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Trump Says Decisions Made on War in Afghanistan

19th August, 2017 · admin

VOA News / August 19, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that his administration has made decisions on how to deal with the 16-year war in Afghanistan. One day after meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat with his national security team to consider strategic options, Trump tweeted, “Important day spent at Camp David

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban militants kill 5 Afghan police in Helmand overnight raid

19th August, 2017 · admin

Press TV / August 19, 2017 At least five Afghan policemen have been killed after the Taliban militant group launched an attack against their checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, local police say. General Abdul Ghafar Safi, the provincial police chief, said the incident occurred in Nawa district late on Friday, where fierce clashes

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Police, Helmand |
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Pakistan’s Khan Calls for ‘Open Borders’ With Afghanistan

18th August, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 18, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s populist opposition leader, Imran Khan, says the future of long-term relations with landlocked Afghanistan lies in the two countries having “open borders” and “free trade.” Pakistan is unilaterally fencing the nearly 2,600-kilometer, largely porous Afghan border. Authorities defend the recently initiated project, saying it will help

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Posted in Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security | Tags: Durand Line |
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Trump To Discuss Afghanistan Strategy With His National Security Team

18th August, 2017 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 18, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump is due to meet with his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat north of Washington on August 18 to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on August 17 that, after months of debate, the

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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US Close to Long-term Commitment to Afghan War, Top US General Says

17th August, 2017 · admin

Carla Babb VOA News August 17, 2017 BEIJING — The top U.S. general says the Trump administration is very close to a long-term policy commitment to Afghanistan that will address a call by General John Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, for more international troops to end the stalemate between Afghan forces and the Taliban.

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Will Taliban Strategy to Stroke Trump’s Ego Work?

16th August, 2017 · admin

Michael Hughes: The Taliban’s public relations stunt to flatter President Donald Trump into withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is crazy enough to work in light of the commander-in-chief’s long documented history of reacting positively to anyone – including rivals – who say anything positive about him. The Taliban in their “open letter” to Trump also lay out

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Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Mass grave in northern province exposes IS brutality in Afghanistan

16th August, 2017 · admin

SARI PUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) — Local Afghans and security forces discovered around 40 bodies in a mass grave in the northern Sari Pul province on Tuesday amid government forces’ cleanup operations in the troubled region. Militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group and Taliban outfit have reportedly massacred more than 50 people,

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Mass graves, Mirza Olang, Shiites |
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Mass Graves Discovered In Mirza Olang Following Massacre

15th August, 2017 · admin

Tolo News: Three massive graves containing dozens of bodies have been found in Mirza Olang valley in northern Sar-e-Pul province following a coordinated attack by militants in the area last week.  TOLO news reporter Samim Faramarz says that according to residents, the majority of those buried in these graves were civilians and some of them members

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Mass graves, Mass Murder, massacre, Mirza Olang, Sar-e-Pol, Shiites |
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Taliban Flatters Trump, Urges US to Pull Troops from Afghanistan

15th August, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out all forces from Afghanistan as a “responsible” leader of the United States and stop listening to “stooges” in Kabul. In a so-called “open letter” to the American president Tuesday, the Islamist insurgent group asserted

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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US Strike Kills Islamic State’s Provincial Leader in Afghanistan

13th August, 2017 · admin

VOA News / August 13, 2017 WASHINGTON — A provincial leader of the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan has been killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Kunar province, Afghan and U.S. military officials confirmed Sunday. “U.S. and Afghan Forces have confirmed the death of Kunar provincial Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K)

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kunar |
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