VOA News Ayaz Gul August 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan and the United States military have dismissed concerns the capital of restive Helmand province or any other district there was on the verge of collapse to the Taliban. The largest Afghan province has been the scene of fierce battles between the insurgents and Afghan troops
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 10, 2016 U.S. soldiers helping Afghan troops fight the Islamic State group in Afghanistan were forced to abandon equipment and weapons when their position came under fire, the U.S. military said on August 9. IS fighters have circulated photographs of a rocket launcher, grenades, ammunition, identification cards, an encrypted radio,
KABUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have obviously intensified military pressure against anti-government militants as up to 39 armed insurgents affiliated to Taliban, Islamic State (IS) and other armed groups were killed elsewhere in the conflict-hit country over the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. In the latest military crackdown, 11 Taliban fighters
Press TV August 6, 2016 At least five Afghan police officers have been killed in an explosion that hit the Khak Jabar district in the southeastern part of Kabul Province. Among the victims of the late Friday incident was commander of the Public Order Police Forces (POPF) General Abdul Satar Hashemi, said the provincial governor’s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 5, 2016 Afghan officials say at least 10 people have been killed in two explosions in the eastern province of Paktia. Naqib Ahmad Atal, spokesman for the governor of Paktia Province, said five members of one family died when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb on August 5. Atal said
Noor Zahid, Noshaba Ashna VOA News | August 2, 2016 IS militants launched a massive assault on various parts of the Kot district in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province last month. Dozens of villagers were killed and hundreds displaced. In the remote village of Qalajaat, Niaz Bibi watched as IS fighters invaded her home and murdered five
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD—An international human rights group Sunday demanded authorities in Afghanistan prosecute militia forces linked to a top government official for recent killings and other abuses against civilians in the northern Faryab province. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that its probe into the late June attack
Press TV July 30, 2016 An explosion has rocked Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, leaving one civilian dead and five others, including a police force member, wounded. Herat police said the blast took place close to a compound belonging to the Afghan army on Herat’s Minarets Road on Saturday morning. Officials said the explosives were placed
VOA News Lisa Schlein July 25, 2016 GENEVA—A new report finds a record number of civilians in Afghanistan have been killed or maimed in the first half of this year. The report issued by the U.N. Human Rights Office and U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan finds children account for nearly one-third of the more than
Press TV July 24, 2016 Afghanistan is observing a day of national mourning after a Daesh-claimed bomb attack left 80 dead during a demonstration in the capital, Kabul. People held funeral processions on Sunday for those killed at the Deh Mazang Square during a peaceful demonstration by Shia Hazaras against a controversial power line project. The Daesh