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
Tolo News: A number of residents of northern Faryab province have picked up arms and have said they will personally defend their province. Recently Taliban attacked parts of the province. This led to residents arming themselves. Faryab residents said they will stand alongside security forces and will help them fight insurgents. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 19, 2016 The United Nations says government forces are responsible for a growing share of civilian casualties in the Afghan conflict. In a report published on October 19, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says at least 2,562 civilians died and another 5,835 were wounded in the fighting in the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 14, 2016 Afghan officials say hundreds of members of the Afghanistan’s security forces have been killed in recent fighting against Taliban militants in and around Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province. Abdul Majeed Akhonzada, deputy head of Helmand’s provincial council, and Helmand’s lawmaker in the upper chamber of the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 12, 2016 Two separate attacks targeting members of Afghanistan’s Shi’ite minority during the festival of Ashura have left several dozen people dead and scores wounded. In the latest attack, at least 14 people were killed on October 12 in a bomb attack outside a mosque in the northern province of
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — Afghan government recaptured the northern Kunduz city on Wednesday, forcing Taliban militants to retreat to their former bases, a senior police official said. “Taliban rebels after suffering huge casualties and leaving scores of dead bodies behind fled Kunduz city on Wednesday and the whole city is in control of
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem October 11, 2016 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Gunmen, reportedly wearing Afghan police uniforms, stormed a packed shrine for Shi’ite Muslims in Kabul late Tuesday and opened fire, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 30 others. Officials and witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up as the assault began in
Press TV October 9, 2016 The United Nations says the number of war-displaced civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunduz has reached 24,000 as fierce street battles continue between government forces and Taliban militants in the strategic northern city. “Initial reports indicate that around 24,000 internally displaced persons” have fled Kunduz, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — Eight people were killed when an Afghan army helicopter crashed in the country’s northern province of Baghlan on Sunday, the provincial governor said. “The army helicopter crashed in Qarghan Tapa, a mountainous area on northwestern outskirts of provincial capital Pul-e-Khumir roughly at 6:00 a.m. local time (0130 GMT),” Governor