How many bombs have been dropped in Afghanistan?
Defense News: Just how many munitions have been released in Afghanistan and Iraq/Syria during the past few years? Well, a lot. Click here to read more (external link).
Category Archives: Security
Report: Afghan Security Forces See Drastic Decline
William Gallo VOA News May 1, 2018 The number of Afghan security forces declined sharply over the past year amid worsening violence, according to a U.S. government watchdog’s latest assessment of the conflict. Afghan police and army forces saw an almost 11-percent decline, according to the report released Tuesday by the Special Inspector General on
‘No More Hope’: Kabul Carnage Lays Bare Plight Of Afghan Journalism
Mike Eckel Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 30, 2018 Two years before his death, Shah Marai, the chief Kabul-based photographer for the French news agency Agence France-Presse, pondered the hopelessness that he said had descended on his native country of Afghanistan. “The signs of war have all but disappeared,” Marai wrote in the 2016 blog
Kabul Suicide Blasts Kill 26 People, Including 9 Journalists
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 30, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A twin suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Monday killed at least 26 people, including nine journalists. At least 50 other people were wounded, including five journalists. Islamic State through its “Amaq” news agency claimed responsibility for the deadliest ever assault on media workers in Afghanistan. Local
Afghanistan is building up its commando force to fight the Taliban. But at what cost?
The washington Post: A major buildup of Afghanistan’s commando force, part of a strategy to fight insurgents who contest or control nearly half the country’s districts, could have a detrimental effect on conventional army units, already beaten down by years of combat, corruption and desertion. Click here to read more (external link).
Three Killed When Afghan Children Set Off Unexploded Mortar
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 29, 2018 A group of children have set off an unexploded mortar round in a residential area in eastern Afghanistan, causing an explosion that killed a woman and two children. Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the governor of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, says another seven children were wounded
Taliban seize district center in Afghanistan’s Kunduz, attack army base in Helmand
Press TV April 28, 2018 The Taliban militant group has seized a district center in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz and launched a bomb attack on an army base in the southern province of Helmand, killing at least six people, officials say. According to Sayyed Assadullah Sadat, a provincial council member in Kunduz, the militants
Afghan President Slams Taliban Offensive
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 28, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, has slammed the Taliban for pushing ahead with its so-called annual spring offensive, despite his “most generous” offer of peace talks. The Taliban on Wednesday unleashed its new military campaign, code named “Al Khandaq” or the Trench. The action has since led
Suicide attack against Afghan army base claims 6 lives, wounds 10 others in S. Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, April 28 (Xinhua) — At least six people including the attacker have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured as a suicide bomber blew an explosive-laden car next to a military base in Nad Ali district of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, spokesman for provincial government, Omar Zawak said. “A
NATO Chief Says Alliance Could Help With Afghan Election Security
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 26, 2018 NATO has said it could provide additional security during Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, amid increasing attacks in the country ahead of the October polls. “Our main contribution to make sure that the elections can be held in a safe and secure way is to continue to provide support to