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Afghan Women Join Anti-War Protest in Helmand, Plan to March to Taliban Base
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 27, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan women took to the streets Tuesday in Afghanistan’s conservative Helmand province and joined an ongoing man-only sit-in demanding Taliban insurgents stop hostilities. A deadly suicide car bombing at a sports stadium last Thursday in the provincial capital, Lashkargah, provoked young men to stage the anti-war protest
Afghan Air Force Hits Taliban With Maiden Laser-Guided Bomb
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 27, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The NATO-led military alliance in Afghanistan announced Tuesday that the Afghan Air Force (AAF) had dropped its first laser-guided bomb on a Taliban compound and had destroyed it. The Resolute Support Mission said the AAF last Thursday tasked its A-29 light attack aircraft squadron to use the
Afghan Air Force to receive 4 Black Hawks with strike capability in 2019
Khaama Press: The helicopters will be divided between the Afghan Air Force and the Special Mission Wing, which supports Commando ground operations. The first batch of the Black Hawk helicopters pilots will be mission-ready in May as they are currently being trained during follow-on Mission Qualification Training. Click here to read more (external link).
Pakistan says China Standing With it, US ‘Constantly Receding’
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 26, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A top Pakistani government official argues that the crisis in relations with the United States stems from Washington’s focus on military partnership rather than engaging Pakistan as a democracy and addressing mutual concerns. In an exclusive interview, Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir tells VOA, that as a consequence,
Taliban Attack Disrupts Power Supply to Kabul, Several Afghan Provinces
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 26, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has destroyed a major electricity tower in northern Afghanistan, disrupting imported power supply to five provinces, including Kabul. The pre-dawn insurgent subversive action occurred in the province of Baghlan, plunging a vast area into darkness, including much of the Afghan capital. Residents, businesses and offices
1 killed, 8 wounded in bomb attack near mosque in Afghanistan
Press TV March 25, 2018 Two attackers struck a Shia mosque in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding eight others, officials said, in the latest assault against the Muslim minority. The men stormed the grounds of the mosque in the western city of Herat, but security guards shot dead one of
Blast kills at least 14 in southern Afghanistan
Press TV March 23, 2018 An explosion has killed and injured scores of people in the city of Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan’s restive south, officials say. “A car bomb blast happened at the entrance gate to the sports stadium in the first Police District of Lashkar Gah city,” Helmand province’s police spokesman Salam Afghan said
German Lawmakers Approve Troop Increase For Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 22, 2018 The German parliament has approved plans to extend the country’s military mission in Afghanistan. A majority of lawmakers voted to approve a bill raising the maximum number of German troops deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission by one-third to 1,300. The decision comes as
Suicide Bombing Kills 31 in Afghan Capital
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghan officials say a suicide blast has killed at least 31 people and wounded more than 65 others in Kabul. Officials and witnesses say the bomber targeted a crowd during celebrations to mark the Persian new year, Nowruz, Wednesday near a Shi’ite Muslim neighborhood. Islamic