Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday said Taliban and Daesh fighters are being trained in Pakistan and then sent to Afghanistan to fight security forces. Interior Minister Noorulhaq Olomi said insurgents are recruiting the youth and are continuing their attacks on Afghanistan while giving orders from Pakistan. Click here to read more (external
Christian Science Monitor: Atta Mohammad Noor governs Mazar-e-Sharif as a benevolent strongman who keeps the peace and attracts investment. Is that the model this nation now needs? Click here to read more (external link).
TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — Unknown gunmen attacked a house in the southern Uruzgan province early Monday, killing a man and a woman and injuring another, a local official said. The incident, according to the official who declined to be identified, took place in Putikalacha locality on the outskirt of provincial capital Trinkot in
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 30, 2015 ISLAMABAD—The United States has received “credible reports of an imminent attack” in the Afghan capital within the next two days, strongly urging U.S. citizens to exercise extreme caution if moving around Kabul. “There were no further details regarding the targets, timing, or method of the planned attack,” the
1TV: An Afghan intelligence official was killed overnight when gunmen opened fire on him in southern Kandahar province, officials said Sunday. Click here to read more (external link).
KABUL, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — About five Islamic States (IS) affiliate militants have been killed in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “Personnel of 4th Brigade of Afghan National Army’s 201 Saelaab Corps fired several rounds of heavy weapons on IS or Daesh hideouts in Shaddel area of Achin
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 28, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Authorities in Afghanistan remain clueless about the fate of 18 people, mostly soldiers, who were taken captive by Taliban insurgents earlier this week after their helicopter crash-landed in a volatile northern region. Afghan defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri told VOA Saturday Afghan security forces have been conducting operations
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 28, 2015 An Afghan election commission official has survived a suicide bomb attack in the capital of Kabul. The Independent Election Commission identified the target of the November 28 attack was Hawliya Rodwal, its Kabul provincial director. A spokesman said one of Rodwal’s security guards was killed and his driver
KABUL, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — Two were killed and a few others injured when a blast rocked Kabul city on Saturday, an eyewitness told Xinhua. The attack, apparently a suicide bombing, took place in Karta-eNaw locality at around 09:00 a.m. local time. Meanwhile, an official, who declined to be named, confirmed the blast.