PTI: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday welcomed the surgical strikes by Indian Army on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and said for long his country has been demanding terror sanctuaries be destroyed. “We have been saying and wishing it since so long that terror sanctuaries be eliminated, and the Indian Army has done the right
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 20, 2016 Afghan officials say a top commander of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has been killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor said Mullah Bozorg, a leader of the IS group in Afghanistan, was killed along with seven
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 19, 2016 The Pentagon has notified Congress that it plans to stop buying Russian Mi17 helicopters for Afghanistan and will start buying American helicopters. “I’ll never understand why the U.S. government sent taxpayer money to Russia for helicopters in Afghanistan while Russia was supporting the Assad regime in Syria and
The Guardian (UK): Islamic State fighters have been pummelled by US airstrikes and receive little local support, but they maintain a small – and seemingly resilient – stronghold in eastern Afghanistan. The fighters are few but unusually brutal, in keeping with the group’s behaviour elsewhere. They may not be an existential threat to the Afghan state
Tolo News: Afghanistan suffered the worst year so far in its war with the Taliban, resulting in nearly 18,000 deaths from the conflict in 2015. As a result it is ranked number two in the world on the terrorism index, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) said in its latest Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report.
Michael Hughes: The type of policy the Trump administration might pursue towards Afghanistan remains a mystery to everyone – quite possibly including the President-elect himself. We could hazard guesses from his campaign statements, however, what one says as a presidential candidate is often much different than how one actually governs. This is unchartered waters for both
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 16, 2016 Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has blown up a vehicle carrying members of the security forces in the capital, Kabul, killing 6 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. The November 16 attack in the Pul-e Mahmood Khan area near the Defense Ministry
VOA News November 14, 2016 In Afghanistan, members of the country’s national security forces are facing several internal challenges, even as they are locked in intense fighting with the Taliban. In some cases, U.S.-trained forces are defecting to the Taliban. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem has more.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 14, 2016 An Afghan official says the suicide bomber who killed four Americans inside the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan was a former Taliban member working there. The attacker was identified as Qari Enayatullah, a resident of Laghmani village of Bagram district, district governor Haji Abdul Shukur Quddusi said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 12, 2016 The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an explosion at the NATO air base at Bagram that killed four and wounded at least 14. In a statement, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said an explosive device detonated at the base north of Kabul at dawn November 12, and that