Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 8, 2108 Eight Afghan civilians, including women and children, were killed on August 8 when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the northern Balkh province, an official says. Six other civilians were wounded in the explosion, which happened in the Shulgar district, said Sher Jan Durrani, the spokesman for
Jeff Seldin VOA News August 7, 2018 PENTAGON — Intensified efforts to root out and destroy the Islamic State terror group in Afghanistan are making progress in some areas but have so far failed to prevent the terror group from maintaining a foothold in the country, based on the latest U.S. intelligence estimates. IS-Khorasan is thought
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 7, 2018 NATO says it is investigating reports that at least nine Afghan police officers were killed in a U.S. air strike during a battle against Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi earlier said nine police were killed and 14 wounded in the strike in the
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News | August 6, 2018 Mufti Niamtullah, an Islamic State terror group commander in northern Afghanistan, is among some 245 militants who surrendered to Afghan government forces last week in the country’s northern Jowzjan province. His surrender came days after a number of women in Darzab district of the province accused him
Ariana: Abdullah, an underage boy who was from Jawzjan’s Darzab district said that IS or Daesh militants have kidnapped and held him at their main stronghold to sexually harass him. He said, there were about 50 children who were being used as sex slaves by Daesh leaders. Some of the displaced residents of Darzab district also
Tolo News: Families from the Darzab district have accused the group of having committed crimes including rape, torture and even murder. Displaced families and victims of Daesh atrocities in the northern province of Jawzjan on Sunday called on Afghanistan’s legal and judicial institutions to bring the group to justice. About 250 Daesh fighters handed themselves
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 5, 2018 ISLAMABAD — NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan announced Sunday three of its soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a combined, dismounted patrol with local forces. An American service member and two Afghan National Army soldiers were also injured in the blast, the mission said. “My thoughts
Tolo News: Angry relatives questioned government’s ability to keep the people safe and asked how insurgents breach secure areas such as mosques? “Who should we complain to? No one was here to help us. There were no ambulances. This is not a government, this is a corrupt government,” one resident said. “Government is involved in this
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 4, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in southern Afghanistan said Saturday they have lost contact with scores of soldiers after Taliban insurgents assaulted a military base in the restive Uruzgan province. A regional Afghan National Army (ANA) spokesman told VOA heavy fighting erupted following the late Friday insurgent offensive in the Chinarto
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 3, 2018 Afghan police say at least 25 people have been killed in twin suicide blasts at a Shi’ite mosque in southeastern Afghanistan. Raz Mohammad Mandozai, the police chief of Paktia Province, said two suicide bombers detonated their explosives inside the Khawaja Hassan mosque in the provincial capital of Gardez