VOA News Ayaz Gul January 14, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in eastern Afghanistan say a U.S. drone strike Thursday killed Islamic State’s top commander in the area, which the militants call Khorasan, along with at least 11 other insurgents. The missile attack by the unmanned aircraft occurred in Achin, a volatile district in a remote part of
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A suspected US drone strike Friday killed at least 17 Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan shortly after the extremist group beheaded seven people in the same area, said officials and residents. The violence occurred in the remote Achin district of Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan. The volatile
Press TV / January 3, 2016 Authorities in Afghanistan say at least five people have lost their lives in a US drone strike in the Asian country’s northeastern province of Kunar. Provincial governor, Wahidullah Kalimzai, said the drone attack took place in the Shaigal district of the province, located about 205 kilometers (125 miles) east of the Afghan capital,
Khaama Press: A U.S. drone strike has killed three militants belonging to Taliban while security forces arrested two fighters of Daesh group in eastern Nangarhar province. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV November 25, 2015 An unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the US-led NATO has reportedly gone down in Afghanistan’s central province of Parwan. Saifullah Baidar, a provincial administrative chief, said on Wednesday that the drone crashed in the Kohi Safi district of the province, located 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) northeast of the capital, Kabul,
Common Dreams: Air Force whistleblowers say US drone program “is one of the most devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world.” Four former U.S. Air Force drone operators issued a public letter on Wednesday warning that the United States’ ongoing targeted killing program “is one of the most devastating driving forces for
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 08, 2015 At least three people have lost their lives in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official says. Nangarhar Provincial police spokesman, Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident happened in Nangarhar’s Ghani Khel district on Saturday night. The US drone attack killed three militants,
From January 2012 to February 2013, a campaign dubbed Operation Haymaker was carried out in the Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nuristan. According to “The Drone Papers,” during a five-month period almost 90 percent of the people killed in airstrikes were not the intended targets. This campaign paralleled an increase in drone attacks and civilian
Press TV / November 04, 2015 An unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the US military has reportedly crashed in a remote mountainous area of Afghanistan’s Kabul Province. A senior official from Afghan Interior Ministry told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the drone went down in mountains south of the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday evening.