Khaama Press December 5, 2015 33 militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) which also goes by its Arabic name Daesh have been killed and four others wounded security operation in eastern Nangarhar province. IS-Khorasan suffered the newest casualties in Karkani and Trili areas of the restive Achin District in past 24 hours. According to
Press TV December 4, 2015 A highly secretive CIA-trained paramilitary unit, known as the Khost Protection Force (KPF), operating in eastern Afghanistan, has been implicated in civilian killings, torture and resorting to excessive force under the guise of counterterrorism activities, a new report says. Paid, equipped, and directed by the US Intelligence Agency to allegedly
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 4, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan say at least nine civilians were killed and six more wounded when a mortar shell fired by Afghan national security forces hit a mosque on Friday. In another development, U.S. and local forces jointly assaulted a Taliban-held prison in a volatile southern region and freed
Khaama Press December 3, 2015 Security forces have arrested six terrorists in Ghanikhil District of eastern Nangarhar province. Nangarhar police spokesman says five of them belong to Pakistan and one of them is a resident of Ghanikhil district who were arrested during Wednesday’s raid conducted by a special unit of Nangarhar Airfield in Saicho area.
KABUL, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The Afghan security forces have recovered a weapons cache near the country’s capital of Kabul, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Thursday. “The personnel of NDS have found a huge weapons and ammunition cache following a special operation in Kharwar district of (eastern) Logar province,” NDS, the country’s
The Independent (UK): A tribal elder tells Bilal Sarwary that the militants may storm the city again using looted heavy weapons, and how security forces have failed residents. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 2, 2015 ISLAMABAD—The Taliban has denounced NATO’s decision to extend its mission in Afghanistan by keeping 12,000 troops through 2016 and continuing military financial assistance to the Kabul government through 2020. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Islamist insurgency reiterated its resolve to continue the Taliban-led “jihad” against what it calls
Press TV December 2, 2015 Security forces have arrested 11 members of Jundallah Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz. In a Wednesday statement, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced that 11 members of the Jundallah terrorist group have been detained during a raid in the Khan Abad district of Kunduz. The statement added that a
KABUL, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — A bomb blast by anti-government militants on Wednesday claimed two lives and injured seven others in Afghanistan’s the eastern Khost province, a provincial government official said. “A mine planted by militants struck the vehicle of Habib Khan Taniwal, a member of the Provincial Council, at around 02:15 p.m. local time
VOA News December 1, 2015 NATO says it will keep about 12,000 troops in Afghanistan for an extra year in 2016 to prevent the country from again becoming a safe haven for terrorists. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday the alliance will pledge “approximately 12,000 troops” as part of its Resolute Support Mission in the