Ayaz Gul VOA News September 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan says it has completed construction of “20 percent” of outposts being established along a largely porous border with Afghanistan, and called for the strife-torn country to take matching steps for deterring terrorist infiltration. The two uneasy neighbors share a nearly 2,600 kilometer rugged mountainous frontier,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2016 At least 12 Afghan Army soldiers have been killed in their sleep in an attack allegedly facilitated by fellow soldiers with suspected links to the Taliban. A senior police official in the northern city of Kunduz said on September 27 that two soldiers fled an outpost in the
Khaama Press: The Kabul Garrison has prohibited the Enlightenment Movement to organize further demonstrations in Kabul following a deadly attack that left at least 85 people dead. General Gul Nabi Ahmadzai, the commander of Kabul Garrison, told reporters in Kabul today that the decision to ban the movement from organizing further demonstrations was taken in line with
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Officials and witnesses in Afghanistan say fighters linked to Islamic State have regained control of most of the militant group’s former strongholds in the country, weeks after retreating to remote mountain hideouts in the face of major Afghan security operations. The troubled areas are located in Achin,
RFE/RL’s Tajik Service September 26, 2016 DUSHSANBE — Tajikistan says China plans to finance and build several outposts for Tajik border guards along the Tajik-Afghan border. A Tajik government decree published on September 26 said the move would bolster Tajik security. The decree said the government instructed the State National Security Committee to sign an
VOA News September 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Suspected U.S. airstrikes in southeastern Afghanistan are believed to have killed a top commander of the extremist Pakistan Taliban and several of his partners. The overnight attack took place in Bermal district of the Paktika province adjacent to the Pakistani border. Rais Khan, also known as Azam Tariq, of
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 24, 2016 The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says neighboring Pakistan has not yet placed “adequate pressure” on the Haqqani Network of militants to prevent them from plotting deadly cross-border attacks. Afghan authorities allege leaders of the group, which is fighting alongside the Taliban, are directing “high-profile”
KABUL, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — About 69 militants have been killed in fresh military operations across Afghanistan within one day, said the country’s Defense Ministry on Friday. “The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) carried out operations to clean areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability over the past 24 hours, killing
Khalid Mafton VOA News September 23, 2016 A peace deal signed with a notorious Afghan warlord is opposed by some political figures and rights groups who worry about its impact on the country’s fledgling democracy. Thursday’s agreement opens a new chapter for Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who fought against the Soviet Union in the 1980s and whose
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2016 The Afghan government has signed a draft peace accord with notorious exiled warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, paving the way for his return after years of fighting the central authorities. A government delegation and a team representing Hekmatyar’s Hezb-e Islami militant group signed the document at a press conference in