Khaama Press: Preliminary reports suggest a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) has been detonated in Lashkargah city. Provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak confirms the incident and said at least one person has been injured in the attack which was carried out by a car bomb. No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 13, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in eastern Afghanistan said a gun and bomb attack Wednesday near the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad killed seven security personnel and wounded 10 people, including three civilians. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the assault. Afghan police and witnesses said the attack began with several massive explosions
Press TV / January 12, 2016 At least three schoolgirls have lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries in a mortar attack by the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost. The Afghan Ministry of Education announced in a statement that a mortar round slammed into a primary school in the Bak district
Khaama Press: The Taliban insurgents along with their leader were killed after ambushing a convoy of the Afghan national security forces in Andar Dara district. Provincial police chief Toryalai Abadyani confirmed the death of the senior Taliban leader along with his ten fighters. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Balkh police chief Sayed Kamal Sadat on Tuesday said Pakistani military officers were behind the Indian consulate attack in Mazar-e-Sharif earlier this month. He said the attackers, officers from across the border, were well-trained military men who fought Afghan security forces in the 25-hour siege. “We saw with our own eyes and I can say 99
Press TV / January 12, 2016 The United States is spending billions of dollars on Afghanistan’s “ghost soldiers,” who only exist only on paper, a report says. One reason the Afghan National Army is struggling against Taliban is because nearly 40 percent of its force is constituted on “ghost soldiers,” The Associated Press reported. “At
Khaama Press : Amid efforts to bolster the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force (AAF), the MD Helicopters announced Monday that 12 additional MD-530F helicopters will be manufactured and delivered to the Afghan armed forces. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem January 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN –Even as representatives of the United States, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan met Monday to try to work together to bring peace to Afghanistan, officials from Afghanistan and Pakistan continued to publicly differ on the way forward. The Pakistani prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz,
Khaama Press: “Pakistani military has never been willing to take the very steps most likely to advance the process, which are to close down Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network operations in Pakistan and imprison any of their leaders not actively negotiating peace with the government in Kabul,” Zalmay Khalilzad, a former American ambassador to Afghanistan and
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday traveled to eastern Nangarhar province where he met with officials and tribal leaders to assess concerns Islamic State is gaining ground in the province that borders Pakistan. Addressing the meetings in the capital Jalalabad , Ghani stressed that the government is