Hindustan Times: Pakistan Army has been reminded of its financial crisis and inability to fight Taliban after country’s defence minister Khawaja Asif threatened to bomb Afghanistan for hosting TTP terrorists. Noted Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary gave a reality check to Asif, reminding him of his own words that even a superpower like America could not
Sarah Zaman VOA News April 12, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s defense minister, Khawaja Asif, has said that Islamabad has warned the Afghan Taliban it will strike terrorist hideouts inside Afghanistan if the de facto rulers in Kabul are unable to rein in anti-Pakistan militants. In an exclusive interview with Voice of America, Asif said in his
8am: Sources state that the incident occurred on Wednesday, April 12, in the market of Argun district of Paktika province. According to the sources, the Taliban fighter forcibly tied up the hands of the money changer and drove him away on a motorcycle. Following the incident, the arrival of the Taliban at the scene confirmed
Foreign Policy: The bodies are piling up in Afghanistan as the Taliban claim to be wiping the country clean of a resurgent Islamic State in a campaign that should be music to the ears of the U.S. military, counterterrorism, and intelligence communities, which regard the Islamic State as a major threat to homeland and global
8am: As crime rates increase in Kandahar province, sources report that some Taliban fighters are involved in thefts in this province. On Tuseday, April 11, a Taliban audio message was sent to members of the group’s fighters, where it was revealed that one of their members had stolen valuables from several women in the fifth
Khaama: Taliban forces killed Akmal Ameer, a prominent anti-Taliban commander, along with his eight comrades in the Parwan province of Afghanistan. Akmal was a former commander of the Afghan National Defense Security Forces (ANDSF) who had joined the National Resistance Front (NRF) after the fall of the previous government. Click here to read more (external
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 9, 2023 An operation on April 9 carried out by forces of the Taliban-led Afghan government killed two Islamic State (IS) fighters and took a third militant into custody during an operation in the country’s southwest, a regional official said. The raid on a hideout in Zaranj, capital of Nimroz Province,
Khaama: The last time a major operation was launched against Islamist militants was in 2014, and it cost the country billions of dollars and resulted over a million people being displaced and hundreds being killed. However, Pakistan has seen a rise in attacks by militants in the last few months, particularly since negotiations with the
Khaama: The Taliban Security forces in the Northern Province of Afghanistan, Balkh, killed six Daesh key fighters in a special operation late Monday. Mohammad Asif Waziri, a spokesperson for Balkh provincial police, confirmed that in a special raid by the Taliban security forces, six key fighters of Islamic State Khorasan were killed in Nahr-e-Shahi District
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 3, 2023 ISLAMABAD — An official pro-Taliban media outlet in Afghanistan has released an alleged audio clip of the leader of the local affiliate of Islamic State in which the man acknowledges his group’s significant recent losses. “Only a few of our comrades are left, and their number can be counted