RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 5, 2018 Twin bombings at a wrestling training center in a predominately Shi’ite neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital has killed at least 20 people and wounded 70 others, the Interior Ministry says. Officials said a suicide bomber on September 5 blew himself up inside the sports hall, which is located in Dasht-e Barchi
VOA News August 30, 2018 WASHINGTON / NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Since the beginning of 2018, Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province has experienced more than 70 terror attacks, killing 260 and injuring over 500, according to an Afghan watchdog organization that monitors violence and civilian casualties around the country. A large number of those killings have been the
Brad Taylor via Bloomberg: Erik Prince thinks 6,000 mercenaries can do what 110,000 troops could not. That’s a deadly mistake. Taking a close look Blackwater’s role in Iraq shows why: profit over policy. While the company was initially formed with vetted Navy SEALs, over time the need to ramp up operations led to the firm
WASHINGTON, August 21 (Sputnik) – Rising civilian deaths, severe drought, capability gaps and a resilient insurgency are just some of the factors that are complicating US efforts to end the war in Afghanistan, the Defense Department Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel said in a report submitted to Congress. “Civilian deaths reached historically high levels,
William Gallo VOA News August 20, 2018 A plan by billionaire American businessman Erik Prince to privatize the U.S. war in Afghanistan is reportedly receiving renewed interest within the Trump administration, even though Afghan officials continue to criticize it as misguided. Prince is mounting a media campaign to convince President Donald Trump that his plan
Frud Behzan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 17, 2018 Hassan Rahimi recalls the last time he saw Farzana and Atta, his twin daughter and son. He had just ended a grueling shift at a local bakery. It was around noon when he arrived at the family’s cramped, one-room home in Dasht-e Barchi, a poor neighborhood
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
Press TV August 15, 2018 Nearly 50 people have been killed in a bomb attack in front of an educational center in a mainly Shia Muslim area of western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. “We can confirm the attack was caused by a bomber on foot. The bomber detonated himself inside the education center,” said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 14, 2018 Taliban fighters have overrun an Afghan National Army operations base in northern Afghanistan while, further to the south, security forces are battling for a fifth consecutive day against Taliban militants who seized the city of Ghazni. Defense Ministry spokesman Ghafor Ahmad Jawed said Taliban fighters gained control of
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 13, 2018 Afghan government forces are battling the Taliban in Ghazni for a fourth straight day after the militant group launched an assault on the eastern city, officials say. Defense Minister Tareq Shah Bahrami said on August 13 that some 1,000 additional troops had been sent to Ghazni, the capital