Ayaz Gul VOA News June 7, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban have urged Afghans who worked for departing U.S. and NATO militaries in Afghanistan over the years not to “desert” their war-ravaged nation for fear of retribution by the insurgent group. Monday’s Taliban pledge comes as thousands of Afghans employed, mostly as interpreters, by the
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, along with a high-level delegation, met Sunday with leaders in Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation after U.S. and coalition troops leave the country by a Sept. 11 deadline. The discussions come as Taliban insurgents have intensified battlefield attacks
Ariana: Mohib early last month accused Pakistan, particularly its military, of supporting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and compared Pakistan to a “brothel”. “My blood has been boiling ever since you compared Pakistan to a brothel house. You should be ashamed of yourself and must reform your conduct,” Qureshi said of Mohib on Saturday. “Afghanistan’s
NBC News: The Afghan security forces rely heavily on U.S.-funded contractors to repair and maintain their fleet of aircraft and armored vehicles, and a whole array of other equipment. But the roughly 18,000 contractors are due to depart within weeks, along with most of the U.S. military contingent, as part of Washington’s agreement with the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 6, 2021 At least 11 civilians, including three children, have been killed in northwest Afghanistan when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, officials said on June 6. The incident happened at around 5.30 p.m. local time on June 5 in the Chalank village of Badghis Province, regional governor
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 6, 2021 At least 14 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed and another 18 wounded in a Taliban attack in Qaisar district of the northern province of Faryab, local officials said on June 6. The militants “have also taken 37 security force members as captive,” said Nader
Radio Free Afghanistan June 5, 2021 Taliban militants launched an attack against Afghan security forces in the northern province of Baghlan on June 5, killing at least eight people, according to a security official. Two district police chiefs and six officers were killed in the attack on the Julga district, the official, who spoke on
Tolo News: An Afghan forces airstrike killed at least 12 members of the public uprising forces in a so-called “friendly fire” incident in the northeastern province of Badakhshan on Friday, sources from the province said Saturday. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan government airstrike kills civilians in Helmand
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 4, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban seized a district in southern Afghanistan Friday without facing any resistance from Afghan government security forces, bringing to seven the number of districts the insurgents have overrun since the United States and its NATO allies began withdrawing their troops from the country a month
Tolo News: Currently, there are around 36,000 religious seminaries in Pakistan functioning as factories to produce Taliban. It is a big and thriving industry, patronized by the military and run by the religious elites with huge investments from the Middle East. A good number of students here are still Afghans who have been used (and