Press TV | November 15, 2015 Afghan authorities say at least twelve people have lost their lives in a US drone strike in the Asian country’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar, Press TV reports. Local officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aerial attack took place in the Khogyani district of the province, which is
Tolo News: Five of the 31 Zabul bus passengers kidnapped in February arrived in Kabul on Saturday and said it had been the Taliban who freed them from Daesh insurgents. According to one freed hostage, clashes erupted between Taliban and Daesh early this week. Taliban allegedly seized the area from Daesh and then released them,
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 14, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Government officials and insurgent sources in southern Afghanistan say at least 70 Afghan soldiers have defected to the Taliban while 85 others were killed in days of fierce fighting. Mirza Khan Rahimi, governor of the volatile Helmand province, told reporters Saturday that the defections occurred in Sangin district,
KABUL, Nov. 14 (Xinhua)– Afghan security forces in continuation of crackdown against militants have killed 15 insurgents during series of operations elsewhere in the militancy-ridden country and captured five insurgents including a shadowy district governor over the past 24 hours, security apparatus said Saturday. Units of police backed by the army have killed 15 Taliban
KABUL, Nov. 14 (Xinhua)– Clash between government forces and Taliban militants have been continuing in Taliban bastion in the Sangin district of the southern Helmand province as dozens have been killed in the troubled Sangin district over the past couple of days, provincial governor Mirza Khan Rahimi said on Saturday. “Dozens of people from both
Tolo News: Local officials in northern Kunduz said on Friday that insurgents still control 40 percent of Imam Sahib district in the province. Up to 1,500 insurgents along with 200 foreign militants, many of whom are involved in bomb making processes, still operate in the area and fight security forces, local officials said on Friday. “Those who
Press TV | November 12, 2015 Hundreds of people have rallied across Afghanistan, protesting nationwide insecurity a day after thousands marched in the country’s capital outraged at the beheading of seven members of the mostly Shia Hazara community. On Wednesday, an estimated crowd of 10,000 marched on the presidential palace in Kabul reacting to the discovery
Khaama Press | November 12, 2015 The First Vice President of Afghanistan Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum hinted at Pakistan for fueling violence and insurgency in the country. In his statement following a widespread demonstration in capital Kabul after the beheading of women and a child by the alleged Islamic State militants, Gen. Dostum said “It
Tolo News: Local security officials in southern Zabul said on Thursday that the Khak-e-Afghan district has become a Daesh stronghold and that Afghan forces retreated from the area eight years ago. Security sources added that in this time no military operation has ever been launched to retake the district and that Afghan forces have never battled
Albawaba: Germany could expand its military commitment in Afghanistan for next year, news reports said late Wednesday. The proposal to extend its field presence in the north of the country until the end of 2016 and boost numbers from 850 to 980 soldiers, was to be voted on by the cabinet as early as Wednesday,