TALUQAN, Afghanistan, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Three civilians, including a woman, were shot dead by suspected militants in Afghanistan’s northern province of Takhar on Sunday night, police said on Monday. “According to initial information, a group of militants broke into a house in Bazaar-e-Kohna locality of Yangi Qala district late Sunday night. The gunmen shot
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 21, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan said unknown gunmen on Saturday kidnapped at least 20 bus passengers in a southern region where suspected loyalists of the self-named Islamic State (IS) group earlier this month beheaded seven civilian hostages, including three females. Police officers in the volatile Zabul province said militants stopped
Vice News Video Description – In late September, the Taliban launched an offensive against Kunduz, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, capturing key buildings. The offensive sparked a fierce battle between the militants and government forces, supported by US airstrikes. After several days of fighting, Afghan troops recaptured the city, and took down the Taliban’s flag
Khaama Press November 18, 2015 President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that government is determined to arrest kidnappers of 31 civilians in southern Zabul province. In a meeting with the released hostages in Presidential Palace “ARG” on Wednesday, President Ghani said that terrorists showed their horror when they abducted civilians in Zabul, adding that they
When people ask me what my new job is like, I tell them that I wake up very early and count the dead. When I say “very early,” I mean a few minutes after four a.m., as the sky is just softening to the color of faded purple corduroy. By “the dead,” I mostly mean
Press TV | November 15, 2015 Afghan authorities say at least twelve people have lost their lives in a US drone strike in the Asian country’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar, Press TV reports. Local officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aerial attack took place in the Khogyani district of the province, which is
Press TV | November 12, 2015 Hundreds of people have rallied across Afghanistan, protesting nationwide insecurity a day after thousands marched in the country’s capital outraged at the beheading of seven members of the mostly Shia Hazara community. On Wednesday, an estimated crowd of 10,000 marched on the presidential palace in Kabul reacting to the discovery
Tolo News: Shokriya a 9-year-old girl who was among the Zabul Seven beheaded recently by Daesh militants was on her way to Pakistan with family members when she was abducted last month along with the other victims. According to the child’s devastated father, Ramazan, his daughter’s death has been kept secret from her mother. He said his
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 12, 2015 A protest leader in Kabul says seven beheaded members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority are being taken to their hometown in Ghazni Province for burial. Protest organizer Lilia Mohammadi says the bodies of the four men, two women, and a child were being sent from Kabul to Ghazni Province
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah held a late night meeting with representatives of Wednesday’s demonstration and addressed some of their issues. In an unprecedented move, the meeting was televised live to the nation and demonstration representatives from the central region of the country were given a chance to air their grievances.