Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 25, 2019 Sixteen civilians from the same extended family have been killed in an air strike on a home in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official says. The air strike was carried out in the Sangin district during heavy fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants, Attaullah Afghan, head of the
The Independent (UK): A large number of Pashtun politicians, tribal chiefs and intellectuals are against the Taliban, which is one of its biggest weaknesses… The central, conservative ideology of the Taliban is also responsible for its failure, as it is unacceptable for most Afghans, particularly the literate population…The media has played a key role in highlighting the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan | January 16, 2019: Thousands of families, who have fled fighting in Afghanistan’s northern province of Faryab, are struggling to find shelter in the neighboring province of Jawzjan. They say up to 20 families are being squeezed into each classroom at a local school. Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 15, 2019 The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a bombing in Kabul that killed at least four people. The explosion near a fortified foreign compound late on January 14 also wounded 113 people, according to the Health Ministry. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the militant group, said on January 15
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan January 14, 2019 KABUL — At least four people were killed and more than 90 were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a foreign compound in the east of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on January 14, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Interior
Ariana: The Taliban executed a journalist (Javid Noori) who was traveling on a bus with around 30 other passengers in western Farah province when it was stopped and searched at a Taliban roadblock, Reporters without Borders (RSF) said in a statement. Click here to read more (external link). Related Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday reiterated
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 7, 2019 ISLAMABAD — More than 30 people, mostly pro-government forces, were killed in Afghanistan when Taliban insurgents stormed security outposts and a bomb blast ripped through a busy market, officials confirmed Monday. The Taliban staged coordinated raids in two districts of northwestern Badghis province late Sunday, killing 21 Afghan soldiers
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 5, 2019 Afghan special forces have rescued 12 people from a Taliban prison in the country’s south on the same day that the militants kidnapped a group of 15 government employees in the west, officials said. The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the country’s main intelligence agency, said in a
Daily Beast:Civilian casualties resulting from U.S. military operations had declined significantly after measures were taken to stop them in 2009. This trend started to change after U.S. airstrikes picked up pace again in 2015, and the last year has seen a particularly acute reversal of it. New data shows that many of the most recent
The New York Times: The fighters hold the line in the war’s toughest spots, but officials say their brutal tactics are terrorizing the public and undermining the U.S. mission… abuses are actively pushing people toward the Taliban… Click here to read more (external link).