Ayaz Gul VOA News September 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated Wednesday that only a dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban can end decades of conflict and suffering in neighboring Afghanistan. Speaking to the annual United Nations General Assembly, Sharif said his country has been helping the Afghan reconciliation in
Khaama Press: Two powerful American lawmakers have introduced an act in the US House of Representatives to designate Pakistan a State Sponsor of terrorism, it has been reported. Congressman Ted Poe, who is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, has reportedly said “It is time we stopped paying Pakistan for its betrayal and designate it for
Noor Zahid VOA News September 20, 2016 Local leaders in Pakistan and Afghanistan say they are seeing a resurgence and regrouping of Islamic State fighters in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. Afghan forces, aided by U.S. bombers, reportedly intensified attacks on remote mountainous IS positions Tuesday. More than two dozen IS fighters were killed in air
Khaama Press: The convoy of security guards of the first vice president General Abdul Rashid Dostum was ambushed by the Taliban militants in north of the country. According to local officials in Jawzjan province, the incident took place in the vicinity of Khwajah Dokoh district. Provincial police chief Gen. Khwajah Rahmatullah Turkistani said a brief clash took place
The National Interest: “If fundamentalism comes to Afghanistan, war will continue for many more years. Afghanistan will be turned into a center for terrorism.” These words, spoken on March 10, 1992, through an overwhelmed translator, stand in time as the final plea of a man at the helm of a dying regime. Click here to read
The Interpreter: As planting season started in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan this spring, so did the fighting. One farmer, Ibrahim (he uses only one name), and his family had barely tilled their land when they had to leave. Fighting had been close by for most of the past year, but now it was in
Press TV September 19, 2016 At least eight police officers have been killed in US airstrikes in Afghanistan’s embattled central province of Uruzgan, officials say. A military commander said Monday one officer was killed in an initial airstrike targeting police checkpoint in the Saki area of Tirin Kot while seven others were killed in a follow-up strike.
Khaama Press: At least 8 Taliban insurgents were killed during an operation conducted by the Afghan intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in the vicinity of Kabul province. According to local officials in Qarabagh district of Kabul, the militants were killed late on Saturday night during an operation that was launched around 11:00 pm and
Tolo News: Abdul Rahman, the Taliban’s commander for Zabul insurgency, was killed in a clash with security forces overnight Friday, security officials claimed in a statement. According to officials the clash started on Friday night in Qalat city, the provincial capital, when the Taliban attacked a police check post. One other Taliban insurgent was wounded, officials added. Click
Tolo News: A number of tribal elders and residents of Nangarhar said that despite of the ongoing military operations by Afghan security forces, Daesh insurgents have captured parts of the province once again. They said that parts of Achin, Kot and Haska Mina districts have fallen to Daesh after security forces cleared the areas and were shifted