Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 2, 2018 A top U.S. commander says he has seen improvement in Afghan forces’ capabilities in the fight against Taliban extremists in Helmand Province since the American military returned to the troubled region nine months ago. But Marine Brigadier General Roger Turner told a Pentagon news briefing on February 1
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 25, 2018 ISLAMABAD – The United States has denied Pakistan’s claim that an American drone strike targeted an Afghan refugee camp in the country, in a war of words between the uneasy allies. The denial Thursday came a day after missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft struck a militant hideout located
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 24, 2018 Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone attack on a house near the Afghan border has killed two militants from the extremist Haqqani network. Local police chief Ameer Zaman Khan said that the January 24 strike took place in the village of Dapa Mamuzai near the northwestern Kurram
Press TV December 9, 2017 At least three soldiers have been killed after Taliban militants launched an attack on a checkpoint in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Ghazni. At least two other soldiers were injured in the gun battles that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, said Arif Noori, a spokesman for the provincial governor,
Press TV / October 14, 2017 An Afghan lawmaker says more than a dozen civilians have been killed in a recent US drone strike, which was said to be aimed at a militant targets in the country’s eastern province of Kunar. On Friday, residents from the Chawki district of Kunar Province held a gathering to pay tribute
Michael Hughes: The United States is not satisfied with simply intensifying airstrikes and loosening rules of engagements to terrorize the Afghan population because now it appears the White House is tempted to launch a CIA-run covert drone war. “The C.I.A. is pushing for expanded powers to carry out covert drone strikes in Afghanistan and other
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 5, 2017 Afghan officials say an air strike by “foreign forces” killed two people and wounded three others attending a wedding in the province of Kabul. The incident occurred late on September 4 when a suspected drone strike hit the wedding after some people at the ceremony began firing celebratory
Press TV May 24, 2017 At least three people have lost their lives when a US drone carried out a strike in the eastern part of Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan. Kamran Afridi, a local official in the Pakistani border town of Miran Shah, said the deadly drone strike was carried out on the Afghan
Noor Zahid VOA News April 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — As Afghan security forces continue their military operations against the Taliban and Islamic State-backed militants in the country, the government plans to improve its security forces in the next few years to help beat the growing threat posed by militant groups, Afghan officials said. As part of
Press TV March 14, 2017 The administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to roll back limitations that tie the Pentagon’s hands in carrying out lethal drone strikes around the world, officials say. Trump’s experts are in the final stages of reviewing Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG), a series of strict rules on targeted killing