Press TV June 4, 2018 Several Pashtun ethnic activists have been killed in an attack by the Taliban and a following police operation in Pakistan’s border region of South Waziristan. Local sources in Wana, the main administrative center for South Waziristan, said two Pashtuns had been killed and 25 others injured on Sunday after the
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 4, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up near a big gathering of about 2,000 Afghan religious scholars in Kabul Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding many more. A capital city police spokesman, Hasmatullah Satnikzai, told VOA the attack occurred when hundreds of participants of the meeting
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 4 (Xinhua) — Three children were killed in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the provincial government said in a statement Monday. The incident occurred in Shirullah Qala village of Haska Mina district on Sunday afternoon, the statement said, blaming the Islamic State (IS) militant group for planting the landmine
June 3, 2018 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – While the US-led attacks have failed to curb the activities of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, new reports suggest that the Taliban have increased their presence in rural areas near capital Kabul, to the extent that even the security forces do not dare to patrol those areas. Amid growing criticism
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 3, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says at least six militants were killed and five soldiers wounded in shootouts along the troubled border with Afghanistan. A military statement noted that in the past 24 hours “terrorists” from the Afghan side have staged repeated “fire raids and physical attacks” on Pakistani outposts and
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, June 3 (Xinhua) — A total of 12 armed insurgents have been killed and 14 others wounded in military operations in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province over the past 24 hours, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, spokesman for the army’s 209 Shaheen Corps in northern region said Sunday. Afghan army units, according to the official, launched
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 3, 2018 Almost 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are unable to go to school due to ongoing conflict, poverty, and discrimination against girls, the United Nations’ Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says. The figure, part of the Global Initiative On Out Of School Children report released on June 2, represents almost half
Michael Hughes: Outgoing U.S. Forces Afghanistan Commander General John Nicholson during his final press conference, lacking anything of substance to point to in terms of progress during his two-year watch, cited covert talks between the Taliban and Kabul as one of the key achievements of President Donald Trump’s South Asia strategy, befuddling a crowd of mostly
Tolo News: At least one archaeologist died and three others were wounded early Saturday morning in Benisar area in the eastern part of Kabul city. Mohammad Sabir Mohmand, spokesman for the information and culture ministry confirmed the incident and said the explosion happened at about 7am local time when the archaeologists were on their way to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 31, 2018 Afghan special forces have freed more than 100 prisoners held by the Taliban, including women and children, in an operation in the southern province of Helmand, the military says. Army spokesman Abdul Qadeir Bahadorzai said the early morning operation on May 31 freed 103 people held in two