Ayaz Gul VOA News September 6, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Officials said Friday Taliban militants conducted an overnight attack on the western Afghan city of Farah, the capital of Farah province. There was no immediate word about casualties among Afghan forces or the Taliban. On Thursday, the NATO-led military alliance said an American soldier and a
1TV: Abdul Samad Amiri, provincial acting chief of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in Ghor, had been abducted while he was travelling from capital Kabul to Ghor. He was stopped in Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province. Sources said that Amiri was killed on Thursday. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 5, 2019 At least 12 people have been killed — including a U.S. and a Romanian soldier — and dozens more injured when a car bomb struck a checkpoint on September 5 in a neighborhood of Kabul that houses the embassies, government buildings, and local NATO headquarters. The fundamentalist Taliban
Michael Hughes: The so-called withdrawal agreement the United States struck with the Taliban will leave about as many troops in Afghanistan as the Trump administration inherited. However, for U.S. President Donald Trump the net of this equation is trivial and something he hopes American voters don’t notice. This is because the White House’s single overriding
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 4, 2019 Afghan officials say they support progress toward peace but are concerned about a draft agreement reached “in principle” between U.S. and Taliban negotiators on ending their 18-year conflict. Afghan presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in a series of tweets on September 4 that despite seeing a draft accord, questions remained
Press TV September 3, 2019 Senior US presidential advisers have proposed a secret expansion of the CIA’s role in Afghanistan as the American military may begin a troop pullout per a potential peace deal with Taliban militants in the country, prompting concerns from officials of the spy agency and the Pentagon. Citing “half-dozen current or
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 3, 2019 KABUL — The Taliban has taken credit for killing at least 16 civilians involving a car bombing and gunmen in Kabul on September 2 as the Afghan-based militant group agreed “in principle” to a deal to end the nearly 18-year conflict, the longest war in which the
Washington Examiner: “The forces under my command at CENTCOM were to degrade the Taliban while building up the Afghan army. They were also to withdraw on a strict timetable, independent of circumstances on the ground. We could do one or the other, but not both,” he said. Click here to read more (external link). Other
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 2, 2019 KABUL — The Taliban has agreed “in principle” that any Afghan territory it controls in the future will not be used as a safe haven for terrorists to launch attacks against the United States and its allies, U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has told RFE/RL.
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban have staged a “large-scale” predawn attack on an important city in northern Afghanistan, even as leaders of the insurgent group are engaged in marathon peace talks with the United States on ending the deadly war. Residents and officials said Saturday insurgents assaulted Kunduz, the