ars technica: The US military has fought the Taliban in Afghanistan for 16 years now, and it frequently has done so from the skies with Hellfire strikes by Predator and Reaper drones. Now the US is buying the Afghan military something with the same sort of sensors, loitering time, and firepower—except humans will have to sit
Al Jazeera:Females in the security services are often treated more harshly by the Taliban which has consistently opposed women’s rights.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 14, 2018 At least 10 members of Afghan security forces have been killed in separate attacks in western and southern Afghanistan, officials say. Militants attacked a security checkpoint in Farah Province early on March 14, killing at least eight security forces and wounding a number of others, according to provincial
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News March 13, 2018 ISLAMABAD — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made an unannounced visit to Kabul Tuesday, in the first trip by a Trump administration official to Afghanistan since President Ashraf Ghani offered to hold peace talks with the Taliban. Ghani, in a conference late last month called the Kabul Process, involving
VOA News March 12, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Iran has accused the United States of helping Islamic State militants in Afghanistan to fuel regional terrorism and threaten neighboring countries. Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the allegations while speaking to a gathering of diplomats, scholars and journalists in Islamabad. He said U.S. helicopters were found
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 12, 2018 Afghan officials say government forces have retaken control of a district headquarters in western Afghanistan that was briefly seized by Taliban militants. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Wazeri told RFE/RL on March 12 that Afghan forces had withdrawn from the center of Farah Province’s Anardara district after hours of
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 11 (Xinhua) — Two Afghan civilians were wounded after NATO and U.S.-led coalition forces opened fire in southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, a local official said. “Initially an explosion went off near a mobile patrol of coalition forces Sunday morning near Kandahar airport. The foreign security force secured the area and
Press TV March 10, 2018 At least 18 Afghan soldiers have been killed by Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah. Local officials said on Saturday that the overnight attack was carried out in Bala Buluk district, setting off a fierce gun battle. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said four soldiers had been
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 9, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A pre-dawn Taliban attack in northeastern Afghanistan has killed at least 17 government security forces and wounded many more. The fighting erupted in the mountainous Khawaja Ghar district of Takhar province where insurgents assaulted an Afghan army base. District chief Mohammad Omar told VOA scores of insurgents
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suspected American airstrike in northeastern Afghanistan has destroyed a Pakistani Taliban-run suicide bombing training center, killing more than 20 militants. Afghan officials confirmed and released few details of the attack Thursday, a day after it occurred in the Kunar province bordering Pakistan. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat