Tolo News: Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor warned Tuesday that the increase in Taliban and Daesh operatives in the north posed serious threats to the safety of the north and called on all political parties in the country to unite against the insurgents. He warned of an ethnic war in the country if government does not
Press TV May 17, 2017 Afghan security forces have engaged three gunmen who have attacked a state radio and television building in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province. The gunmen began the Wednesday attack by detonating a bomb and managed to enter the state-run radio and television building in the provincial capital Jalalabad. The building is close to
VOA News May 16, 2017 WASHINGTON — The world’s number one opium-producing country, Afghanistan, is braced for an exploding poppy harvest this year, as farmers are cultivating the illicit crop in areas where it has never grown before. “Unfortunately, the narcotics production is on the rise this year,” Javed Qaem, Afghan deputy counternarcotics minister, told international
VOA News May 16, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has categorically stated that seeking a peace deal with the current government in Afghanistan would be tantamount to a surrender to the “enemy” and contrary to Islamic faith. The insurgent announcement and reported U.S. plans of sending additional American troops to the war-torn country to help Afghan
Press TV May 16, 2017 Afghan forces have recaptured a key district in the northern province of Kunduz from the Taliban militant group, which has stepped up its deadly attacks against government and civilian targets in recent weeks. On Tuesday, the National Security Forces (ANSF) regained control of the Qala-e-Zal district, which had fallen to
Michael Hughes: The U.S. military-industrial complex is not some conspiracy theory, but a living creature on the verge of dashing hopes President Donald Trump will deliver on his “America First” credo and resist ordering a troop escalation in Afghanistan. The United States has achieved little after pouring some $1 trillion into the Afghan war, but a
MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, May 14 (Xinhua) — Five children were killed and two others wounded after a mortar shell struck a residential area in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman on Sunday, the provincial government said. “One mortar round fired by armed opponents landed in Omarzai locality in provincial capital Mehtarlam city roughly at mid-day. The blast
Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 14, 2017 These are certainly tense times for security officials in Central Asia. Barely halfway through this spring, the violence in northern Afghanistan, in provinces just across the border from Central Asia, has already reached levels not seen since the late 1990s. The April 21 attack on a
Press TV May 13, 2017 Afghan security forces have killed at least a dozen militants affiliated with the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group operating in the country’s troubled east. Police sources said at least 12 terrorists had been killed during security operations conducted with air power support in eastern Nangarhar Province on Saturday. No further details
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 12, 2017 The U.S. national intelligence director says the security situation in Afghanistan will “almost certainly” continue to “deteriorate” over the next 18 months. Dan Coats’ comments on May 11 to the Senate Intelligence Committee come as the U.S. military has announced plans to send 3,000 additional troops to bolster