PUL-E-KHUMRI, July 17 (Xinhua) — Six civilians and three police officers were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a local official confirmed. “Nine wounded people were admitted at a main provincial hospital Friday morning. Some of the affected people sustained serious wounds,” Haleem Ghafari from provincial health directorate
By Ayaz Gul VOA News July 16, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban said Thursday it has already released 845 Afghan security forces under an ongoing prisoner swap with the Kabul government and is working to free the remaining 155 in line with the insurgent group’s agreement with the United States. Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen shared
By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News July 14,2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Nearly 3,000 civilians, around 16 per day, have been killed or wounded in the conflict in Afghanistan in the first six months of this year, according to the country’s official human rights body. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) issued its report Tuesday in Kabul,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 13, 2020 A major Taliban attack on the offices of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency has killed at least 11 security personnel and wounded dozens of others, mostly civilians. A group of militants detonated a car bomb at the entrance of the National Security Directorate (NDS) offices in Aybak, the capital
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan’s Taliban has dismissed as “illogical” escalating domestic and foreign calls for the insurgent group to cease hostilities before the commencement of intra-Afghan peace negotiations. The long-delayed dialogue is stipulated in a landmark deal the United States and the Taliban sealed in February aimed at ending
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 6, 2020 A female Afghan politician and her driver were wounded in a gun attack in the morning of July 6, in her native province of Logar, local police said. Gunmen targeted the vehicle carrying Nafisa Hijran, a provincial council member, in Logar’s capital, Pul-i-Alam, said Shahpoor Ahmadzai, a spokesman
Tolo News: The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Friday urged the Taliban to allow human rights worker to probe a recent mortar attack in Sangin district. This comes after at least 28 civilians were killed and 34 more wounded after four mortar rounds hit a festival being held at a market in Sangin
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 30, 2020 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says “initial, impartial” findings indicate the Afghan National Army fired mortars on a market in the southern province of Helmand earlier this week, inflicting multiple civilian casualties. “Multiple credible sources assert that the ANA [Afghan National Army] fired lethal mortars
The Daily Mail (UK): Australia’s special forces chief has admitted that SAS soldiers did commit war crimes in Afghanistan. Australian Special Operations Commander Major-General Adam Findlay told SAS soldiers at Perth’s Campbell Barracks that ‘there are guys who criminally did something’ and ‘poor leadership’ is to blame. This is the first time a senior officer
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 29, 2020 ISLAMABAD – A rocket attack on a crowded marketplace in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province killed at least 23 civilians and injured 15 others on Monday. Residents reportedly accused Afghan security forces of firing the rockets in Sangin district during clashes with the Taliban. The governor’s office in