Ayaz Gul VOA News June 9, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban announced Saturday it will halt offensive operations against government security forces across Afghanistan during three-day festivities of Eid al Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The cease-fire coincides with the unilateral weeklong halting of anti-Taliban operations by the Afghan
Mohammad Habibzada Zia Urahman Hasrat VOA News | June 8, 2018 WASHINGTON — In the last few weeks, at least 160 families have been displaced in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province by Islamic State attacks and fighting between U.S.-backed Afghan government forces and various militant groups. More than 400 families have been displaced in the province in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 8, 2018 The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said military operations against Islamic State (IS) militants will intensify during a temporary cease-fire announced by the Afghan government. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on June 7 announced for the first time a unilateral cease-fire with the Taliban and the allied Haqqani network,
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The United States appears to be easing public pressure on Pakistan in a bid to encourage the country to help promote peace and reconciliation with the Taliban to bring an end to the war in Afghanistan. The optimism, analysts say, stemmed from Wednesday’s rare telephone conversation U.S.
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani has announced his forces will halt offensive operations next Tuesday until June 20 to encourage the Taliban to seek a peaceful resolution to the war. In a nationally televised speech Thursday, Ghani explained he has taken the unilateral move in response to an
Ariana: NATO is discussing ways to extend funding for the Afghan forces beyond 2020, the alliance Secretary General said on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted that around 3,000 more trainers have been sent to Afghanistan in the past few months, and that discussions are underway to extend funding
Press TV June 6, 2018 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to send troops to Afghanistan for what is said to be a training and support mission in the war-torn country. The Afghan National Security Council (NSC) announced in a statement that it had approved a proposal by the Emirates to send the forces at a
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 5, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned a deadly suicide bombing outside a gathering of the country’s top religious body in Kabul, and backed its religious order, or fatwa, against such attacks. “The attack that targeted the large gathering of clerics and religious scholars from across the country was
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News June 4, 2018 WASHINGTON — Human rights organizations have voiced “grave concerns” over the rise in summary court convictions in Afghanistan after a video of one such trial was posted on social media last week. In the video, which was filmed outside the capital, Kabul, a group of four men and a
Akmal Dawi VOA News June 4, 2018 At the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, a group of eight young men set off in Helmand province for a 600-kilometer march to the capital, Kabul, to press for peace. Like other Muslims observing Ramadan around the world, the men abstained from food and drink from