Press TV August 29, 2016 At least nine civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in two separate roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan. According to Afghan officials, the first blast took place in the country’s southern province of Helmand on Monday, killing six people and wounding five others, including three women and
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — Four police were killed and three others injured as a roadside bomb blast organized by militants struck a police van in Khan Abad district of the northern Kunduz province on Monday, a local official Qudratullah Safi said. “A mine planted by Taliban rebels on a road in Khan Abad
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan say security forces have rescued an Australian aid worker, four months after she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her office in the country’s east. Two armed men posing as Afghan intelligence officers abducted Kerry Jane Wilson, 60, in April from the office of her
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghan security forces are preparing to launch an operation to retake an eastern border district a day after it fell to the Taliban, officials said Sunday. The Islamist insurgency overran and captured Janikheil district in the eastern Paktia province on Saturday, and local authorities confirmed that dozens
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces have raided a madrassa, or Islamic seminary, in the southwestern city of Quetta and rounded up around 100 Afghan nationals for suspected links to militant groups, officials said. Provincial government spokesman Anwar ul-Haq Kakar told VOA the detainees did not posses any identity documents.
Press TV August 27, 2016 A US drone attack has killed 22 Afghan soldiers held by Taliban militants in the southern Helmand province, while Taliban have overrun a strategic district elsewhere. Provincial officials announced the fatalities on Saturday. Taliban also confirmed the death toll, saying the airstrike had killed three of the group’s members in the Nad-e-Ali district on Thursday.
Noor Zahid VOA News August 27, 2016 The war in Afghanistan has long been a dangerous assignment for journalists, but groups say the country’s deteriorating security situation is making things more dire, especially in areas held by the Taliban and Islamic State fighters where the government is struggling to regain control. “The overall situation in
Tolo News: Badakhshan local officials said Saturday that a gold mine in Raghistan district of Badakhshan has become a key source of income for the Taliban. Badakhshan provincial council warns that it will be impossible to clear the province of Taliban unless their revenue source is cut. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 27, 2016 The Taliban has captured a district in southeastern Afghanistan, along the porous border with Pakistan. The militants captured the Jani Khel district of Paktia Province after heavy clashes with Afghan security forces late August 26. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Naqibullah Atal, confirmed the fall of the district and
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — About 24 militants, including an insurgents’ local military chief, were killed after Afghan army warplanes struck a Taliban hideout in restive southern province of Helmand, authorities said Friday. “The Taliban military chief named Kako for Nad Ali district and 23 militants were killed following an airstrike conducted Thursday