Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 23, 2016 An Indian charity worker kidnapped in the Afghan capital last month has been released, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on July 23. Forty-year-old Judith D’Souza was taken at gunpoint on June 9 near her residence in the center of Kabul. Swaraj thanked Afghanistan for its “help and
ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold a high level meeting in Kabul on July 26 to discuss a border mechanism to check the illegal cross-border movement, officials said on Friday. Pakistan introduced a new mechanism from June 1st that makes it obligatory for every Afghan to carry legal travel documents for
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 22 (Xinhua) — Up to three dozens of people, including 30 Taliban fighters, have been killed over the past two days as fierce fighting has been continuing for the control of Qala-e-Zal district along the border with Tajikistan in the northern Kunduz province, officials said Friday. In the latest blow inflicted to
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have overrun a remote northern district after days of intense clashes with government forces, officials confirmed to local media on Thursday. The Taliban first assaulted the district of Qala-e-Zal in Kunduz province earlier this week and both sides have since claimed to have inflicted
KABUL, July 20 (Xinhua) — One militant was killed and 12 others detained during a special operation in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Parwan overnight, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “The personnel of Afghan army’s 201 Selaab Corps conducted a night operation in Qalacha locality of Parwan province last night. As a result one
KABUL, July 19 (Xinhua) — Eight Taliban militants including a key commander have been killed as clash erupted in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province on Tuesday, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here. “Eight Taliban terrorists including their key commander Mawlawi Agha have been killed in Sangin district today and their attempt
Hasib Danish Alikozai VOA News / July 18, 2016 As the process of electing the next American president goes into its final stages, national security and foreign policy analysts are divided over the long-term U.S. role in Afghanistan, with some suggesting the U.S. military may at some point make a comeback to a full-fledged pre-2014 style
KABUL, July 18 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have obviously adopted an aggressive position against anti-government militants as more than 100 armed insurgents have been killed mostly by air strikes since Saturday, according to officials. Warplanes, specially unmanned drones, have proved very lethal and effective in targeting Taliban and Islamic State (IS) groups who are
July 17, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A local official in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan warned that the entire province is in danger of falling to Taliban militants. Mohammad Zaher Naderi, member of Uruzgan provincial council, said the province is on the verge of collapse with extensive assaults by the Taliban. The Taliban are tightening
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 17, 2016 The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says President Barack Obama’s decision to allow greater military action in support of Afghan combat operations against Taliban militants could have a major effect on the war. General John Nicholson said near Kabul on July 16 that Obama’s decision will encourage Afghan