated or ignored rural Afghanistan, and they have all paid the price of doing so. A few days ago, massive protests took place in the province of Helmand, southern Afghanistan. The night before, Afghan and American forces raided another home in the region. According to locals,
VOA News April 15, 2019 Officials in eastern Afghanistan say a gunman opened fire at a wedding, killing five people and wounding 15, before he fled the scene. Authorities say they are not aware of a motive for the attack Sunday in Khost province. The Taliban and other militant groups are active in the area
Ariana: At least seven children were killed and eight others wounded when an unexploded ordnance detonated in the eastern Laghman province late on Sunday, a local official said. Provincial governor’s spokesman Assadullah Dawlatzai told Ariana News that the incident took place while the children were playing outside their houses in Basram area in Mihtarlam city, the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 13, 2019 Taliban fighters attacked the outskirts of a northern Afghan city and bomb blasts were reported in the capital, Kabul, a day after the Taliban launched their annual spring offensive. The violence on April 13 comes as the United States continues to push for a peace settlement with the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 12, 2019 The International Criminal Court has turned down a request made by the ICC prosecutor to open a probe into possible war crimes committed during the conflict in Afghanistan. In its decision issued on April 12, the judges cited a lack of evidence and a poor outlook on state
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 9, 2019 Three U.S. service members and an American contractor have been killed in a roadside bombing near the main NATO air base in Afghanistan, U.S. forces in Afghanistan said on April 8. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement on
The Intercept: In “Combat Obscura,” a new documentary set in Afghanistan, Marines don’t do what they normally do in American-made documentaries about war – they don’t echo narratives of God and country, kill bad guys, and win hearts and minds. In “Combat Obscura,” Marines shoot guns and patrol, but they also insult women, shake their weapons