Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 27, 2016 The Taliban has captured a district in southeastern Afghanistan, along the porous border with Pakistan. The militants captured the Jani Khel district of Paktia Province after heavy clashes with Afghan security forces late August 26. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Naqibullah Atal, confirmed the fall of the district and
Carla Babb VOA News August 25, 2016 PENTAGON — NATO special operations forces, whom world leaders say have not been in a combat role since the end of 2014, are still out in the field with Afghan forces almost nightly, a U.S. general in Afghanistan said Thursday. “On average, we [NATO] probably have somebody out every
Khaama Press: At least four people were killed and fourteen others were wounded in an explosion in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan earlier today. Provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Qaderi said the incident took place after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated on a roadside in Khulm district. He said the target of the attack was lawmaker
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 24, 2016 KABUL — At least 12 people, including seven students, were killed during a 10-hour assault by gunmen on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. The attack began on August 24 with a large explosion that officials said was a car bomb followed by gunfire as the
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD — A new report finds state security forces in Afghanistan are increasingly using schools in Taliban-held areas for combat missions, threatening children’s lives and education. Human Rights Watch in its report released Wednesday has demanded the government take immediate steps to stop putting schools at the center of
KABUL, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — About 82 militants had been killed and 64 others injured as Afghan security forces launched wide-scale operations within last 24 hours in 17 of the country’s 34 provinces, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. In one operation, 36 Taliban militants were killed and 24 others wounded after troops struck
Press TV August 15, 2016 At least two people have been injured in a bomb explosion near the US embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, police say. The blast occurred at a main square near the embassy and the country’s Supreme Court on Monday. Police said the blast was caused by a magnetic bomb attached to a military
Xinhua: About 1,600 civilians were killed and more than 3,560 others wounded in conflict-related violence and Taliban-led attacks in first half of the year, according to UN mission officials in the country. Click here to view photos (external link).
KABUL, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — The ongoing militancy and violent incidents have claimed the lives of at least four civilians including three children and injured four others in a single day on Saturday, officials said. In the latest bloody incident, a rocket allegedly fired by Taliban militants struck a house in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the
HERAT, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — A suicide bombing followed by gunshots have killed four people and injured three others in Shindand district of the western Herat province on Thursday, police said. “A terrorist detonated his explosive-laden vehicle next to a base of national army in Shindand district which followed by gunshots have so far