Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 10, 2016 U.S. soldiers helping Afghan troops fight the Islamic State group in Afghanistan were forced to abandon equipment and weapons when their position came under fire, the U.S. military said on August 9. IS fighters have circulated photographs of a rocket launcher, grenades, ammunition, identification cards, an encrypted radio,
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Air strikes against Taliban outfit in Helmand province had killed 40 militants and injured 45 others, said provincial government in a statement released here Tuesday. “The air strikes conducted against Taliban convoy in Tarikh Nawar locality between Marja and Nawa districts Sunday evening, leaving 40 rebels dead and
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan on Monday claimed to have made major successes against the Taliban and Islamic State, saying national security forces have killed hundreds of fighters, including key leaders linked to both groups. Major General Mohammad Habib Hesari, Director General of Military Operations, told a news conference in
KABUL, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have obviously intensified military pressure against anti-government militants as up to 39 armed insurgents affiliated to Taliban, Islamic State (IS) and other armed groups were killed elsewhere in the conflict-hit country over the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday. In the latest military crackdown, 11 Taliban fighters
Quartz: IS’s Afghan arm is a fringe militant group in the sense that it accounts for a relatively small percentage of the fighters in the country who are waging violent jihad against the state. At the peak of its military strength, it claimed to have around 5,000 men under arms. Over the past year, it’s contended
Noor Zahid, Noshaba Ashna VOA News | August 2, 2016 IS militants launched a massive assault on various parts of the Kot district in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province last month. Dozens of villagers were killed and hundreds displaced. In the remote village of Qalajaat, Niaz Bibi watched as IS fighters invaded her home and murdered five
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 1, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan have declared a far eastern border district free of Islamic State militants, saying security forces killed nearly 300 IS militants during a month-long offensive. Provincial governor Salim Khan Kundozi made the announcement Monday during a visit to the Kot district in Nangarhar province, which borders
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 29, 2016 The Afghan government lost control of nearly 5 percent of its territory between January and May 2016, despite the delayed U.S. troop withdrawal, a new report from the top U.S. government watchdog says. The report, published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said the Afghan government
VOA News Carla Babb July 28, 2016 PENTAGON—Increases in airstrikes, U.S. injuries, and a wider range of authorities for U.S. troops are revealing a much more involved U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, despite a planned reduction of troops there by the end of the year. The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Thursday his forces
Associated Press: The Islamic State group presence in Afghanistan is directly linked to the parent organization in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. Army general in charge of American and NATO troops in Afghanistan said on Wednesday. Gen. John Nicholson, speaking to The Associated Press in an interview, says IS loyalists in Afghanistan have financial, communications and strategic