KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, June 23 (Xinhua) — Four Taliban militants including a group commander were killed as security forces laid ambush in Imam Sahib district of the northern Kunduz province on Thursday, district governor Amanudin Qurishi said. “Acting on tip-off the security forces organized ambush on a way used by Taliban rebels Thursday morning killing commander
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 23, 2016 Presidents of member states and countries with the status of observers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) were in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on June 23 for the start of a two-day summit. SCO leaders at the gathering are talking about issues that include regional security and the current situation in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 22, 2016 Russia says the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will discuss a “very tense situation” in Afghanistan when the grouping holds its summit in Uzbekistan this week. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on June 22 that an estimated 60,000 “armed extremists” were fighting in Afghanistan, including 10,000 under the flag
ISLAMABAD, June 22 (Xinhua) — Pakistani Taliban shot dead renowned Pakistani Sufi music singer known as “qawwali”in the port city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said. According to the police, the assailants opened fire on the vehicle of Amjad Sabri when he was heading for a TV show. A police officer and witnesses said two
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 22, 2016 Afghan officials say a roadside bombing in an eastern provincial capital killed a police officer and a civilian on June 22. Abass Sadat, the deputy police chief of Nangarhar Province, said the explosion in the city of Jalalabad also wounded two civilians. Sadat said the bomb was probably
1TV: Pakistan is violating sovereignty of other nations by allowing terrorists to enjoy safe havens in its soil, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative told the United Nations on Tuesday. Speaking at the U.N. Security Council debate, Mahmoud Saikal noted how chiefs of terror groups such as al Qaeda and Taliban died in Pakistan over the past 15 years. Click
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 22, 2016 Afghan officials said on June 22 that the Taliban has freed 23 men who were kidnapped a day earlier by militants in southern Afghanistan. Omar Zwak, a spokesman for Helmand’s governor, said representatives of the governor’s office worked with tribal elders to intervene and “negotiated the issue
Press TV June 22, 2016 Iran’s mission to the United Nations has expressed concern over a rise in the activities of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in neighboring Afghanistan. Gholam-Hossein Dehqani, Iran’s deputy ambassador to the UN, called attention to a United Nations report which has found that armed conflict in Afghanistan currently stands at its highest level since 2001.
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s Taliban claimed responsibility for taking 27 passengers hostage in the south of the country Tuesday in a latest incident of mass kidnapping. The early morning abductions happened in restive Helmand province, where Afghan security forces have been battling the insurgents to reverse recent battlefield losses. Heavily armed
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 20, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan Monday morning killed at least 24 people and wounded around 40 others. The deadliest attack occurred in Kabul when a suicide bomber approached a minibus on foot and set off explosives. The Afghan Interior Ministry says the attack left 14 people dead and