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
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 20, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan has staged a major overnight battlefield assault in a southern province, killing at least 16 police personnel and capturing two outposts. A local security official told VOA on Friday the fighting erupted in the district of Maiwand in Kandahar, saying Afghan forces
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 19, 2017 The European Union is urging all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to “do their utmost” to protect press reporters,after a media watchdog said 2016 was the country’s “bloodiest year for journalists and media” in history. “Freedom of the Media is key to any democracy — critical media
KABUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — Russia, Pakistan and China held a trilateral meeting in Moscow in late December 2016 to discuss the lingering conflict in Afghanistan and try to find a solution to the protracted turbulence in the South Asian region. The participants in the trilateral conference, besides calling for a negotiated settlement on the
Reuters: The Afghan Taliban has sought to reassure the United Arab Emirates that it was not behind an attack in the southern city of Kandahar that killed five UAE diplomats and injured the ambassador, senior Taliban officials said on Thursday. Click here to read more (external link).