VOA News Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat, Noor Zahid May 10, 2016 NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN/WASHINGTON—After being knocked off the air by government airstrikes, so-called Islamic State group (IS) has restarted radio broadcasts into a restive area of Afghanistan. The radio channel, which broadcasts from a remote mobile transmitter in the mountains along the Pakistan border, has returned with new programming
VOA News Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat, Noor Zahid May 2, 2016 WASHINGTON AND NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN—The United States and the West have long targeted Afghan opium and heroin production. Now the industry has a new enemy: Islamic State (IS). Afghan opium farmers in areas under IS control told VOA’s Afghan service that IS has started eradicating poppy crops in
Press TV April 29, 2016 At least six people have been killed in a drone strike carried out by US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, Press TV reports. The aerial attack was conducted in the Dih Bala district of the province, which is located 120 kilometers (74 miles) east of the Afghan capital, Kabul, late
Press TV April 25, 2016 Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan dismisses speculation that Moscow has been backing Taliban in order to curb the Daesh Takfiri terrorists operating in some areas of Afghanistan. Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy told reporters in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday that “Russia has no hidden agenda in Afghanistan.” “We do not provide any
Khaama Press: The Afghan Air Force (AAF) pounded militants in eastern Nangarhar and southeastern Paktia provinces in the past 24 hours, leaving at least 25 dead. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least 6 militants loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were among those killed. Click here to read more
Khaama Press: The Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan are looking to expand to Central Asia and Russia. Kabulov, who is also the head of the Asia and Middle East department of the Russian foreign ministry, said the
VOA News Noor Zahid, Fatima Tlisova April 18, 2016 Russia is increasing diplomatic contacts with the Taliban insurgent group in Afghanistan as Moscow looks to counter Islamic State (IS) gains in Central Asia and increase its influence in the nation it once occupied. “We and the Taliban have channels for exchanging information,” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 15, 2016 The Pentagon said on April 14 that the United States carried out up to 80 air strikes against Islamic State (IS) extremists in Afghanistan during the first three months of 2016 under new rules of engagement. U.S. Brigadier General Charles Cleveland said the increased focus on IS in
VOA News Jeff Seldin April 14, 2016 PENTAGON—Islamic State (IS) appears to be losing its grip in Afghanistan, due in part to a steady aerial bombardment from U.S. and NATO forces and the terror group’s failure to win over Afghans themselves. “Nobody really wants Daesh [Islamic State] in the neighborhood,” Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, a spokesman for the
ASADABAD, Afghanistan, April 13 (Xinhua) — Taliban group as part of its yearly spring offensive launched coordinated attacks on several districts of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday morning but fled the area after leaving 13 bodies behind, provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhil said. “Taliban fighters launched coordinated attacks on security checkpoints in Shigal,