VOA News Ayaz Gul April 12, 2016 BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN—The Taliban says it has launched its annual spring military offensive in Afghanistan, titled “Omari Operation.” In a statement sent to reporters Tuesday, the Islamist insurgent group promised “large scale attacks on enemy positions, martyrdom-seeking (suicide) and tactical attacks against enemy strongholds and assassination of enemy commanders
KABUL, April 7 (Xinhua) — Some 55 militants had been killed and 16 others wounded during military operations across Afghanistan since early Wednesday, said the country’s Defense Ministry on Thursday. “The Afghan National Security Forces conducted ground offensives in close coordination with Afghan Air Force over the last 24 hours, killing 55 terrorists and wounding
VOA News Ayaz Gul April 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The United States and NATO allies have conducted nearly 100 counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan this year that mostly targeted Islamic State fighters and significantly reduced their numbers in the country, a spokesman said Tuesday. U.S. Army General Charles Cleveland said in Kabul the counterterrorism strikes primarily focused on
Antiwar.com: Following every Islamist terror attack on a Western soft target, like the recent one in Brussels, we hear the same refrain from certain corners: “Why won’t Muslims stand up to Islamic extremism?” The rhetorical question is meant to imply its own answer: that Islam is unavoidably a religion of violence which impels its adherents to
Press TV March 23, 2016 Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says nearly 50 militants, including Daesh terrorists, have been killed and wounded over the past 24 hours across the country. According to a statement released by the Afghan defense ministry, the operations, which left 49 terrorists dead or wounded, were carried out in the country’s eastern and
Khaama Press: The Afghan national security forces killed at least 45 militants including 9 militants affiliated with the Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the militants were killed in the latest clearance operations jointly conducted by the Afghan army and security personnel from the other security institutions. Click
VOA News Rahim Sarwan March 21, 2016 ACHIN, AFGHANISTAN—Thousands of students in eastern Afghanistan are unable to attend school because the Islamic State (IS) is keeping classrooms shuttered. According to Afghan Ministry of Education estimates, around 33,000 students have been deprived of education in 58 schools in the Achin, Haskamena, and Kot districts of Nangarhar
Press TV March 19, 2016 The United States has significantly stepped up its bombing campaign in Afghanistan to roll back the Daesh terrorists who have expanded their territory outside of Iraq and Syria, according to a report. US drones and warplanes carried out about three times more strikes in January and February in Afghanistan– dropping
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his security forces’ improved capabilities have enabled them to disperse Islamic State (IS) loyalists and deter the Taliban from threatening security, particularly in northern Afghanistan in the spring fighting season. “I can confidently say that in Nangarhar, Daesh (Arabic acronym for IS) is
Press TV March 15, 2016 Afghanistan says more than 600 civilians have been killed over the past six months at the hands of Daesh terrorists, who are trying to strengthen their foothold in the militancy-riddled country. The Afghan Defense Ministry released the figure in a report on Tuesday and said most of the victims were young