VOA News January 28, 2018 Afghanistan is holding a national day of mourning Sunday, the day after insurgents used an explosives-laden ambulance to carry out a deadly attack outside a government building in Kabul. Officials said Sunday the death toll has risen to 103 people, while 235 were wounded in the assault in the capital.
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 27, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suicide car bomb Saturday ripped through a crowded area outside a government building in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 95 people and wounding more than 163 others. The Health Ministry confirmed the casualty toll. Thick, dark smoke could be seen rising into the sky from the
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 26, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A rocket attack Friday killed at least seven civilians, mostly children, and injured three more in central-eastern Afghanistan. There were conflicting reports about who was responsible for the deadly incident in the Ghazni province. A provincial government spokesman, while speaking to VOA, accused Taliban insurgents of firing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 26, 2018 The governor of the western Afghan province of Farah has resigned, citing worsening security in the region that he blamed on political interference and corruption among security forces. “I have resigned from my post because of the worsening security situation in Farah,” Mohammad Aref Shah Jahan told reporters
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 25, 2018 ISLAMABAD – The United States has denied Pakistan’s claim that an American drone strike targeted an Afghan refugee camp in the country, in a war of words between the uneasy allies. The denial Thursday came a day after missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft struck a militant hideout located
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 24, 2018 Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone attack on a house near the Afghan border has killed two militants from the extremist Haqqani network. Local police chief Ameer Zaman Khan said that the January 24 strike took place in the village of Dapa Mamuzai near the northwestern Kurram
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News January 24, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Gunmen stormed the offices of the international aid agency Save the Children in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding more than 20 others. Attullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial government of Nangarhar, says a group of armed men
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 23, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The United States has redeployed a squadron of A-10 ground attack planes to Afghanistan, bolstering the air campaign against the Taliban being conducted in partnership with Afghan forces. The U.S. military said Tuesday the aircraft, commonly known as the “Warthog,” supports the increased requirements for close air
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Ayaz Gul VOA News January 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan commando forces have ended an overnight siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel that resulted in the deaths of at least 18 people, including 14 foreign nationals. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the death toll on Sunday for attack that began late Saturday on the Intercontinental hotel