Ayaz Gul VOA News April 13, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Afghan Taliban says that it does not support Russia-sponsored multi-nation talks on Afghanistan because the process seems to be motivated solely by the “political agenda” of the organizers. The Islamist insurgency issued its reaction a day before delegates from Afghanistan as well as its immediate
Press TV April 12, 2017 A bomber has detonated his explosives near government offices in the Afghan capital, killing at least three people and wounding several others, officials say. The blast occurred near the Afghan Defense Ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday. A ministry spokesman said at least one civilian and two members of security
Zabihullah Ghazi Noor Zahid VOA News April 10, 2017 NANGARHAR AND WASHINGTON — U.S. and Afghan special forces in eastern Afghanistan have cleared Islamic State fighters from much of a key stronghold IS has occupied since 2015, provincial officials and local residents told VOA. A reporter for VOA’s Afghan service traveled to the remote Achin region
VOA News April 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — Insurgents have killed at least 13 Afghan security forces in separate attacks, officials said Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a long-running Taliban insurgency and combat a growing threat from a local Islamic State affiliate. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the governor of the northern Balkh province, said
ANI: The United States will deploy 1,500 soldiers from Alaska to Afghanistan later this year as part of a regular rotation of forces in support of Washington’s counter-terrorism operation against the remnants of al-Qaeda. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News Special Forces and Air Forces continue attacks on safe havens of terrorists:
Tolo News: Baghlan local police said Friday Taliban has raised their white flag in parts of the province, including along the Baghlan-Kunduz highway. According to local police, they would need to launch an operation in order to remove the flags. “Taliban exist in the area and we are unable to remove their flags. Government should launch
Tolo News: Pakistan considers the Afghan Taliban as its “core strategic asset” and is unlikely to abandon the insurgent group as the country’s Afghanistan policy is about “geo-strategic manoeuvring” against India, a former U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, Indian Express reported. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 4, 2017 Taliban forces in Afghanistan plan to extend their control of provinces in which they already have a heavy presence in the upcoming spring offensive, a spokesman told the German dpa news agency in an interview. Zabihullah Mujahid on April 3 said the militants will press their advantage during
Noor Zahid VOA News April 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — As Afghan security forces continue their military operations against the Taliban and Islamic State-backed militants in the country, the government plans to improve its security forces in the next few years to help beat the growing threat posed by militant groups, Afghan officials said. As part of
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 2, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Witnesses and relatives in southern Afghanistan say a pre-dawn bomb blast killed at least 10 civilians, mostly children and women, in an area where Afghan national security forces were conducting anti-Taliban operations. It was not immediately clear whether an airstrike by government forces or an insurgent