KABUL, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Two Taliban militants were killed and four others wounded during an ongoing operation conducted by Afghan security forces in southern province of Uruzgan, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. “A joint cleanup operation supported by Afghan army’s artillery and air force is continuing in Charchino district, Uruzgan province. Two armed
AFP: Afghanistan has announced fresh initiatives to bring more women into the army, weeks after the country’s first female pilot sparked a national debate on insecurity and women’s rights by seeking asylum in the US. The defence ministry wants to boost the proportion of women in the army to 10 percent, deputy ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanesh
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 25, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban, in a so-called “open letter” to U.S. President Donald Trump, has called on him to help end what it denounced as a “futile” and “un-winnable” American war in Afghanistan. A copy of the letter, written by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, was released to journalists Wednesday.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) — Afghan forces during operations against militants in the southern Helmand province have killed 12 Taliban fighters and injured 19 others over the past 24 hours, said a statement of provincial government released here on Wednesday. The security forces, according to the statement, conducted operations in parts of Nahr-e-Saraj,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 24, 2017 The Taliban has called on President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, saying it is a “quagmire” that has produced little but 15 years of destruction and death. Trump has never stated what his policy is on Afghanistan, though he has said he supports U.S. troops
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan January 23, 2017 The governor of Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Province said Iranians and Pakistanis have recently met with Taliban insurgents involved in fighting Afghan forces. Governor Hayatullah Hayat told Radio Free Afghanistan on January 22 that “Iranian interference [in Afghan affairs] has increased” recently, noting the meeting with Taliban fighters in
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Six militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group were killed after unmanned plane targeted their hideouts in Achin district of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province Saturday night, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said Sunday. According to the official, four of those killed in the raid were foreign nationals.
Xinhua: Afghan newspapers in their editorials on Saturday attached great importance to assuming office by new U.S. President Donald Trump and urged him to end the unfinished mission of the war on terror in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Dear Donald Trump: Letters from Afghanistan President Trump’s Opportunity To End American War
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 21, 2017 Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has expressed hope that the United States would continue its support for the Afghan government after U.S. President Donald Trump publicly spoke with U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan after his inauguration. “I want to congratulate the U.S. president on behalf of myself, the
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan January 20, 2017 An explosion in northern Afghanistan has killed at least three people outside a game of buzkashi – a popular, traditional equestrian sport in Afghanistan and Central Asia that is similar to polo but uses a goat or calf carcass instead of a ball. The explosion was to the