Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 7, 2018 The German government on March 7 approved plans to extend the country’s overseas military missions, including in Afghanistan. The defense bill, which must still be approved by parliament, would raise the maximum number of German troops deployed in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission by one-third
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A senior Afghan provincial government official was among at least three people killed by a suicide bomber Wednesday in an eastern part of Afghanistan. The attack in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Nangarhar province, targeted and killed Abdul Zahir Haqqani, the director of religious affairs and Haj pilgrimage
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 6, 2018 The United States is calling on the Taliban to give “serious” consideration to an offer for peace talks extended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week. Alice Wells, a U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of state in charge of South and Central Asian affairs, told reporters in Washington
VOA News March 4, 2018 WASHINGTON, GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN — Provincial officials in eastern Nangarhar province expressed concerns over the dozens of youths in the province recruited by Islamic State (IS). “I have received reports from districts that unemployment, poverty and IS recruiting efforts have led to youths joining the terror group’s ranks,” Matiullah Ahmadzai, director of
Press TV March 4, 2018 The Afghan government’s surprising new peace offer to Taliban is immediately running into a wall as the militants show no sign of shifting from their demand that talks for a conflict-ending compromise take place with Washington, not Kabul, a media report says. Top Afghan security officials, who maintain back-channel discussions
Khaama Press: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the detained individuals have been identified as Ehsanullah son of Karimullah and Omaar son of Abdul Hadi. A statement by NDS said the Ehsanullah is a senior member of the military commission of the ISIS terrorist group while Omar was a member of the recruitment commission of the
KABUL, March 3 (Xinhua) — More than 300 armed insurgents have been killed elsewhere in the conflict-strife Afghanistan over the past week as government forces have increased military pressure against militants, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. “A total of 302 insurgents have been killed, 187 others injured and 28 more militants have been captured
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 2, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Friday near a NATO convoy in the capital, Kabul, killing a six-year old girl and wounding 14 other people. Police spokesman Baser Mujahid told VOA the attack happened near a foreign military base on a main road
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 1, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan praised Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, Thursday for offering unconditional talks to the Taliban, pledging to extend any help “wholeheartedly” to further the peace effort between the warring parties. Ghani, a day earlier, hosted an international conference named the Kabul Process where he invited insurgents to open
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 1, 2018 The Afghan Taliban gave a cool reception to President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of political recognition and a truce while representatives from more than 20 countries voiced support for his peace plan. As he convened a conference of countries involved in the so-called Kabul Process on February 28, Ghani