Tolo News: Daesh fighters in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province are allegedly training local children to become terrorists. A number of children have said that Daesh militants were encouraging them to go to their training centers. Most areas of Achin district have now been cleared of Daesh insurgents but reports have emerged that they are allegedly training
1TV: Citing Pakistan’s hand in the group, ten Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan laid down their arms in what has been first defection in the militants group. They said that they had been fighting as soldiers of Taliban for years in the province and switched allegiance to IS when it started its activities there, according to provincial
VOA News / February 24, 2016 Akmal Dawi After more than a year of political wrangling with allies in Afghanistan’s national unity government, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani this week announced the composition of a new seven-member High Peace Council (HPC), and again called on the Taliban and other insurgent groups to stop fighting and choose
Press TV / February 24, 2016 Afghan officials say more than two dozen Daesh terrorists have lost their lives in US drone strikes in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for Nangarhar provincial governor, said the aerial assaults took place in the Achin district of the province, which is located 120
Stars and Stripes: Afghan ground forces and coalition airstrikes have killed up to 43 Islamic State militants in attacks in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. A government spokesman in eastern Nangarhar province said a large quantity of weapons and ammunition belonging to the terrorist group was destroyed in the Monday operation. Click here to read more (external
Stars and Stripes: An offshoot of the Islamic State has failed so far to replicate its success in Syria and Iraq and is struggling to expand its footprint in Afghanistan. Analysts attribute the group’s inability to expand rapidly to Afghanistan’s traditional resistance to foreign domination and to the fact that the group’s violent ideology doesn’t resonate
VOA News – Published on February 19, 2016 – Afghan forces continued their offensive against Islamic State fighters in Nangarhar Province this week. A government spokesperson claims they have killed 45 militants over two days of fighting, and most of the schools that had been shut by the militants have re-opened.
The Independent: I have long nursed the suspicion that Taliban units, ISIS and government militias are not fighting about religion or government at all, more about mafia power. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 12, 2016 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has suffered many casualties and is “on the run” in Afghanistan. Ghani told the annual Munich Security Conference on February 12 that IS militants “have lost 150 people in Afghanistan.” Ghani also said that an IS-operated radio
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 12, 2016 The United States has expanded its air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama granted commanders broader authority to target the group there, a U.S. military spokesman said on February 11. IS is a relatively new force in Afghanistan, where the militant group has