Khyber News: Three people have been killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in eastern Nangarhar province. The incident took place close to a school in Mirzakhil area of Kama District around 11:00 am on Sunday. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The security situation in Afghanistan in 2016 is poised to deteriorate with the Afghan army having lost a third of its troops. It has potentially been left incapable of fulfilling its duties, maintains a secret NATO report seen by Der Spiegel, a German magazine. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 10, 2016 Afghan forces have recaptured a northern district bordering Tajikistan from the Taliban, two months after it was seized by the militants. A statement from the Interior Ministry on January 10 said Afghan army, police, and special forces units launched a major offensive on January 8 to recapture the
The Free Thought Project: According to the Washington Post, the textbooks were published in the dominant Afghan languages of Dari and Pashtu and developed in the early 1980’s at a cost of $51 million. The schoolbooks were even approved by the Taliban because the teachings were not far off from their own worldview. Click here to read more
Khaama Press: At least 23 fanatics of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in separate airstrikes by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Saturday. A statement by MoD said the fanatics of the terror group were killed in Achin and Kot
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 8, 2016 The Taliban is waging an unusually aggressive campaign of violence in Afghanistan this winter, unleashing deadly bombings in the capital, threatening to overrun a strategic southern province, and attacking a foreign consulate. Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain and heavy snowfall have traditionally prompted a winter lull in
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 8, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A suspected US drone strike Friday killed at least 17 Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan shortly after the extremist group beheaded seven people in the same area, said officials and residents. The violence occurred in the remote Achin district of Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan. The volatile
NDTV: A man has been detained after a car with explosives was found near the Indian consulate in Herat in Afghanistan, said Amar Sinha, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan. According to sources, the vehicle was searched and seized after it was found abandoned near the consulate with a punctured wheel, hinting that was not meant for the
Khaama Press: During a meeting with the US Congress delegation led by Senator Bob Corker, President Ghani said Afghanistan needs to complete the inventory of its Air Force by acquiring aircraft and helicopters, urging the US Congress delegation to assist Afghanistan in this process. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV / January 8, 2016 About 140 members of the Taliban militant group have been killed in a series of Afghan army operations against the extremists across the country. Provincial police chief, Brigadier General Abdul Rahman Sarjang, said on Wednesday that 120 Taliban terrorists have been killed in an offensive in the Marjah district of the southern province