1TV: Afghan government will be at the center of any peace deal with the Taliban, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Pompeo said this after being asked by US Senator Linsey Graham if the Afghan government will be a meaningful participant in any peace deal. “More than that, they will be at the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 9, 2019 Taliban fighters attacked Afghan Army checkpoints near the Pakistani border overnight, killing 20 troops, an Afghan official has said. Eight more troops were wounded in the attack in Shorabak district, Mohammad Yousof Younosi, a council member in Kandahar Province, said on April 9. An official from the provincial
Tolo News: Afghan experts said the tensions between US and Iran “could affect” the situation in Afghanistan — In a reciprocal move, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council has denounced the US government as a ‘supporter of terrorism’ and has designated the US forces in west Asia or the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) as
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 9, 2019 Three U.S. service members and an American contractor have been killed in a roadside bombing near the main NATO air base in Afghanistan, U.S. forces in Afghanistan said on April 8. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement on
The Intercept: In “Combat Obscura,” a new documentary set in Afghanistan, Marines don’t do what they normally do in American-made documentaries about war – they don’t echo narratives of God and country, kill bad guys, and win hearts and minds. In “Combat Obscura,” Marines shoot guns and patrol, but they also insult women, shake their weapons
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 8, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan say the latest military-led offensives, backed by coalition air power, have killed nearly 100 Taliban insurgents and injured dozens more in a bid to reclaim full control of a volatile district in western Badghis province. Hundreds of heavily armed insurgents assaulted Bala Murghab last
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 7, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has established a new leadership council comprising government officials, opposition politicians and civil society representatives that will manage national peace efforts and put together an “effective” team of negotiators for possible talks with the Taliban insurgency. Addressing the inaugural meeting of what is
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 6, 2019 An Afghan official says twin explosions in the country’s east have killed at least three people and wounded 10 others. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province, said those killed in the blasts in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, on April 6 were civilians. It was
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 4, 2019 Afghan officials say a Taliban attack in the northwestern province of Badghis has killed at least 20 government soldiers and police. Abdul Aziz Baig, head of the Badghis Provincial Council, said Taliban fighters stormed several security checkpoints outside the government headquarters in the district of Bala Murghab during
1TV: US President Donald Trump said that the war in Afghanistan was “unfortunate” and “ridiculous” as he met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Tuesday. Trump, however, said that a lot of positive things are happening in Afghanistan recently. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan Politicians Share Views