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Militants Attack Afghan Spy Agency’s Facility in Kabul

18th December, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News December 18, 2017 Heavily armed militants attacked an Afghan intelligence agency facility in Kabul Monday, sparking fierce clashes with security forces. Afghan officials said several assailants wearing police uniforms and led by a car bomber stormed and occupied a partially constructed building before firing rockets at the nearby training center of

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, Security, Taliban | Tags: NDS |
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Taliban militants kill 11 policemen in separate attacks in Afghanistan’s Helmand

17th December, 2017 · admin

Press TV / December 17, 2017 The Taliban militants have killed at least 11 Afghan policemen in separate attacks on checkpoints in the volatile province of Helmand in southern Afghanistan, officials say. In the latest blow to the war-ravaged country’s beleaguered security forces, Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks against two police checkpoints in the Qalai Sang

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Helmand |
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US pressuring Afghanistan to ditch free Kalashnikovs, buy American weapons: Lavrov

16th December, 2017 · admin · 4 Comments

Press TV December 16, 2017 The United States has been pressuring Afghanistan to ditch the thousands of free Kalashnikov assault rifles that it has received from Russia and buy American equivalents instead, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says. “The Americans insist that 50,000 Kalashnikov rifles with munitions that were handed over to the Afghan security forces

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Posted in Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Afghan Ambassador: Taliban Have Devolved But Must Be Brought Into Peace Process

16th December, 2017 · admin · 7 Comments

VOA Deewa Service December 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban, known for its extreme Islamic rule before U.S. forces ousted the group from power in Afghanistan, have largely devolved into groups of criminals and terrorists, the country’s ambassador to Pakistan says. The change is critical as Afghanistan tries to create a lasting peace after decades

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban | Tags: Mullah Omar, Omar Zakhilwal |
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Pakistan Reports Rare Progress in Tense Ties With Afghanistan

15th December, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News / December 14, 2014 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed for the first time to place “liaison officers” at each other’s military headquarters for better security coordination, and Islamabad is awaiting a formal response from Kabul to its proposal for opening a wide-ranging bilateral dialogue. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal,

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban |
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Female Afghan officers receive military training in India

13th December, 2017 · admin · 7 Comments

Press TV / December 13, 2017 Nearly two dozen female Afghan officers are receiving weapons training at a military academy in southern India. Media reports said Wednesday that the women had learned tactics and logistical and navigational skills at the academy in the southern Indian city of Chennai. This week they were taught how to

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Posted in Afghan Women, India-Afghanistan Relations, Security | Tags: Afghan Army |
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In Afghanistan, US Destroys $80M in Drug Money During Counter-Taliban Campaign

13th December, 2017 · admin · 2 Comments

VOA News / December 12, 2017 Carla Babb PENTAGON — American military officials say the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has destroyed 25 illegal drug-processing laboratories in Helmand province, eliminating $80 million in narcotics money during the first three weeks of an air campaign aimed at countering Taliban revenue. Speaking via teleconference from Kabul, U.S. Air Force

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Posted in Drugs, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Helmand |
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Afghan forces to launch operation against Daesh in north

12th December, 2017 · admin · 5 Comments

Press TV December 12, 2017 Afghanistan’s military is set to launch a major operation aimed at stopping the Takfiri Daesh terrorists from making inroads into the country’s northern provinces. “(The) ministry of defense is planning to launch an operation against Daesh in the northern provinces of Sari Pul, Faryab and Jowzjan,” Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Faryab, Ghazni, Jowzjan, Sar-e-Pol |
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French nationals among Daesh militants in Afghanistan after Mideast defeat: sources

11th December, 2017 · admin

Press TV December 11, 2017 Nationals of France are reportedly among the foreign militants joining Daesh ranks in northern Afghanistan, where the notorious terror group has established a foothold after losing its territorial rule in Syria and Iraq. Several international and Afghan sources warned on Sunday that “a number” of French and Algerian nationals had

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Jowzjan |
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ANSF Nabs Foreign Militants In Logar As Daesh Infiltrates North

10th December, 2017 · admin

Tolo News: Afghan security forces have arrested at least twelve militants, eleven Chechens and one Azerbaijani, who reportedly entered the Logar area to train Taliban fighters, local officials said on Sunday. The arrests were made ten days ago in the Azra district of the province, said the officials. The detainees among them women and children have

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Logar, Mohammad Halim Fedayee |
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