KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) — The death toll of civilians killed by NATO-led forces’ airstrikes in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province has risen to 31 with 17 others injured, the provincial government said on Friday. “The latest figures showed that 31 civilians lost their lives and 17 others injured during the Thursday’s military operation and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 3, 2016 Afghan officials say at least 26 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and dozens of others wounded in an air strike in the country’s north. Protests erupted in Kunduz after the November 3 strike in the outskirts of the city, with dozens of people rallying outside
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 31, 2016 A suicide bomber has killed six people and wounded six others at a meeting of tribal elders in the eastern province of Nangarhar. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the October 31 attack in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor
Ayaz Gul / VOA News October 30, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s security forces battling the resurgent Taliban have suffered around 15,000 casualties, including 5,523 fatalities in the first eight months of 2016, says a U.S. government monitoring agency. The agency has also warned of eroding gains the war-shattered country has made with the help of the
Reuters: An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday hit the home of a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Nangarhar and caused several civilian casualties, government and insurgent spokesmen said. The strike targeted the home of Mawlawi Mohammad Alam, a Taliban commander in the Sherzad district, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, adding that
VOA News / October 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan said Wednesday that extremists linked to Islamic State have abducted and massacred at least 30 civilians in a remote central region. The overnight bloodshed near the capital of the mountainous Ghor province is alarming for local officials because it is the first known IS activity
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 24, 2016 KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN — A bulldozer was busy clearing up the burnt remains of a shop destroyed during more than a week of fighting. Nearby, a man sold vegetables on a cart amidst heaps of charred bricks. Almost two weeks after the Afghan government, with NATO support, managed to fend
Noor Zahid Zabihullah Ghazi VOA News October 21, 2016 WASHINGTON/NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN — A contingent of local militiamen, backed by Afghan Taliban militants, are battling Islamic State fighters in a remote district in eastern Afghanistan, according to interviews with regional authorities and local tribesmen. More than 80 people have been killed or wounded in the fighting, the
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — At least four civilians were killed and 27 wounded amid clashes between security forces and militants of Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, said the provincial government on Friday. The clashes erupted on early hours of Thursday after IS militants launched multiple attacks against joint checkpoints of