Ayaz Gul VOA News July 30, 2019 The United Nations says more Afghan civilians were killed by government and NATO-led troops than by the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the first half of 2019. The U.N.’s mission in Afghanistan released a report Monday that showed a combined 717 civilians were killed by government and
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 25, 2019 KABUL — More than 50 people have been killed in a wave of attacks across three Afghan provinces, including the capital, Kabul, despite renewed momentum in peace efforts to put an end to the country’s nearly 18-year war. Three blasts in eastern Kabul on July 25 left
Press TV July 19, 2019 At least eight people have been killed and 33 others injured in a bomb blast near a gate to the campus of Kabul University in the Afghan capital. The explosion, caused by a sticky bomb, took place on Friday, according to officials. Sticky bombs are a common threat in Kabul,
FP: Wood smuggling is big business for the terrorist group. Small numbers of fighters for the Islamic State of Khorasan Province, the Afghan branch of the militant group, have been in Kunar since 2015. But the group’s new stronghold is in Kunar’s deep forests, inheriting a booming wood industry previously controlled by the Taliban that is now
Tolo News: New figures by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) indicate that 596 civilians were killed and 1,892 others were wounded in clashes between government forces and the Taliban and other attacks by militants in Afghanistan since the beginning of the current solar year which coincides with March 21, 2019. The CEO of the AIHRC,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 12, 2019 Afghan officials say at least nine people have been killed, including a pro-government militia commander, after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding party in the country’s east. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province, said on July 12 that the bomber,
Press TV July 11, 2019 Nearly 18 years since the US has invaded Afghanistan and almost 16 years after it attacked Iraq, the majorities of American military veterans and the public believe the two wars were “not worth fighting,” a new poll shows. According to the survey, by the Pew Research Center, whose results were published
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 6, 2019 At least two people have been killed and some 20 others wounded in a bomb blast inside a Shi’ite mosque in the Afghan city of Ghazni, officials said on July 6. The explosion occurred late on July 5 when the Mohammadiya mosque in Ghazni’s Khak-e-Ghariban area was packed
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 5, 2019 More than 2,000 families who had left their villages in eastern Afghanistan amid military operations and militant attacks have returned home as the security situation improved, local authorities in the province of Nangarhar say. Ataullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, told RFE/RL that the
Press TV June 22, 2019 US troops in Afghanistan have rushed to help members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group following a Taliban operation to purge the terrorists from the country’s east, according to Taliban militants. The Taliban militant group said in a statement on Friday that US soldiers “saved” Daesh members as well as