Press TV July 1, 2019 Scores of people have been wounded with fatalities feared after a bomb-laden truck rocked Kabul, followed by gunmen battling special forces in an area housing military and government buildings. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the rush-hour explosion early Monday, which sent a plume of smoke into the air above the Puli Mahmood Khan neighborhood
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 30, 2019 KABUL — U.S. and Taliban negotiators are holding a new round of talks in Qatar to try to put an end to the war in Afghanistan, amid continued attacks by the militant group on Afghan officials and security forces. The seventh round of talks with Zalmay Khalilzad,
Press TV June 20, 2019 A roadside bomb targeted a pro-government militia vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday, June 20, killing at least one civilian, local officials said. Twenty people were also wounded, most of whom were civilians, a spokesman for Nangarhar Province governor, Ataullah Khogyani, said. No group has claimed responsibility
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 11, 2019 KABUL — Afghan special forces have rescued 44 people from a Taliban-run prison in the northern province of Baghlan, local officials say. Baghlan district Governor Khanzad Mazlomiyar said on June 11 that civilians and members of the security forces were among those freed during the operation, which
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 11, 2019 KABUL — Six civilians have been killed in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar after a roadside bomb ripped through the vehicle they were travelling in, officials say. Provincial police spokesman Qasim Afghan said the explosion occurred in Dand district on June 11, killing all passengers inside
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 5, 2019 Afghan peace protesters who went missing after marching through a Taliban-controlled area of Helmand Province have been detained by the militants, a supporter of the movement told RFE/RL on June 5. The so-called People’s Peace Movement (PPM) attracted international attention last year with its peace marches across
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 3, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan say a powerful bomb ripped through a minibus carrying government employees in Kabul Monday, killing at least five people and injuring 10 others. The deadly attack in the capital occurred on the eve of annual Eid al-Fitr festivities that marks the end of the
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 2, 2019 ISLAMABAD — The armed conflict in Afghanistan has reportedly caused more than 2,300 casualties, including 1,317 deaths, over the past month in operations conducted by pro-government forces and Taliban insurgents. The private Afghan news agency, Pajhwok, released the casualty figures Sunday, crediting its own sources from across 30 out
Ariana: Afghan security forces retook control of Dih Yak district of Ghazni province after two years, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday. According to the statement, Afghan forces conducted a joint operation and retook control of the district center from the Taliban militants on Monday. Taliban used to take innocent people hostage in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 26, 2019 Afghan captives held by the Taliban have been subjected to “ill-treatment and actions that may amount to torture,” according to the United Nations’ Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). In a statement on May 26, UNAMA said it had interviewed 13 detainees from a group of 53 rescued last