Press TV October 9, 2016 The United Nations says the number of war-displaced civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunduz has reached 24,000 as fierce street battles continue between government forces and Taliban militants in the strategic northern city. “Initial reports indicate that around 24,000 internally displaced persons” have fled Kunduz, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian
The little-known story of secret negotiations between the Taliban and the US to a build a pipeline through Afghanistan. Al Jazeera: Unocal’s plans were to build two pipelines, one for oil and the other for gas, travelling through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India – a distance of well over 1,700km. Afghanistan was set to earn $400m
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — Eight people were killed when an Afghan army helicopter crashed in the country’s northern province of Baghlan on Sunday, the provincial governor said. “The army helicopter crashed in Qarghan Tapa, a mountainous area on northwestern outskirts of provincial capital Pul-e-Khumir roughly at 6:00 a.m. local time (0130 GMT),” Governor
Associated Press: ISLAMABAD — The father of New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami said on Saturday that the FBI had made “mistake after mistake” in handling the case and is now “punishing” the family for his son’s wrongdoing by barring them from travelling to the United States. Mohammed Rahami told The Associated Press by phone that the
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — Up to nine militants loyal to the extremist Islamic State (IS) outfit were killed as their hideouts were attacked by aircrafts in eastern Afghanistan Friday night, local government official said Saturday. The operations took place in Bandar village of Achin district in Nangarhar province. A vehicle of the armed
1TV: Afghan security forces pushed back Taliban militants from key parts of northern Kunduz after the group’s several top commanders killed in the province. Kunduz police says, the Afghan forces’ Thursday night raid repelled the militants from Police District 1, parts of Khwaja Mashhad, Bandar-e-Kabul, Cinema Square, Sharshara, Nawabad square and Chahardara areas of Kunduz province.
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Scores of Taliban militants have been killed as fighting for the control of northern Kunduz city entered its fourth day, police spokesman in the northern zone, Mahfozullah Akbari said on Thursday. According to the official, the Taliban militants have taken positions inside residential houses and have been using the
1TV: Citing measures to ensure security, Afghan officials on Thursday announced a ban on Ashura street processions. Ashura, a day which is marked widely by Shiite to mourn the martyrdom of Hussain Ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, falls on October 12. At a press press briefing, Afghanistan Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs and Kabul
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 5, 2016 Residents in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz have fled or face deteriorating conditions as fighting between security forces and Taliban militants there entered its third day. “Most civilians have abandoned Kunduz city and have gone to neighboring districts or provinces,” Kunduz Province’s Governor Asadullah Amarkhel said on
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 5, 2016 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged the Taliban to follow the recent example of an Afghan warlord and strike its own peace deal with the Kabul government. Speaking in Brussels at an international donors conference for Afghanistan on October 5, Kerry said that “there is a