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Deadly Fighting Rages in Afghan Province Bordering Iran

30th September, 2017 · admin

VOA News / September 30, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Dozens of Afghan forces are said to have been killed in repeated insurgent attacks over the past week in western Farah province, which borders Iran. Politicians and residents in the province have told local media that Taliban insurgents also have captured several security outposts in

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Farah |
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Bomb kills six near Shia mosque in Afghan capital

29th September, 2017 · admin

Press TV September 29, 2017 An assailant has detonated an explosive device outside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least six people. General Salim Almas, the criminal investigative director of Kabul city, said on Friday that the assailant, who was posing as a shepherd, detonated the explosives some 140 meters from the mosque while

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Shiites |
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NATO: Civilian casualties due to missile malfunction in Afghan capital

28th September, 2017 · admin

Press TV / September 28, 2017 A missile “malfunction” during a US airstrike on the Afghan capital Kabul has resulted in several civilian casualties, NATO says. The strike was reportedly launched in response to rocket attacks that had targeted Kabul’s airport and surrounding areas several hours after US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO Secretary General

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, NATO-Afghanistan, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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At Least 12 Afghan Security Forces Killed In Suicide Attack

28th September, 2017 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 28, 2017 At least 12 members of the Afghan security forces were killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself up in the southern province of Kandahar, police said on September 28. The deadly attack on the government and police headquarters in Maroof district was claimed by

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Kandahar |
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Pentagon, NATO Chiefs Issue Warning To Taliban During Surprise Visit To Afghanistan

27th September, 2017 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2017 U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg have pledged continued support for Afghanistan during a surprise visit to Kabul. The two vowed at a September 27 joint conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to do everything so the country “doesn’t again become a safe

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Haqqani Network, Health News, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Twin bombings, gun fight kill six police in Afghanistan

27th September, 2017 · admin

Press TV / September 26, 2017 Twin bomb attacks and a gun fight have claimed the lives of at least six policemen in Afghanistan. In the first attack, two police officers died in a roadside bombing in the western province of Herat on Tuesday. Jelani Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said three other

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Herat |
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Taliban target NATO convoy in Afghanistan

24th September, 2017 · admin

Press TV / September 24, 2017 Taliban militants have targeted a military convoy of Danish NATO forces in the Afghan capital of Kabul. There have been no reports of casualties among the foreign forces but at least three civilians have sustained injuries. Afghan officials said the incident took place early on Sunday when a bomber

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, NATO-Afghanistan, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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US training mission in Afghanistan failure from onset: SIGAR

23rd September, 2017 · admin

Press TV September 23,  2017 An American government watchdog has found several serious flaws in the fifteen-year-old US training mission in Afghanistan that has ultimately designed a force unable to provide security in the Asian country. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued a 283-page report, which concluded that the mission was a

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Posted in Corruption, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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SIGAR report puts Afghan security deficiencies in focus

22nd September, 2017 · admin

Al Jazeera: Trump and Ghani hold talks in New York as report says US approach to Afghanistan lacked ‘whole of government approach’. Deficiencies in Afghanistan’s security forces, including the military and police, are getting renewed attention as the US administration considers sending more than 3,000 additional troops to the country.  Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Pakistan’s New Leader Criticizes U.S. Policy While Praising China In UN Speech

22nd September, 2017 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2017 Pakistan’s new prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in his first address before the UN General Assembly, rejected the new U.S. war strategy in neighboring Afghanistan while praising China’s growing economic role in the region. An important component of the White House’s recently unveiled strategy to try to win

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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