Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 29, 2017 German prosecutors say they have arrested a suspected former Afghan Taliban commander who is believed to have taken part in an attack that killed U.S. and Afghan soldiers. The federal prosecutor’s office said in a March 28 statement that the 30-year-old Afghan citizen, identified only as Abdullah P.,
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 28, 2017 Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry has dismissed nearly 1,400 of its officials over alleged corruption over the past year, a high-ranking ministry official says. Deputy Defense Minister Hilaluddin Hilal told reporters in Kabul on March 28 that the ministry has taken significant steps to tackle widespread corruption, dismissing 1,394 officials
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 28 (Xinhua) — Security forces have captured 13 suspected terrorists in Taliban former stronghold Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan, said a statement of National Directorate of Security (NDS) or intelligence agency released here Tuesday. “Thirteen terrorists who were involved in target killing and attacking security checkpoints, military bases and logistic convoys have
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 26, 2017 The U.S. military has confirmed that an air strike on March 19 in Afghanistan killed Qari Yasin, described as an Al-Qaeda leader responsible for several high-profile attacks that killed dozens of people, including two U.S. service members. The Pentagon on March 25 said the air strike on Yasin
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 25, 2017 Afghan security forces have killed seven militants in the latest military operation in Logar Province, where Taliban insurgents have a strong presence, a local police chief has said. Esmatullah Alizai said that government forces also seized weapons from the militants during the operation in Logar’s volatile Charkh district
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua) — Afghan government forces have evacuated the strategically important Sangin district in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, after increasing pressure by Taliban militants, member of Helmand’s Provincial Council, Bashir Ahmad Shakir said Thursday. “The government forces in the wake of mounting pressure by Taliban rebels finally evacuated Sangin district early
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 22, 2017 Afghanistan wants the United States to send more forces to help battle the Taliban and the Islamic State extremist group, the country’s top diplomat has said. Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on March 21 welcomed a recent call by U.S. General John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan,
WPR: Recent reports of Chinese security forces operating in Afghanistan have prompted speculation about whether China has crossed another important threshold in its policy and posture on overseas military activity. Claims of sightings of Chinese military vehicles in the Wakhan Corridor, the narrow strip of territory in northeastern Afghanistan that extends to the Chinese border, have
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, March 21 (Xinhua) — Up to 26 militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group had been killed after drones bombed the armed outfit’s hideouts in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, a police spokesman of the province said Tuesday. According to Hazrat Hussain Mashriqwal, a total of the 24 IS fighters were
Khaama Press: At least four people were killed during a clash between the irresponsible gunmen of Jamiat-e-Islami and Junbish-e-Millie in North of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials in Faryab, the incident took place late on Saturday afternoon in Maimana city, the provincial capital of the province. Provincial police spokesman Abdul Karim Yurish confirmed the