Tolo News: Abdul Saboor Sabet, the head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Nangarhar claimed on Thursday that Pakistani militia fully supported Daesh in their offensive against the Tora Bora region this week in eastern Nangarhar province. In a trip to Nangarhar’s Chaparhar district on Thursday, Sabet said that Pakistani militia are still backing
Michael Hughes: Taliban insider attacks designed to sow distrust between U.S. and Afghan forces are likely to provoke a contrary reaction by strengthening America’s commitment to the war, Brookings Institution scholar Michael O’Hanlon told Afghan Online Press (AOP). On Tuesday, June 13, Defense Secretary James Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the United States was “not
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News / June 14, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Islamic State militants captured parts of Afghanistan’s Tora Bora region Tuesday night, after days of heavy fighting with Afghan Taliban and pro-government militias. The remote, mountainous area contains a complex set of caves bordering Pakistan. It became well-known because al-Qaida head Osama bin Laden was cornered
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 13, 2017 U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said he will present options on Afghanistan to President Donald Trump “very soon,” and the new U.S. strategy will take a “regional approach” rather than addressing the country’s long-running war in isolation. “We are taking a regional approach to this…. We will
Press TV June 12, 2017 The Afghan presidential palace says in a statement that two of the country’s top security officials have been suspended after bombings in Kabul and a subsequent protest over security in the capital left dozens dead and wounded. The statement released late Sunday night says that Kabul Police Chief Gen. Shah
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 12, 2017 The Afghan Taliban’s second-in-command and head of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network has denied any involvement in recent deadly attacks in Kabul and Herat. Sirajuddin Haqqani issued the denial in an audio message distributed to the media late on June 11 by a Taliban spokesman. A May 31 truck
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 11, 2017 Afghanistan’s government is mired in a war against a 16-year insurgency that has forced the capital into virtual lockdown, ignited deadly protests, and compelled the head of state to retreat behind the barricaded walls of Kabul’s presidential palace. But off the battlefield, it is also waging
Ayaz Gul VOA News / June 10, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say that a member of Afghan Special Forces turned his gun at U.S. military personnel, killing two of them and wounding two others. The incident happened Saturday in the volatile Achin district, in Nangarhar province, and the assailant was instantly gunned down
Tolo News: Footages obtained by Tolo news reveal that a group of fighters loyal to Daesh are training a number of young men and children in remote area in the north of Feroz Koh, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan’s central regions. Ghor police confirmed the report and said the footages have been prepared
KABUL, June 9 (Xinhua) — Businesses have suffered as a demonstration-turned sit-in entered its eighth day on Friday in Afghan capital Kabul as many shops have remained closed over the past few days. “I am in lose over the past few days as few people dare to come to the market and go shopping,” a