Reuters: A U.S. investigation into reports that at least 13 civilians were killed during an operation in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz last week found no evidence of any civilian casualties, a statement from the U.S. military in Kabul said on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 5, 2017 The U.S. military and Afghan authorities are investigating reports of civilian casualties caused by deadly air strikes in northern Afghanistan. The U.S. military said it had launched a probe into what it described as a combined U.S.-Afghan operation in the northern province of Kunduz on November 3 and
Press TV / November 1, 2017 At least 15 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after a bomb attached to a fuel tanker exploded in northern Afghanistan. The blast occurred on Wednesday night in the center of Charikar, the capital of Parwan province, which is located some 60 kilometers north of the capital Kabul.
Ayaz Gul VOA News / October 31, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The government of Afghanistan’s territorial control has declined to its lowest level in two years while battling a resurgent Taliban insurgency, a U.S. government watchdog revealed Tuesday. In its quarterly report submitted to Congress, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) noted 56.8 percent
Press TV October 31, 2017 Multiple casualties have been reported after a bomber blew himself up in the diplomatic zone of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. According to Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri, the attacker, riding a motorcycle, detonated his explosives inside the heavily fortified area on Tuesday. “Our initial information shows the attacker was on
SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) — At least 10 militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) and two Taliban militants were killed in clashes which erupted in northern Afghanistan’s province of Jawzjan, an official said Sunday. “Militants loyal to the Taliban and IS clashed with each other on Saturday night, resultantly 12 fighters including 10 IS
VOA News / October 21, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — A suicide blast Saturday outside the Afghan military academy in Kabul killed at least 15 cadets and wounded several others, said the defense ministry. The attack came a day after an Islamic State suicide bomber stormed a crowded Shi’ite Muslim mosque in the city, killing 50
1TV: An explosion went off in a mosque in Afghan capital Kabul on Friday. The blast happened in Imam Zaman mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi, west of the city. Witnesses said that the blast was triggered by a suicide bomber and it targeted worshippers. At least two deaths, five injured people were taken to hospitals following the incident,
Press TV / October 17, 2017 The Taliban militants have launched coordinated attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 70 people dead and nearly 170 others injured. Militants with explosives-laden vehicles had initially attacked a police training center in Gardez, the capital of Paktia Province in southeast Afghanistan,
Press TV / October 14, 2017 An Afghan lawmaker says more than a dozen civilians have been killed in a recent US drone strike, which was said to be aimed at a militant targets in the country’s eastern province of Kunar. On Friday, residents from the Chawki district of Kunar Province held a gathering to pay tribute