KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — Six people including five militants have been killed as clash flared up in Imam Sahib district of the northern Kunduz province 250 km north of Kabul on Thursday, spokesman for provincial governor Abdul Wasi Basel said. The clash, according to the spokesman, erupted in Alafbirdy area early Thursday and
Khyber News: The Afghan Taliban have launched an unprecedented winter surge that points to a desire for an upper hand in peace talks, analysts say, while some suggest rogue Pakistani elements may be bolstering the effort to derail overtures by Islamabad to India. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News / January 6, 2016 KABUL – The Afghan government has formed a special force to counter Islamic State and Taliban militants in eastern parts of the country, Acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai announced Wednesday from eastern Laghman province. “The IS issue is the most important [issue], which should be hard hit,” Stanekzai told VOA’s
Tolo News: An Afghan National Army soldier has been caught on camera switching sides and joining the Taliban in Dand-e-Ghori area in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan province. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 6, 2016 A U.S. military official says two wounded U.S. soldiers and the body of a third have been evacuated from a battlefield in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. “All casualties have been evacuated” following fighting the day before near the city of Marjah, U.S. Army Colonel Mike Lawhorn
Press TV January 6, 2016 At least 30 militants have been killed and scores of others injured during fierce clashes between members of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and Taliban extremists in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Wednesday that the two sides had engaged in heavy exchanges
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 6, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghan authorities said that security forces made advances Wednesday in a volatile southern district, killing 43 Taliban insurgents and wounding many others. The fighting in Marjah, a Taliban-held district in the restive Helmand province, erupted a day earlier when Afghan forces backed by U.S. military personnel launched a
Khaama Press: An explosion was heard in the vicinity of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan area of Kabul city earlier tonight, a day after the city witnessed back to back suicide attacks involving Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED). Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News / January 5, 2016 Carla Babb PENTAGON – One U.S. service member was killed and two others were wounded Tuesday during fighting in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, where Taliban fighters recently have expanded their operations. U.S. defense officials said American special forces units were involved in the operation near the city of Marja, a scene
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — A military chopper crashed in Marja district of the southern Helmand province on Tuesday, with casualties feared, a local official said. “The helicopter crashed in Sepon area of Marja district,” the official told Xinhua but declined to be identified, saying authorized officials would brief the media after completion