1TV: “The situation on the territory between India and Russia remains tense. In particular, the developments in Afghanistan still raise concern. Decisive actions are required to help that country in dealing with such challenges and threats as terrorism, extremism, and illicit drug trafficking,” Putin said, Sputnik reported. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 12, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghan Taliban appear to be facing financial pressure since the death of their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was more adept at managing money, according to the spokesman of NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. “The evidence we’ve seen of that is an increase in their
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 12, 2016 Two separate attacks targeting members of Afghanistan’s Shi’ite minority during the festival of Ashura have left several dozen people dead and scores wounded. In the latest attack, at least 14 people were killed on October 12 in a bomb attack outside a mosque in the northern province of
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — Afghan government recaptured the northern Kunduz city on Wednesday, forcing Taliban militants to retreat to their former bases, a senior police official said. “Taliban rebels after suffering huge casualties and leaving scores of dead bodies behind fled Kunduz city on Wednesday and the whole city is in control of
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem October 11, 2016 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Gunmen, reportedly wearing Afghan police uniforms, stormed a packed shrine for Shi’ite Muslims in Kabul late Tuesday and opened fire, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 30 others. Officials and witnesses said a suicide bomber blew himself up as the assault began in
Press TV October 11, 2016 Afghanistan has sent hundreds of troops to Lashkargah in a bid to purge the strategic city of Taliban militants after an attack by the resurgent group claimed the lives of 14 people. The government’s special envoy for security in Helmand province said more than 300 commandos had been deployed to the city on Tuesday to
Press TV October 10, 2016 Taliban militants have reportedly entered the capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand after launching a large-scale attack in the area. The militants attacked security checkpoints inside the city of Lashkargah on Monday, said the Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqq. Sediqq said the country’s security forces “will soon push them
Tolo News: The new leader of the Afghan Taliban Haibatullah Akhundzada reportedly taught and preached openly for 15 years at the Al Haaj mosque in Kuchlak, near Quetta in Pakistan. According to a report by Reuters, Akhundzada is now believed to be in hiding in Afghanistan. Akhundzada reportedly slipped across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border just two days before being
Tolo News: Mohammad Karim Amin, the chairman of Hizb-e-Islami’s peace talk’s delegation said on Sunday night that a delegation of party representatives will soon visit the U.S, but did not outline a timeframe. Amin said the delegation will continue with their peace efforts and will possibly talk with U.S officials over “removing of sanctions” against their leader,
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Unknown gunmen have attacked and injured the editor-in-chief of a leading newspaper in Afghanistan, the latest such attack in a country where journalists are often subjected to violence and threats. The overnight attack on Abdul Saboor Sarir of the Kabul-based English daily Afghanistan Times took place in