Tolo News: At least eight civilians were killed in an airstrike in Surkh Rod district in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Friday evening, a spokesman for Nangarhar governor, Attaullah Khogyani, said. Khogyani said that one child was also among those killed in the airstrike that was carried out in Karak village in Surkh Rod
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 11, 2020 Reconstruction and stabilization activities in Afghanistan have left 5,135 people killed or injured during a period of 17 years following the 2001 U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban, according to a new report by a U.S. government watchdog. The report released late on February 11 by the U.S.
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 11, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Afghan officials say a suicide blast near a military academy in Kabul early Tuesday killed at least six people, including four soldiers. The bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body at a checkpoint near the entrance to the capital city’s Marshal Fahim Military Academy. Interior Ministry
Tolo News: The provincial governor and a Farah MP both claim that an airstrike killed five civilians who were businessmen traveling on Saturday from Farah city to Abu Nasar Farahi Port when their vehicle was targeted. “The governor is in charge here … the governor must answer about who killed them,” said Abdul Ghafar Arman,
Press TV February 3, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded “demonstrable evidence” from the Taliban that they have the capacity to reduce violence before signing a deal to end America’s longest war, even though official military figures show that in the last quarter of 2019 the US dropped a record number
Michael Hughes: It may seem enigmatic that during the same period the U.S. government and Taliban made unprecedented progress towards a peace agreement they unleashed unprecedented levels of violence. This is not a mysterious paradox, however, but a direct – and predictable – result of the so-called “fighting and talking” strategy that both sides have
Ariana: An airstrike in Moqor district of Badghis province last night, killed all six members of a family. A member of Badghis provincial council, confirms that a residential place was attacked. He adds that it is not yet known whether the Afghan or foreign air forces have conducted the attack. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio LibertyJanuary 31, 2020 Two militants pushing a handcart were killed January 31 in western Kabul when explosives in the cart detonated accidentally, Afghan officials say. One bystander was wounded. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said investigators have not been able to link the two to any militant group. Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws
Tolo News: Amnesty International’s annual human rights review released on Thursday said that the Afghan civilians continued to pay the price of the ongoing conflict as “justice proved elusive for the victims.” Citing UN reports, the review stated that civilian casualties remained high throughout 2019, with “July being the deadliest month on record and Afghanistan remaining
1TV: The United States dropped 7,423 munitions in Afghanistan in 2019, the highest number recorded in any year over the last one decade, according to US Air Force data. US aircraft in 2018 dropped 7,362 bombs and other munitions, which had previously been the most munitions dropped in a year since 2009, when 4,147 weapons were