Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 15, 2019 The Afghan Taliban on September 15 revoked their ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and restored its guarantee for the security of ICRC staff doing humanitarian work in Afghanistan. “The Islamic Emirate restores the former security guarantees to ICRC in Afghanistan and instructs all
1TV: US presidential hopeful Joe Biden has said that Afghanistan is three countries and it cannot be put together. Speaking at a debate, Democratic Biden, who is a former US vice president, claimed that Pakistan owns three provinces in the east of Afghanistan. “Pakistan owns the three counties — the three provinces in the east. They’re
Press TV September 14, 2019 A team of negotiators from the Afghan Taliban has traveled to Russia days after the collapse of year-long negotiations between the US and the militant group. Taliban’s Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Russia’s TASS news agency on Friday that the group’s delegation had met with Zamir Kabulov, President Vladimir Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 14, 2019 President Donald Trump says he can now confirm that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the deceased Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, has been killed by a military operation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. “The loss of Hamza bin Laden not only deprives Al-Qaeda of important leadership skills and
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 13, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told an election rally Friday that more than 2,000 Taliban fighters have been killed over the past week and insisted his elected office is where the insurgent group must come to seek a decisive political settlement to the conflict. Ghani’s assertions came
Press TV September 12, 2019 US President Donald Trump has threatened to hit the Taliban harder than ever, following the collapse of peace talks between Washington and the militant group. Speaking at a memorial service marking the September 11, 2001 terror attack, Trump said he stood by his campaign promise to end the 18-year US
1TV: Afghan forces have reclaimed control of Kuran wa Mujan district in northeast Badakhshan province, Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. This is third district in Badakhshan to have been retaken from Taliban in one week, after Warduj and Yamgan districts. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News Takhar Airstrikes Kill 40 Taliban Militants
By Nafisa Hoodbhoy VOA News September 10, 2019 WASHINGTON – The renewed tension with India has pushed Pakistan to move some of its troops from the border region with Afghanistan to the Indian Line of Control (LOC), leaving fewer resources to contain the cross-border infiltration of militants along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, a senior Pakistani army
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 10, 2019 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – The United States has designated a top Pakistani militant commander as a global terrorist for directing deadly attacks against Pakistan. The U.S. State Department announced the decision Tuesday, identifying the man as Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, the head of the outlawed extremist Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan: The son of revered Afghan resistance fighter Ahmad Shah Masud says he wants to make his late father’s goal of creating a moderate Afghan state a reality. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, Ahmad Masud warned against any peace deal with the Taliban and explained why he’s following