RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 24, 2016 Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says that security forces have carried out nine military operations across the country over the past 24 hours, killing at least 30 militants. Spokesman Mohammad Radmanish said on December 24 that the operations — including air strikes — targeted Taliban militants as well as fighters
Tolo News: Nilofar Rahmani, an Afghan pilot who won an international bravery award for women in 2015, and went to the Unites States for training has said she is not ready to return home. According to the New York Times she said due to the deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan she is not willing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2016 Two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike opened fire at the house of a former Taliban leader in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least one person, Afghan officials and media said on December 24. was not at his home when the attack took place late on December 23,
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has rejected latest United Nations calls for engaging in peace talks with the Afghan government, and instead demanded the world body pressure U.S.-led foreign troops to end their “occupation” of Afghanistan if the U.N. truly wants an end to the 15-year war. “Our fight is
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has decided to issue entry visas to Afghan nationals who want to visit the country for medical treatment. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the decision this week during a visit to the northwestern Torkham border crossing where he inaugurated new immigration facilities. Despite prevailing
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 22, 2016 Taliban militants have stormed the home of a lawmaker in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing eight people, officials say. They say the three attackers were gunned down by security forces early on December 22. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault, which began late on December 21, saying
KABUL, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — An explosion was heard in the Afghan capital city of Kabul on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported. According to a local news agency, Khaama Press, the blast took place in the vicinity of the 7th Police District close to the parliament building on Darul Aman road but there is no
KABUL, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — The personnel of the National Directorate for Security (NDS), the country’s spy agency, has discovered a huge weapon cache of terrorists in Kabul, thus foiling possible terrorist attacks in the city, said a statement of the entity Wednesday. The weapon cache, according to the statement, contains different kinds of arms
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — An Afghan Taliban official said Wednesday that it released the video of a kidnapped American-Canadian couple and their two children to renew attention on their detention and press their governments to meet the group’s demands. The video surfaced on Monday, showing American Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian
Noor Zahid VOA News December 20, 2016 Hundreds of local villagers freed from Islamic State control in a remote eastern Afghan district are signing up to join a militia to fight IS, provincial authorities said. Officials in eastern Nangarhar province said hundreds of men have waited in long lines to become part of the militia.