Khaama Press: The US defense secretary-designate General James Mattis has said the Taliban group is still using the Pakistani soil for insurgency in Afghanistan and the sanctuaries of the group along with the associated militant networks in the country is a key operational issue faced by Afghan forces. Click here to read more (external link). Related
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Taliban shadowy governor for the troubled Helmand province is among 12 militants who were killed in Sangin district on Saturday, an official with Public Relations office of the national army in the province said. “Acting on a tip off the units of Army’s Special Forces raided a Taliban
Noor Zahid VOA News January 13, 2017 The Afghan Government on Thursday pushed back against a U.S. Inspector General’s report that said Afghan forces are losing significant territory to Taliban insurgents and are not capable of keeping the nation secure. “These calculations are not constant,” Mohammad Radmanesh, a spokesperson for the Afghan defense ministry, told
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 11, 2017 The Afghan Taliban has released a video showing an American and an Australian who were kidnapped in August. The two men, identified as Kevin King and Timothy Weekes, were abducted near the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, where they worked as teachers. In the video sent to
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 12, 2017 ISLAMABAD — A joint military operation in northern Afghanistan in early November killed 33 Afghan civilians and wounded 27 more, the United States military said Thursday while releasing details of its investigation into the incident. The deadly attack in Boz village in the restive Kunduz province flattened dozens of
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 11, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The United Arab Emirates has confirmed the killing of five of its diplomats in Tuesday’s bomb attack in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. The blast killed a total of at least 11 people and wounded 16 others, mostly top Afghan government officials. Provincial governor Homayun Azizi and
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 10, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghan officials say a twin suicide bombing in the capital Kabul Tuesday killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 80 others. Witnesses say the insurgents targeted a convoy of officials leaving parliament offices. The death toll is likely to increase. Top security officials, civilians and
Tolo News: What was President Barack Obama’s hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said in an interview aired Sunday. “Toughest decision was early in my presidency when I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan,” Obama, who leaves office in less than two weeks, told ABC. After a
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 8, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has dismissed American plans to send 300 troops to Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province as nothing but “solely to lend morale” to embattled Afghan forces “in hopes they hold out until spring.” The insurgents have captured most of the districts in Helmand since NATO ended its
1TV: Afghanistan bowler Shapoor Zadran escaped unhurt from an “armed attack” in capital Kabul late Saturday. Farid Hotak, a spokesman for Afghanistan Cricket Board, confirmed the attack with 1TV. The cricketer faced the attack by gunmen while he was travelling to his home in Bagrami district of Kabul, he told the Voice of America. The motive