Press TV / January 16, 2016 Afghan authorities say at least eleven people have lost their lives in a new US assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the aerial attack took place Friday in the Achin district of the province, which is
South China Morning Post: China is well aware that without stability in the war-wracked nation, its plans for an economic transformation in central Asia and beyond will be in doubt. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Muhammad Karim Atal, the chairman of Helmand Provincial Council, said: “We witnessed the collapse of a village in Gereshk two days ago. Unfortunately, Adam Khan village also fell to the Taliban last night.” He said at least 14 Afghan troops have been killed and nine others wounded. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: The provincial government media office said the Afghan security forces repelled the attack which was launched around 10:00 am this morning. The Taliban commander killed in the attack has been identified as Mullah Izat who was in charge of the Taliban militants in Arghistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Scores of armed men related to Zahir Qadir, the Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament), on Saturday joined public uprising groups in eastern Nangarhar province. Security officials in eastern Nangarhar province said that the armed men will cooperate with Afghan security forces in the fight against militants in Nazian and Achin districts
Khaama Press: “In an Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) joint clearance operation, 40 armed militants surrendered to ANSF in Darqad district of northern Takhar province,” states a statement released by the ministry. “The operation started on 09 January 2016 and is still in progress to clear some of the areas of terrorists and enemies of peace
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — About 37 Taliban militants were killed as clashes broke out in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, an official said on Saturday. “The Taliban militants attacked joint Afghan army and police security checkpoints in Adam Khan and Rahim Kala localities of Nahri Sarraj district Friday morning. The NATO-led coalition’s
VOA News / January 15, 2016 Officials in Afghanistan say they could not confirm the death of a top commander of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan. On Thursday, the Afghan officials had said a U.S. drone strike killed Islamic State’s top commander in the area along with at least 11 other insurgents. But Achin
Michael Hughes: First, the United States – in cahoots with Pakistan – gave Afghanistan the “freedom fighters” during the jihad against the Soviets, led by the likes of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Osama bin Laden, which eventually morphed into the Taliban movement. Now, yet another made-in-the-USA religious extremist Frankensteinian creation has reared its ugly head in Afghanistan,
Pepe Escobar via Counter Punch: In the end, everything comes back to Helmand. Why Helmand? My Pashtun interlocutors loosen up and say it with a mouthful: it’s all about the involvement of the CIA in the heroin trade in Afghanistan; “The Americans simply can’t let it go.” Click here to read more (external link).