Khaama Press: US Secretary of State John Kerry has said 9,800 American troops will remain in Afghanistan through most of this year.“Tomorrow we will discuss Afghanistan. And we’re going to review the progress of the Resolute Support mission and the need to continue our financial assistance for Afghan Security Forces and the imperative of planning for
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, May 20 (Xinhua) — A total of 13 Taliban fighters including three key commanders have been killed in Marja district of the southern Helmand province on Friday, an army spokesman in the province, Brigadier Mohammad Rasoul Zazai said. “Security forces launched major offensive against Taliban rebels in Marja district late Thursday night
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2016 An Afghan official says eight policemen have been killed by a colleague who turned his gun on them in the southern province of Zabul. Ghulam Jalani Farahi, the province’s deputy police chief, said the incident occurred at a checkpoint in the provincial capital, Qalat. He said the perpetrator
Press TV May 19, 2016 Taliban have captured a district in northern Afghanistan following several days of fighting even as the government signed a draft peace agreement with the militant group’s allies. The Surkh Kotal district in Baghlan Province fell to Taliban militants on Wednesday after security forces fled the area, local officials said. Reports said two Afghan
VOA News Carla Babb May 18, 2016 BRUSSELS—Despite the uncertainty about U.S. future force numbers in Afghanistan, most NATO military chiefs say they are not planning to withdraw their forces from the war-torn country, the chairman of NATO’s military committee said Wednesday. Petr Pavel told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels that “there was a
KABUL, May 18 (Xinhua) — The Afghan security forces have killed 130 suspected Taliban insurgents within the last 24 hours across the country, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “In the last 24 hours, as a result of the joint clearance operations of the Afghan security and defense forces aimed to topple down the
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan says it is “sincerely” making efforts to reach a negotiated end to the conflict in Afghanistan because doing so would address Islamabad’s own security concerns and encourage millions of Afghan refugees and migrants who have lived in Pakistan for decades to return to their country. National Security
SHARAN, Afghanistan, May 17 (Xinhua) — An Afghan district police chief had been killed along with five police personnel following a Taliban ambush attack in the country’s eastern province of Paktika, a local police official said on Tuesday. “The police Chief of Khoshamand district, Kahko Shinwari, and five Afghan National Police members died following an
Tolo News: Acting Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor on Monday warned Taliban that he will change Balkh into their grave if they refuse to lay down arms and quit insurgency. Noor, who is leading a clearance operation called Nawid 3 in Kushinda district in the province, said the militants have suffered heavy losses in the operation as
Tolo News: Dozens of Taliban militants have been killed in serious clashes between rival factions after the pro-Mullah Rassoul faction declared Jihad against the pro-Akhter Mansour group on Monday. The pro-Mullah Rassoul faction, who declared Jihad (Holy war) against their rivals – the main faction of the Taliban led by Mullah Omar’s successor Akhter Mansour –