By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 12, 2019 KABUL — The Afghan government has released three key Taliban prisoners, including Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of Sirajjuddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani network, in exchange for two professors of the American University of Afgahnistan in Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced. The prisoners
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 10, 2019 U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has predicted that American troops, already in Afghanistan for 18 years, would remain in the country “for several more years.” In an ABC interview broadcast on November 10, Milley noted that, after the September 11 attacks
Press TV November 10, 2019 A top security official in Afghanistan says the Daesh terrorist group has been “defeated” in one of the key eastern provinces of the country, amid an ongoing offensive by the Kabul government against the terrorists operating across the troubled region. Acting Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi told reporters during a press
Stars and Stripes (US): The U.S. Air Force’s newest aerial gunships are in high demand in the skies of Afghanistan, where they provide close-air support and armed overwatch to U.S. and Afghan operations. The new aircraft’s missions are part of an increase in the pace of the air war following the collapse of peace talks between
Ariana: Pakistan prefers a weak government in Kabul and has played an active, and by many accounts, a negative role in Afghan affairs for decades, a U.S. Congressional report has said. In its latest report on Afghanistan, the independent and bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) identified Pakistan, the most important neighbor of Afghanistan. However, it said,
1TV: Afghanistan has been ranked as the least safe country in the world in 2018, according to a new global poll. The annual survey by Gallup asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had been victims of crime. Singapore, Tajikistan and the United Arab Emirates scored highest, respectively for law and order. Singapore,
1TV: “We have recorded a surge in activity of ISIS units in Afghanistan, united in the so-called Wilayah Khorasan,” Alexander Bortnikov said at the Council of the Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the Central Asian states. Due to their looming defeat in Syria and Iraq, international terrorist organizations are hastily withdrawing their remaining forces
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 7, 2019 KABUL — Three Afghan judges and an administrative officer have been ambushed and shot dead while they were traveling from the southeastern province of Paktia to Kabul, officials say. The spokesman for Paktia Province’s governor told RFE/RL that the ambush took place on November 6 in the Mohammad
By Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 6, 2019 A deadly attack on a Tajik border post reported early on November 6 is disturbing for many reasons, including the fact Tajik officials are blaming the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group for the assault that authorities say left at least two security servicemen and 15
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 5, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Tuesday it will have fenced off its traditionally porous border with Afghanistan by the end of next year, leading to an improved security situation in the region. The military-led massive construction program, launched in mid-2017, is installing a pair of nearly 3-meter-high chicken wire