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
ISLAMABAD, June 7 (Xinhua) — Pakistan’s top civil and military leaders on Wednesday “expressed concern on the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan” following a series of recent attacks that killed nearly 200 people. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told diplomats in Kabul on Tuesday that death toll from a deadly truck bombing in Kabul on May
Press TV June 6, 2017 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the death toll from the deadly bomb blast in the Afghan capital city of Kabul has reached 150, as the country faces more deadly attacks in its major cities. “Over 150 innocent Afghan sons and daughters were killed and more than 300 wounded were brought