Michael Hughes: The Islamic State terrorist group’s local affiliate in Afghanistan – IS-Khorasan – has grown stronger despite the U.S. and its allies dramatically increasing the tempo of airstrikes and loosening the rules of engagement. In fact, the terror group’s success makes U.S. President Donald Trump’s prediction of “victory” against ISIS in Afghanistan seem like pure
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 3, 2018 Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan mourned their dead one day after a suicide bombing in Jalalabad killed 17, with some saying they’re considering leaving the country. Senior members of the community were among those killed as they traveled in a convoy to meet with President Ashraf Ghani, including
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A U.S. diplomat has begun crucial meetings with officials in Pakistan to seek their cooperation in pushing Taliban insurgents to engage in peace and reconciliation talks with the Afghan government. Alice Wells, principal deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asia, Monday met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary
Tolo News: Nizamuddin Qaisari, police chief of Qaisar district in Faryab province and a close aide to First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, was arrested by Special Forces on Monday afternoon in Faryab, a source from the 209 Shaheen Military Corps confirmed, but gave no details. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Abdullah said that declaring safe zones for terrorists who carry out terrorist attacks against the Afghan people is not logical. The ‘safe zones’ for the Taliban had been proposed by Hizb-i-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and it surfaced more during the government’s unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 1, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan officials say a suicide bomb blast has killed at least 19 people, including at least 10 members of the country’s tiny Hindu and Sikh minority, in the eastern province of Nangarhar. The victims were on their way to the governor’s office in the provincial capital of
Ariana: Mohaqiq made the remarks in an online statement released on Friday, in which he also claimed that the “Taliban’s war in Hazarajat regions” was being triggered by pro-government Taliban and with provocation of “governmental intelligence”. He, meanwhile, warned that if the government fails to prevent the Taliban attacks against Hazara ethnic group particularly in Jaghori
MOSCOW, June 30 (Sputnik) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has declared the end of truce with the Taliban movement, saying that the operations of the country’s armed forces will resume, local media reported on Saturday. “The nation has shown they are ready for reconciliation,” Ghani said, as quoted by the TOLO news broadcaster, adding that
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 29, 2018 A senior special forces commander with Afghanistan’s police was shot dead in Kabul late on June 28 as he picnicked with his family in the Makrorayan area of the capital, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says. Interior Ministry spokesman Najb Danish said on June 29 that Azizullah Karwan, the commander
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 28, 2018 A global money-laundering watchdog will place Pakistan back on its terrorism financing “grey” monitoring list to pressure Islamabad to halt alleged support for militant groups, Pakistani officials say. Officials were quoted as saying on June 28 that the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took the decision as