Tolo News: All seven kidnapped passengers, including three women have been beheaded by Daesh militants in southern Zabul, said the security officials. They were the residents of Ghazni province and were kidnapped in Zabul a few months ago when they were on the way to their province, said Jailani Farahi, police chief of Zabul.According to
QALAT, Afghanistan, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Militants loyal to the so-called Islamic State group known as Daesh have killed seven abducted people in the southern Zabul province, provincial police chief Mir Wais Noorzai said Sunday. “The Daesh insurgents abducted seven innocent civilians from Ghazni province one month ago and beheaded them Saturday night in Arghandab
ASADABAD, Afghanistan, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — About six militants were killed after Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on Sunday, provincial police chief said. “Unknown number of militants attacked the security posts in surrounding areas of Marawara district at early hours of the day. The security forces fought back, killing
Press Release – November 06, 2015 Office of the President Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in a visit to Logar province this morning and through meetings with different groups, assessed the general situation in that province. President Ghani first attended a security meeting in which a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 06, 2015 Afghanistan is reportedly about to acquire four Russian-made Mi-25 attack helicopters from India amid a widening Taliban insurgency across the country. Sources in New Delhi and Kabul were quoted as saying Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar was due in the Indian capital this weekend to finalize
Press TV / November 05, 2015 At least 29 members of the Takfiri Daesh militant group have been killed in an operation by the Afghan army as well as infighting among the extremists in Afghanistan’s troubled Nangarhar Province. A police spokesman said 28 Daesh terrorists were killed when Afghan soldiers launched a series of operations
Khaama Press / November 05, 2015 The National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has prevented three suicide bombings in capital Kabul, a statement released by the agency on Tuesday states. According to the statement, three terrorists, two of them planners of suicide bombers, were arrested from Bagrami District of Kabul who planned
The lone Afghan flight engineer trained to operate C-130 transport planes regularly works 14 hour days when fighting flares, ferrying reinforcements and ammunition to troops battling an intensifying Taliban insurgency. Read more at Reuters (external link).