Ayaz Gul VOA News December 30, 2019 The Taliban announced Monday it does not intend to stop fighting in Afghanistan, rejecting as “false and baseless” reports the insurgent group is ready to declare a temporary cease-fire in a bid to seal a peace deal with the United States. The announcement comes on a day when
Tolo News: The Associated Press on Sunday evening quoted anonymous sources within the Taliban saying that the ruling council of the group – in Pakistan – has agreed to a temporary ceasefire nationwide. The ceasefire, according to the report, will open a way for a peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban. The agreement
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 29, 2019 A Taliban attack in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar Province has killed 17 local militiamen, local officials said on December 29. The attack apparently targeted a local militia commander who escaped unharmed, a spokesman for the governor of Takhar Province said. The area is currently under the control of government
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 28, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban has assaulted an army base in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 soldiers and injuring four others. An Afghan military statement said Saturday the predawn insurgent bomb-and-gun raid took place in Helmand province, where most of the districts are controlled by the Taliban. Provincial
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 27, 2019 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Authorities in eastern Pakistan announced Friday counterterrorism forces have captured five suspected al-Qaida operatives planning attacks on security officials. The operation in Punjab province targeted a facility serving as a media cell and a financing network for militants linked to al-Qaida’s regional affiliate, al-Qaida in
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 26, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The United Nations says the war in Afghanistan has killed or injured more than 100,000 civilians in the past ten years, urging all warring sides to take “genuine and concrete” steps toward ending the 18-year-old hostilities. The announcement comes as Taliban insurgents in a pre-dawn attack
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 26, 2019 Twenty-seven Afghan peace activists who were kidnapped by the Taliban in the country’s west have been freed “after being held by the militants for 45 hours,” an official has said. The activists from the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) were released “without harm,” PPM spokesman Bismillah Watan Dost said on December
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 26, 2019 At least six Afghan soldiers have been killed in a powerful suicide car bombing that targeted a military compound in the country’s northern Balkh Province in the early morning of December 26, officials say. After the bomber detonated the explosives-packed car, a group of militants stormed the compound,
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News December 25, 2019 ISLAMABAD – An activist group in Afghanistan says Taliban insurgents have captured a convoy of 27 peace marchers in western Afghanistan and taken them to an undisclosed location. Bismillah Watandost, a spokesman for the People Peace Movement (PPM), said his organization lost contact with their 27 colleagues late
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2019 The United States is allowing Pakistan to rejoin a military training program following a two-year suspension — representing one element of U.S. military assistance frozen by President Donald Trump after accusing Islamabad of not doing enough to stop terrorism. The decision announced on December 23 reflects an easing