Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 6, 2016 Al-Qaeda is working more closely with the Taliban in Afghanistan and could bolster the militant group’s fight against government forces, a NATO spokesman says. “By themselves, we don’t think that they pose…a real significant threat, to the government of Afghanistan,” spokesman Brigadier General Charles Cleveland said on May
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 6, 2016 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has proposed a reshuffling of his defense and intelligence ministers in the aftermath of a massive deadly terrorist attack in Kabul. Zafar Hashemi, the president’s office spokesman, tweeted late on May 5 that Ghani had appointed acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanikzai to be
Khaama Press: An Afghan film actress Marina Golbahari has been forced to seek asylum in France after receiving death threats from the hardliners in Afghanistan for her role as an actress. The death threats against Golbahari reportedly intensified after appearing in a film festival in South Korea where she was pictured with head uncovered, drawing the attention
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2016 An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed five civilians and wounded five others in a remote northwestern province. Local police said on May 5 that the explosion took place in the district of Qadis in Badghis Province. Police said a van carrying civilians hit the roadside bomb
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2016 The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has issued a security warning to U.S. citizens after an attempted kidnapping of an American and a number of foreigners in the Afghan capital earlier in the week. Posted on the U.S. Embassy’s website, the warning said that an attempt to kidnap several
Khaama Press: Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties during the raids of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in southern Kandahar province. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least 32 militants were killed and 18 others were wounded during the operations. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News Brothers arrested with explosives for planning
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan forces killed a Taliban group commander and captured five of his fighters in Arghestan district of the northern Badakhshan province early Wednesday, an army spokesman in the province, Abdul Khalil said. “Acting upon intelligence report, a unit of national army laid ambush against a group Taliban militants in
TALUQAN, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) — Around 60 students of a girl school were mysteriously poisoned in Rustaq district of northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province on Wednesday, a police spokesman in the province said. “Some 60 students of grade seven to 12 of Mir Mulai Girl School in Rustaq district were mysteriously poisoned today at around
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 3, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan is rejecting Afghan demands for military action against Taliban commanders within Pakistan and emphasizes the need to continue talks for a settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan. In Islamabad Tuesday, Pakistani foreign policy adviser Sartaj Aziz dismissed demands by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that Pakistan evict Taliban
Khaama Press: The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) said at least 33 militants including a Pakistani insurgent were killed in the latest air and ground raids of the Afghan National Security Forces. The operations were conducted in a number of the districts of Kunar Nangarhar, Laghman, Khost, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Badghis, Balkh, Jowzjan, Faryab, Kunduz