LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — About 37 Taliban militants were killed as clashes broke out in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, an official said on Saturday. “The Taliban militants attacked joint Afghan army and police security checkpoints in Adam Khan and Rahim Kala localities of Nahri Sarraj district Friday morning. The NATO-led coalition’s
Tolo News: The security situation in Afghanistan in 2016 is poised to deteriorate with the Afghan army having lost a third of its troops. It has potentially been left incapable of fulfilling its duties, maintains a secret NATO report seen by Der Spiegel, a German magazine. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 21, 2015 ISLAMABAD—NATO says a suicide blast has killed six of its soldiers and wounded three others near Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, the biggest U.S. military facility in the war-torn country. U.S. defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Americans are among those killed in what was one of
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 2, 2015 ISLAMABAD—The Taliban has denounced NATO’s decision to extend its mission in Afghanistan by keeping 12,000 troops through 2016 and continuing military financial assistance to the Kabul government through 2020. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Islamist insurgency reiterated its resolve to continue the Taliban-led “jihad” against what it calls
Press TV video description: An Afghan lawmaker has accused the US and NATO of benefiting from poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. He believes that the US-led foreign forces hinder local efforts to fight drug trafficking in the country. Meanwhile, a new UN report has put the total value of drugs trafficked from Afghanistan to Western Europe at
VOA News December 1, 2015 NATO says it will keep about 12,000 troops in Afghanistan for an extra year in 2016 to prevent the country from again becoming a safe haven for terrorists. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the alliance will pledge “approximately 12,000 troops” as part of its Resolute Support Mission in the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 30, 2015 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Afghan security forces are fighting competently against the Taliban and other Islamic militants. Stoltenberg told RFE/RL in an interview in Brussels on November 30 that Afghan military forces have “proven to be very capable and very competent” in battling Islamist fighters and
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 15, 2015 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—A top government official in Afghanistan revealed more than 1,300 foreign fighters linked to various regional and international terrorist groups had participated in the recent battle for control of northern city of Kunduz. “These foreign fighters came from Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and various other countries,” Afghan deputy
1TV: Visiting its headquarter in Brussels, Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor has asked North Atlantic Treaty Organization to support Afghanistan after 2016 when most of the remaining international forces are expected to withdraw. Meeting NATO chief and representatives, Mohammad Hanif Atmar claimed Afghan forces were able to maintain security of the country, however, hinting at increasing