Khaama Press December 13, 2015 President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani once again has criticized some regional countries for not wanting peace and stability in the region. While talking to the International Neutrality Conference in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, President Ghani said that instead of cooperation, some regional countries export terrorism. During his speech on Saturday, President Ghani hailed
Khaama Press December 13, 2015 Afghan national security forces have rebuffed a coordinated attack by the affiliates of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh, on security posts in eastern Nangarhar province. Nangarhar police spokesperson says a group of armed militants attacked security posts in Pandola
VOA News December 12, 2015 Spain’s government said an attack in a diplomatic area of the Afghan capital that killed at least six people, including two Spanish policemen, was “an attack on Spain.” The Taliban claimed responsibility for the car bombing and gunfire that began Friday and continued into Saturday, before security forces killed all
Khaama Press December 12, 2015 Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif has said they would use their influence on Taliban for the security of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. Khwaja Mohammad Asif told the BBC Urdu on Friday that TAPI project is very important for all stakeholders especially in reducing the energy crisis in Pakistan.
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 11, 2015 ISLAMABAD—The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in central Kabul Friday evening. A massive explosion, followed by bursts of gunfire, could be heard about 6 p.m. Friday in the affluent Sherpor area, near diplomatic missions and government buildings. The Taliban said multiple suicide bombers attacked a guesthouse in
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 11, 2015 ISLAMABAD—An Afghan intelligence operative, a foreigner and her three children were killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan Friday, officials said. The incident happened in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan. A provincial spokesman, Ataullah Khogyani, told VOA that the Afghan intelligence agency, National Directorate
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani appointed the deputy head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Massoud Andarabi, as acting chief of the spy agency following the surprise resignation of Rahmatullah Nabil on Thursday afternoon. At an emergency meeting Thursday evening, which was attended by Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah among others, Ghani said Andarabi
Tolo News: Local officials in Baghlan province voiced their concerns on Thursday over reports that Daesh militants are trying to recruit in the area, warning that if government does not do something quickly this move will further escalate violence in the region. According to some residents, militants apparently associated with Daesh have in recent weeks
KABUL, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — Taliban militants have intensified activities in their former strongholds across Afghanistan over the past months. They stormed Kandahar airport on Tuesday night, triggering heavy fighting. The militants first occupied a residential complex, and then stormed their targeted airport. In an online statement on Thursday, the militants said a group of
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 10, 2015 ISLAMABAD—A large-scale Taliban assault on a key airport in southern Afghanistan ended late Wednesday, according to Afghan officials, who said that the deal toll his risen to 50. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers, and two policemen were killed in the attack, which began early