PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, March 8 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces, following fierce fighting, recaptured Dand-e-Shahabudin district outside Baghlan provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri on Tuesday. Zabihullah Sheja, police spokesman in the province, said the security forces have been chasing militants to ensure lasting peace in the region, 160 km north of Kabul. “The security forces finally recaptured Dand-e-Shahabudin
Press TV March 8, 2016 The number of released Guantanamo prisoners now suspected of having returned to fighting for militants, increased by 6 reaching 12 from July 2015 to January this year, the Obama administration says. The figures, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Monday, show that as of January
Khaama Press: The incident took place in Shindand district around 12:00 pm local time after a civilian vehicle struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident. Click here to read more (external link). Related Security News Steep rise in Afghan army casualties, 26 soldiers martyred
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 7, 2016 DUSHANBE — Tajik officials say one of the country’s border guards and a suspected terrorist have been killed in an ongoing security operation along the border with Afghanistan. Muhammad Ulughojaev, a spokesman for Tajikistan’s border guard service, told RFE/RL on March 7 that the operation had started on
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 7, 2016 ISLAMABAD – A Taliban suicide bomber has blown himself up outside a local court compound in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 13 people and wounding at least 36 more.Authorities say police personnel, women and children were among those killed and wounded in the attack Monday in the town of
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 6, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said his security forces have uprooted loyalists of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan. Addressing lawmakers at the opening of parliament in Kabul Sunday, he said IS is one of the elements in the current Afghan conflict, but it is only fighting to
LASHKARGAH, Afghanistan, March 5 (Xinhua) — Up to 45 militants have been killed and 35 others injured as a clash erupted in Taliban former stronghold the southern Helmand province on Saturday, an army spokesman in the province Mohammad Rasoul Zazai said. “A group of Taliban militants were attempting to storm security checkpoints in Sangin district
Tolo News: Baghlan police said on Friday troops have broken through the Taliban’s defense line in Dand-e Ghori and have almost cleared the area of insurgents. Baghlan police said that after days of fighting, the security forces finally broke through the Taliban’s defense line and that the troops are now moving forward, towards the center of
VOA News March 3, 2016 KABUL—Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator says talks with Taliban-led insurgent groups are a “last opportunity” for accord, despite increasing violence during the past six months by armed opposition factions. Direct peace negotiations between Afghan government and Taliban delegates are expected to take place in neighboring Pakistan later this week. A four-nation
KABUL, March 3 (Xinhua) — A bloody conflict between security forces and Taliban militants have claimed the lives of 10 armed insurgents in the northern Jauzjan province, while a bomb blast attributed to the Taliban outfit injured 24 civilians in the neighboring Balkh province on Thursday, officials said. “Ten Taliban fighters have been killed and