Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 30, 2016 The UN mission in Afghanistan has condemned the killing of at least 15 civilians in what it says was an unmanned U.S. drone strike in the eastern province of Nangarhar. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on September 30 called upon the Afghan government and international military
Press TV September 28, 2016 A US drone strike has killed at least 21 people in the eastern Nangarhar province, with Afghan sources saying that more than a dozen of them were civilians. Esmatullah Shinwari, a Nangarhar lawmaker, told the Associated Press that a crowd had gathered at the tribal leader’s house in the Achin
Press TV August 27, 2016 A US drone attack has killed 22 Afghan soldiers held by Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province, while Taliban have overrun a strategic district elsewhere. Provincial officials announced the fatalities on Saturday. Taliban also confirmed the death toll, saying the airstrike had killed three of the group’s members in the Nad-e-Ali district on Thursday.
VOA News August 12, 2016 The U.S. Department of Defense says an airstrike has killed prominent Islamic State leader Hafiz Sayed Khan in Afghanistan. The Pentagon announced Friday that the strike was made July 26 in Achin district of Nangarhar province and resulted in Khan’s death. In a statement, Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Trowbridge said,
ISLAMABAD, July 24 (Xinhua) — A Pakistani militant leader, Mangal Bagh, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan, section of the Pakistani media reported on Sunday. Bagh, who heads “Lashkar-e-Islam” group in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region, was wanted for his involvement in attacks on the security forces and tribal elders. The
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 13, 2016 Pakistan’s military says that the mastermind of a 2014 attack on a Pakistani school that killed about 150 people, mainly children, has been killed by a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan. Pakistani Army spokesman Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa said on July 13 that a U.S. Army general had
VOA News Carla Babb July 12, 2016 BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN—U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is in Afghanistan, just three days after international leaders agreed to support the war-torn country with about 12,000 NATO troops and funding for Afghan National Defense and Security Forces through 2020. Carter has met with President Ashraf Ghani and
Xinhua: People have been busy celebrating the annual Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr in Pakistan’s southwest city of Taftan except the family of one local taxi driver Muhammad Azam who was killed along with Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a U.S. drone strike on May 21 this year in Pakistan. “It’s the first Eid after his
Press TV June 28, 2016 At least four people have been killed in a fresh US drone strike in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz, local security sources say. The sources said Tuesday that the airstrike was carried out in the Chardara district of the province, located about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital,
Press TV June 27, 2016 Nearly two dozen people have been killed in a fresh US drone strike in a restive district in northern Afghanistan, local sources say. Provincial Afghan officials said on Monday that the strike in northern Kunduz province killed seven civilians who were being held by the Taliban militant group. Sources say