Press TV July 16, 2016 Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the country’s National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) to launch a major operation against Daesh-linked terrorists in an eastern province. Ghani announced the order during a Friday speech before the Afghan military forces in a visit to Nangarhar Province, which has witnessed an increasing
VOA News Carla Babb July 12, 2016 BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN—The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says his forces are using the new authority they have been given to strike Taliban targets “almost daily” in support of the Afghan government’s efforts to rid the country of insurgents and terrorists. Speaking at Bagram Air Field on
Press TV July 11, 2016 President Barack Obama announced last week that the US strategy in Afghanistan has changed again, slowing the drawdown of US forces in the country. He even bragged about why he constantly reviews his strategy in Afghanistan, changes commanders, and makes adjustments, saying he is “guided by the facts, what’s happening
KABUL, July 10 (Xinhua) — The Afghan security forces have killed 39 militants in five of the country’s 34 provinces since early Saturday, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “In past 24 hours, the army, police and intelligence service personnel conducted several operations to clear some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 9, 2016 WARSAW — NATO signaled unity in support for Afghanistan and a mix of “defense and deterrence” with dialogue to handle an assertive Russia at a crucial summit, seeking to address an array of challenges faced by the Western alliance and the wider world. At a two-day summit that
Press TV July 6 2016 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has welcomed US President Barack Obama’s decision to maintain the bulk of American troops in Afghanistan. “[I] welcome President Obama’s decision on keeping 8,400 troops” in Afghanistan, said Ghani in a message posted on his official Twitter account on Wednesday. “It shows continued partnership between our nations to pursue
Press TV July 2, 2016 A major blast has rocked the Afghan city of Jalalabad in the eastern Nangarhar Province, killing at least two civilians and wounding 17 others. The Saturday explosion took place in the provincial capital when a bomber detonated his explosives in the third police district of the city, apparently meant to
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem June 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s national security adviser has accused Pakistan, without directly naming the country, of providing financial and logistical support to Islamic State (IS) fighters in Afghanistan. Hanif Atmar told journalists Wednesday in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, that his country’s security forces this week arrested three IS
VOA News June 26, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Officials in eastern Afghanistan say security forces have killed more than 135 Islamic State (IS) militants, including top commanders, and wounded many more in days of ground and air raids near the border with Pakistan. The clashes in Nangarhar province’s Kot district subsided on Sunday, but search
Press TV June 25, 2016 Terrorists affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri group have kidnapped at least 30 people, including women, during an attack in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. Afghanistan’s Khaama news service on Saturday quoted Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for Nangarhar, as saying that the terrorists launched coordinated attacks against local police checkpoints