Ayaz Gul VOA News February 12, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghan troops, backed by American air support, Sunday launched a major offensive against Islamic State, or IS, bases in the eastern Nangarhar province. A regional military spokesman, Shirin Aqa, told reporters in the provincial capital of Jalalabad that security forces have been tasked to clear Kot and
Press TV February 10, 2017 Kabul says it supports a call by the commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan for more foreign troops to advise the country’s security forces. US Army General John Nicholson told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington on Thursday that there was “a shortfall of a few thousand”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 9, 2017 The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended operations in Afghanistan after gunmen killed six employees helping to deliver emergency relief to a remote northern region hit by heavy snowstorms. The governor of Jowzjan Province said the aid convoy was attacked by suspected Islamic State gunmen. The head
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 8, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Authorities in northern Afghanistan say Islamic State terrorists have killed at least six local employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Jowzjan province government spokesman Reza Ghafoori told VOA Wednesday’s attack occurred in the Qushtipa district and the assailants also took away two ICRC
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 6, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations recorded an alarming 24 percent spike in conflict-related child casualties in Afghanistan and a three percent rise in total civilian casualties in 2016 compared to the year before. The violence caused more than 11,400 civilian casualties, including around 3,500 deaths last year, according to
Press TV / February 5, 2017 Russia has expressed concerns about growing militancy in Afghanistan, warning that the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group is expanding its foothold in the conflict-ridden Asian country. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued the warning in a commentary released on Saturday ahead of a visit by Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 1, 2017 Afghan forces have continued to lose ground to insurgents throughout the country since taking over security responsibilities from NATO at the end of 2014, a report by a U.S. watchdog said on February 1. As of mid-November, the government controlled or influenced 57.2 percent of Afghanistan’s 407 districts,
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Security forces have captured 11 militants loyal to the Taliban outfit in Taliban former stronghold the southern Kandahar province, National Directorate of Security (NDS) or the country’s spy agency said in a statement released here on Sunday. According to the statement, the arrested militants are Afghans and were active
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — A total of 21 Taliban fighters have been killed in the poppy growing and restive Helmand province over the past 24 hours, said a statement of provincial government released here on Saturday. According to the statement, the ground and air strikes against Taliban militants in parts of Nad
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Six militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group were killed after unmanned plane targeted their hideouts in Achin district of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province Saturday night, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said Sunday. According to the official, four of those killed in the raid were foreign nationals.