Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg have pledged continued support for Afghanistan during a surprise visit to Kabul. The two vowed at a September 27 joint conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to do everything so the country “doesn’t again become a safe
VOA News / September 18, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s branch of the Islamic State terrorist group has expanded its extremist activities to the country’s seven provinces, as opposed to only one province last year, a United Nations report revealed Monday. While fighting over territorial control between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents escalated in
VOA News / September 14, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Islamic State terrorists have beheaded two civilian hostages in Afghanistan’s volatile eastern province of Kunar, officials confirmed on Thursday. Provincial governor Waheedullah Kalimzai told VOA on Thursday the incident took place two days ago in the Manogi district. He said the victims had no affiliations with
VOA News / September 13, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. military dropped 555 bombs in Afghanistan against Taliban and Islamic State targets in August, the highest number in a single month since 2012. Overall, the U.S. has conducted about 2,400 airstrikes since the beginning of the year in support of Afghan partners battling the Taliban and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 30, 2017 Two security guards have been killed in a suicide attack on a lawmaker’s house in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, local officials say. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in the morning of August 30 outside of parliament
Noor Zahid VOA News / August 27, 2017 WASHINGTON — U.S. forces in Afghanistan have once again vowed to defeat the Islamic State militant group. the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan told VOA. “We can defeat and will defeat IS in the future,” General John Nicholson, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, told
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 26, 2017 Afghan officials raised the death toll from a suicide attack on a Shi’ite mosque in Kabul Friday to at least 28 people.More than 50 others were wounded during Friday prayers. Women, children and two police officers were among the victims. Mourners gathered Saturday to bury the dead inside
Press TV August 25, 2017 A bomber has set off his explosives at a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and other assailants have stormed the building, killing at least 20 people. The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack that took place when many Muslim worshipers had gathered at the mosque for Friday
Steve Herman VOA News August 24, 2017 WHITE HOUSE — Russian and U.S. officials traded accusations on Thursday over their respective policies in Afghanistan, pointing fingers of blame at each other. In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed regret that the main focus of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy is “regulation by methods
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 22, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump sidestepped an announcement on U.S. troops levels in Afghanistan during a major address to the nation and warned Pakistan over its alleged support for extremist groups in the region. Trump, outlining his new strategy for Afghanistan and the South Asia region, said