Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | August 2, 2018: Dozens of Islamic State (IS) militants who surrendered to Afghan forces on July 31 have been moved to a compound in Shibirghan, in the northern province of Jowzjan, where they are now being held. RFE/RL filmed inside the compound on August 2. Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc.
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem August 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan police found the bodies of three foreign nationals shot and killed in the capital, Kabul, Thursday afternoon. The three, from India, Malaysia, and Macedonia, were abducted earlier in the day. According to Bahar Mehr, an official with the Ministry of Interior, the three got out of
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 1, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban insurgency announced Wednesday it has cleared Afghanistan’s northern Jowzjan province of Islamic State, claiming residual IS fighters have fled and surrendered to government forces in the area. Provincial authorities in Jowzjan, which borders neighboring Turkmenistan, have also confirmed about 150 IS fighters, including foreigners, surrendered
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 31, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan officials say insurgents attacked security forces and government buildings in the country’s eastern and western provinces killing and wounding scores of people. In western Farah province, officials said a roadside bomb early Tuesday killed at least 11 passengers and wounding around 40 others. A provincial government
Reuters: Even by the bloody standards of the Afghan war, Islamic State has gained an unmatched reputation for brutality, routinely beheading opponents or forcing them to sit on explosives. Click here to read more (external link).
MOSCOW, July 31 (Sputnik) – Hayatullah Khan Rahmani, a candidate for the upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections from the eastern province of Nangarhar, was killed on Monday by a suicide attacker, local media reported. Rahmani, who was also a commander of the local public uprising forces, was killed along with his three family members, according to
Ariana: Trump administration is urging American-backed Afghan troops to retreat from sparsely populated areas of the country, U.S. officials said, all but ensuring the Taliban will remain in control of vast stretches of the country. According to New York Times, the withdrawal will effectively ensure that the Taliban and other insurgent groups will hold on to territory
VOA News July 28, 2018 A provincial government official in eastern Afghanistan said Saturday three staff members of a midwife training center were killed in an attack on the facility. Gunmen stormed the facility Saturday in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, and fought security forces for several hours. Provincial governor spokesman
MOSCOW, July 26 (Sputnik) – A suicide attack on Afghan police forces in Kabul on Thursday killed at least four officers and injured five others, a police spokesman said. Hashmat Stanekzai, the spokesman for Kabul’s police chief, was quoted as saying by the Tolo News agency that the attack took place at 5 a.m. (00:30GMT).
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Sputnik) – A US strike in Afghanistan has killed two chief leaders of the Taliban, the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan said in a press release on Wednesday. “The Taliban’s two top leaders in Kapisa province were killed by a US strike in support of an Afghan Special Security Forces raid in