Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 15, 2016 Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told NATO allies that the United States is reexamining plans to cut its troop numbers in Afghanistan next year, a British minister has said. Speaking to reporters on June 15 following a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, U.K. Defense Secretary Michael
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 15 (Xinhua) — Fire exchange between Afghan and Pakistani forces at the border town of Torkham have claimed the lives of five Afghans including three soldiers and two civilians since Sunday, spokesman for Nangarhar provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said Wednesday. “Since eruption of conflict and fire exchange at Torkham border, three Afghan
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 14, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A Pakistan army officer and two Afghan soldiers have died, while at least 30 people were wounded on both sides in this week’s cross-border skirmishes, officials said. The situation at the busy Torkham border crossing remained tense, and the main gate there was still closed for a third
Press TV June 14, 2016 Taliban militants have peeled the skin of a young Afghan man off his body before killing him in central Afghanistan over the alleged involvement of his kin in the murder of a militant commander. Local officials said the incident happened last December, when Taliban militants dragged the 21-year-old Fazl Ahmad
KABUL, June 14 (Xinhua) — A total of 117 militants were killed amid military operations launched by Afghan security forces within the last 24 hours, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. “Afghan security and defense forces conducted several military and cleanup operations over the past 24 hours, killing 117 militants, wounding 50 and detaining
Press TV June 13, 2016 More than a dozen members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have been killed in operations by Afghan security forces against the extremists in the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar. In a statement released on Sunday, the Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that the operations were carried out in the
Tolo News: Kandahar police chief general Abdul Raziq on Sunday warned the wealthy in the province against paying their Zakat (charity) to the Taliban amid reports that businessmen, company owners and landholders were donating money to the Taliban and the Quetta Shura. He said that the money paid to the Taliban as charity funds the insurgents war.
KABUL, June 12 (Xinhua) — Up to 46 militants had been killed in clashes with security forces and airstrikes across Afghanistan within day, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “Over the past 24 hours, Afghan security and defense forces conducted several military and cleanup operations, killing 46 militants, wounding 24 and detaining four other
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — Washington’s decision to lift restrictions on U.S. forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan showed that the strategy of former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had failed, an expert said Friday. The Obama administration has decided to give broader authority to the U.S. military commanders to “anticipate situations in which the
The Washington Post: In December, militants dragged Ahmad from his house and cut out his eyes in retaliation. Ahmad was still alive and screaming when the attackers began carving the skin off his chest, leaving his heart exposed. Then they threw the 21-year old laborer off a 10-story cliff, officials said. “They skinned him alive,” said Ruqiya Naeel,