Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 4, 2018 An Afghan police officer and a security guard have been killed in Kabul during a 24-hour standoff between police and the stepson of Afghanistan’s former defense minister, Abdul Rahim Wardak. Six police officers and a journalist were also wounded in the gunbattle that began on December 3. Afghanistan’s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 4, 2018 An Afghan official says the Taliban stormed a police checkpoint in the northern province of Sa-e Pol, killing a district police chief and another police officer. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for Sar-e Pol’s provincial governor, said the attack began late on December 3 in the Sayyad district —
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 3, 2018 ISLAMABAD — U.S. President Donald Trump in a letter to Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, has sought Islamabad’s cooperation in bringing the Taliban to the table for negotiating peace in Afghanistan. Khan revealed to a group of local journalists that he received the letter Monday morning and promised Pakistan
BBC News: It’s very difficult to get exact numbers for the private security industry operating in Afghanistan, says Sorcha MacLeod from the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries, which also looks at private security companies. Information is difficult to access because client governments can withhold it on national security grounds. It’s also because of
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — An American drone strike in southern Afghanistan has killed a key Taliban military commander, dealing a serious blow to the insurgent group. Afghan and Taliban officials Sunday identified the slain man as Mullah Abdul Manan, saying he was killed along with four partners Saturday in the Nawzad
Press TV December 2, 2018 US warplanes have dropped more munitions in Afghanistan during the first 10 months of this year than during any other full calendar year since the American Air Force began documenting monthly bomb usage in the war-torn nation back in 2006. US military forces dropped 5,982 bombs in Afghanistan between January
1TV: Commander Naweed Khan, who has 200 armed men under his leadership in Khanabad district of Kunduz province, was in a health facility for treatment in Taloqan, the capital of neighbouring Takhar province, when security forces conducted a raid to arrest him. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV November 30, 2018 The United States has “a long record of crimes” since the invasion of Afghanistan, says an analyst, adding that Washington has absolutely no business being in the war-torn country. “Whatever anyone might think about the Taliban, the United States has absolutely no business [being] in Afghanistan where it is really
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 30, 2018 Afghan officials say clashes between two Taliban factions have killed dozens of militants in the country’s west. Jilani Farhad, the spokesman for the governor of Herat Province, said at least 28 Taliban fighters were killed and 25 wounded in the Shindand district on November 30. Hekmatullah Hekmat, the
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 29, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A British security contractor, G4S, says five of its employees, including a Briton, were killed and 32 others injured in an overnight gun-and-bomb attack against one of its compounds in the Afghan capital Kabul. The company said Thursday five employees have been “seriously” injured. Afghan officials confirm