Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 24, 2016 KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN — A bulldozer was busy clearing up the burnt remains of a shop destroyed during more than a week of fighting. Nearby, a man sold vegetables on a cart amidst heaps of charred bricks. Almost two weeks after the Afghan government, with NATO support, managed to fend
1TV: The U.S. army General John Nicholson is concerned about casualty rates among Afghan security forces, says some of the fault lies directly with the Afghan leadership. In interview with NBC News John Nicholson said that last year Afghans suffered high casualties and this year it has been “the same or slightly higher,” he added: “we are
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Fighting between Afghanistan’s Taliban militants and government forces have gotten impetus as both sides have been doing their best to gain more grounds and consolidate positions ahead of the onset of chilly winter. The government forces in a bid to evict militants from around Helmand’s provincial capital Lashkar
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Fugitive Afghan Taliban leaders are being increasingly pressured to relocate from Pakistan along with their families and businesses for refusing to join peace talks with Kabul, officials and insurgent sources told VOA in background interviews. “The squeeze is continuing on them [the Taliban] and some have already
Noor Zahid Zabihullah Ghazi VOA News October 21, 2016 WASHINGTON/NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN — A contingent of local militiamen, backed by Afghan Taliban militants, are battling Islamic State fighters in a remote district in eastern Afghanistan, according to interviews with regional authorities and local tribesmen. More than 80 people have been killed or wounded in the fighting, the
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — At least four civilians were killed and 27 wounded amid clashes between security forces and militants of Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, said the provincial government on Friday. The clashes erupted on early hours of Thursday after IS militants launched multiple attacks against joint checkpoints of
Press TV October 20, 2016 The United Nations has warned that escalated fighting across Afghanistan could displace many more people, lamenting that international support is not enough to handle the unfolding crisis. United Nations special rapporteur Chaloka Beyani said on Thursday that UN agencies had registered more than 323,000 Afghans as internally displaced people (IDPs)
Tolo News: A number of residents of northern Faryab province have picked up arms and have said they will personally defend their province. Recently Taliban attacked parts of the province. This led to residents arming themselves. Faryab residents said they will stand alongside security forces and will help them fight insurgents. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A dissident Taliban faction led by Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi on Wednesday said that Pakistan made deliberate attempts to take the Afghan peace process hostage, adding that Taliban will no longer take directions from the Pakistani military generals. Referring to a recent peace agreement signed between the Afghan government and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar-led Hizb-e-Islami party, Niazi
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 19, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. military says one of its service members and an American civilian were killed Wednesday in a shooting near a coalition base in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Another service member and two U.S. civilians sustained injuries and were in stable condition, according to an official announcement.