Ayaz Gul VOA News / October 31, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The government of Afghanistan’s territorial control has declined to its lowest level in two years while battling a resurgent Taliban insurgency, a U.S. government watchdog revealed Tuesday. In its quarterly report submitted to Congress, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) noted 56.8 percent
Press TV October 31, 2017 Multiple casualties have been reported after a bomber blew himself up in the diplomatic zone of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. According to Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri, the attacker, riding a motorcycle, detonated his explosives inside the heavily fortified area on Tuesday. “Our initial information shows the attacker was on
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 30, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban claims the health condition of an American hostage, Kevin King, is rapidly deteriorating and he urgently needs better medical care. The 60-year-old King and his Australian colleague, Timothy Weeks, 48, were teaching at Kabul’s American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) before they were kidnapped at gunpoint
Press TV October 29, 2017 The Taliban militants have killed at least 22 Afghan policemen in separate attacks on checkpoints over the weekend across various regions of the war-ravaged country. In the latest blow to the country’s beleaguered security forces, at least 13 officers were killed after militants wearing night-vision goggles launched a pre-dawn assault on a police
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD — A senior Afghan government official has disappeared in neighboring Pakistan, where he was seeking medical treatment in a private capacity, officials revealed Saturday. The deputy governor of the eastern Kunar province, Qazi Muhammad Nabi, was in Peshawar before being “abducted”, his relatives informed the Afghan consulate in
Press TV October 28, 2017 A US soldier has died and six others are injured after their helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, with the Taliban claiming that they have shot down the aircraft. The NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan mission said in a statement on Saturday that the incident happened late on Friday in
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 26, 2017 ISLAMABAD — America’s security “failures” in Afghanistan are evident from events of the week when visiting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could not move out of a U.S. military base and invited Afghan leaders to his “bunker” for talks, neighboring Pakistan said Thursday. “This situation tells the whole story
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 25, 2017 An Afghan official says militants have stormed a security post in the western province of Farah, killing nine soldiers and wounding four others. Provincial spokesman Naser Mehri said that the attack was launched late on October 24 and triggered a three-hour gunbattle. Afghan war planes were deployed and
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 25, 2017 During a visit to India, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has expressed concern that extremist groups pose a threat to the “stability and security” of the Pakistani government. “This could lead to a threat to Pakistan’s own stability,” Tillerson told journalists on October 25 following talks with
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 24, 2017 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has met with Indian leaders in New Delhi to review bilateral relations between the two countries as well as regional security and the fight against terrorism. Ghani’s office said that his talks on October 24 with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra