Ayaz Gul VOA News March 19, 2017 ISLAMABAD — At least three American soldiers were wounded Sunday when an Afghan solider opened fire at them in southern Afghanistan. The incident happened during a training exercise at a military base in the Helmand province. The U.S. soldiers are receiving medical care, said NATO’s Resolute Support mission in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2017 Russia plans to host international talks on the conflict in Afghanistan on April 14, a high-ranking Afghan official said. Hanif Atmar, the Afghan president’s national security adviser, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on March 18 that 12 countries, including the United States and the five Central Asian nations,
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 17, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s national security adviser met Friday with senior officials in Russia to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and efforts to promote peace as Taliban insurgents staged fresh deadly attacks in Afghanistan. The high-level talks came amid growing concerns over Russia’s contacts and alleged military assistance to the Taliban to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 17, 2017 An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing near an army base in eastern Afghanistan has killed one soldier and wounded several others. Akbar Zadran, a district chief in the eastern province of Khost, said that the Taliban detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in front of the military base
Tolo News: Taliban militants are pushing to take control of Dangam district in Kunar in order to reach the provincial capital Asadabad and are doing so with the help of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Kunar Police Chief Juma Gul Himmat told TOLOnews. Click here to read more (external link). Related Helmand suicide bomber claims he was trained
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 15, 2017 An Afghan official says authorities have arrested 24 people, including an army general, on charges of neglecting their duties over a recent attack on the country’s largest military hospital. General Helaludin Helal, the deputy defense minister, spoke on March 15, revealing the findings of a preliminary investigation into
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 15, 2017 An Australian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan last year has been released, according to an Afghan official and the Australian government. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was kidnapped in Kabul in November. Mohammad Salim Almas, the head of criminal investigations in Kabul, said the woman
Press TV March 13, 2017 A powerful explosion has struck a bus in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding eight others. Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, said that the explosion destroyed the bus, which was carrying employees of one of the country’s biggest telecoms firms, in downtown
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has appointed Amrullah Saleh, former head of National Directorate of Security (NDS) as state minister for reforms in security sector. Saleh was appointed by presidential decree to bring about significant reforms in the security sector. The appointment was made in terms of article 64 of the constitution. Saleh’s duties include advice
Press TV March 11, 2017 Eight Afghan policemen have been killed in their base by “infiltrators” in an attack claimed by the Taliban in Shinkia district of the southern province of Zabul. “The infiltrators first poisoned their colleagues and then shot them dead,” said provincial spokesman Gul Islam Seyal on Saturday. The attackers fled the