MOSCOW, August 19 (Sputnik) – Taliban militants have taken control of Bilchiragh District in Faryab province in the northwest of Afghanistan, local media reported Sunday. At the same time, several dozen troops from a military base in the same province remain unaccounted for, ToloNews reported, citing a source. The Taliban movement captured Sainia base, which
Tolo News: Ahmad Zia Massoud accuses government of complicity with the Taliban and said the [Ghani] administration is helping the Taliban financially and even militarily. Massoud said the administration is helping the Taliban financially and even militarily. “The only source for finance and equipping of terrorist groups particularly Taliban is government itself. They tell the
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 18, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The fugitive Taliban leader renewed his call Saturday for direct talks with the United States, dismissing as impractical and unacceptable “propositions” he asserted Washington has offered to promote a negotiated end to the war in Afghanistan. Malawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, in a message to his followers ahead
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 18, 2018 The leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban has said there can be no peace in the country as long as foreign “occupation” goes on. In an August 18 statement to mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada repeated that the Taliban remain committed to “Islamic goals” and the sovereignty
Frud Behzan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 17, 2018 Hassan Rahimi recalls the last time he saw Farzana and Atta, his twin daughter and son. He had just ended a grueling shift at a local bakery. It was around noon when he arrived at the family’s cramped, one-room home in Dasht-e Barchi, a poor neighborhood
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan for at least the fifth time in the past eight years has experienced a “Tet-like” offensive – that is, if you believe military pundits, scholars and reporters who often cannot resist historical analogies even if it comes at the expense of true clarity. This is not to say the siege of Ghazni
NBC News: President Donald Trump is increasingly venting frustration to his national security team about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the war, current and former senior administration officials said… It has raised ethical and security concerns among senior military officials, key lawmakers and
Reuters: The problems they have found are the same ones that existed a decade ago when the NATO-led coalition began to reshape Afghan forces into an army on U.S. lines – poor logistics and organization as well as a reliance on static checkpoints that are vulnerable to attack. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 17, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan has alleged hospitals in neighboring Pakistan are receiving and treating Taliban insurgents who had been injured in recent fighting with Afghan forces in the southeastern Ghazni city. President Ashraf Ghani, while speaking to a gathering of officials, clerics and residents in Ghazni Friday, also said that
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News | August 16, 2018 Afghan officials claim that dozens of Pakistani nationals were among more than 400 militants killed in fierce battles in southeastern Ghazni province in the past several days. “During the Taliban attack in Ghazni province, over 400 terrorists were killed, including 70 Pakistani nationals whose bodies are ready