Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 26, 2017 The U.S. military has confirmed that an air strike on March 19 in Afghanistan killed Qari Yasin, described as an Al-Qaeda leader responsible for several high-profile attacks that killed dozens of people, including two U.S. service members. The Pentagon on March 25 said the air strike on Yasin
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 25, 2017 Afghan security forces have killed seven militants in the latest military operation in Logar Province, where Taliban insurgents have a strong presence, a local police chief has said. Esmatullah Alizai said that government forces also seized weapons from the militants during the operation in Logar’s volatile Charkh district
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua) — Afghan government forces have evacuated the strategically important Sangin district in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, after increasing pressure by Taliban militants, member of Helmand’s Provincial Council, Bashir Ahmad Shakir said Thursday. “The government forces in the wake of mounting pressure by Taliban rebels finally evacuated Sangin district early
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 22, 2017 Afghanistan wants the United States to send more forces to help battle the Taliban and the Islamic State extremist group, the country’s top diplomat has said. Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on March 21 welcomed a recent call by U.S. General John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan,
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, March 21 (Xinhua) — Up to 26 militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group had been killed after drones bombed the armed outfit’s hideouts in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, a police spokesman of the province said Tuesday. According to Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal, a total of the 24 IS fighters were
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 17, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s national security adviser met Friday with senior officials in Russia to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and efforts to promote peace as Taliban insurgents staged fresh deadly attacks in Afghanistan. The high-level talks came amid growing concerns over Russia’s contacts and alleged military assistance to the Taliban to
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 15, 2017 An Afghan official says authorities have arrested 24 people, including an army general, on charges of neglecting their duties over a recent attack on the country’s largest military hospital. General Helaludin Helal, the deputy defense minister, spoke on March 15, revealing the findings of a preliminary investigation into
Press TV March 13, 2017 A powerful explosion has struck a bus in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding eight others. Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, said that the explosion destroyed the bus, which was carrying employees of one of the country’s biggest telecoms firms, in downtown
Press TV March 11, 2017 Eight Afghan policemen have been killed in their base by “infiltrators” in an attack claimed by the Taliban in Shinkia district of the southern province of Zabul. “The infiltrators first poisoned their colleagues and then shot them dead,” said provincial spokesman Gul Islam Seyal on Saturday. The attackers fled the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 9, 2017 Afghan officials say the death toll in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul has risen to 49. Salim Rassouli, director of Kabul hospitals, said on March 9 that 49 people were killed in the attack on the Sardar Mohammad Khan military hospital on March 8, and