8am: Two days after ISKP militants attacked a Chinese guest house in Kabul, the National Resistance Front (NRF) has suggested that the Taliban themselves are promoting extremism and terrorism. Sibghatullah Ahmadi, an NRF spokesperson, on Tuesday night (December 13th) published a photo of the ISKP attack site in Kabul, saying that the Taliban orchestrated the
Outlook: While Al Qaeda is regrouping in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is also carrying out unabated attacks across Afghanistan. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is also present in Afghanistan. Unless the Taliban acts against such groups, Afghanistan risks once again becoming a terror hub and a danger to all of its neighbours.
Khaama: Concerned about the developments on the Afghan border, the Pakistani Army has reportedly decided to conduct a heavy military operation against the country’s growing terrorism and border infiltration. General Asim Munir, the newly appointed head of Pakistan’s armed forces, presided over a meeting of senior generals at General Headquarters (GHQs) in Rawalpindi over the
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 13, 2022 ISLAMABAD — China confirmed Tuesday that five of its nationals were wounded in a deadly bombing-and-shooting attack targeting a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, the previous day. Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday’s violence, saying its regional affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, carried out the attack and
8am: The Emergency Hospital in Kabul said in a tweet that there was an explosion and gunfire near a hotel approximately 1 kilometer from the hospital. “So far, we have received 21 casualties – 3 were already dead on arrival,” said the Emergency Hospital in Kabul. Meanwhile, the Taliban in a statement said that the
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 11, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Deadly border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan killed at least seven people and wounded more than 30 others Sunday. The Pakistani military said in a statement the skirmishes took place in the southwestern border town of Chaman, adjacent to the Afghan province of Kandahar. The attack killed
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 10, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Saturday its security forces had intercepted and killed four Islamic State operatives in a remote mountainous district near the Afghanistan border. The provincial counterterrorism department said the slain men were linked to Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), a regional affiliate of the self-proclaimed Islamic State
Khaama: The US State Department expressed concerns that Afghanistan would once again become a haven for terrorists while simultaneously warning that it would intervene and take action if terrorists regrouped in Afghanistan. The statement was made on Wednesday in response to a question regarding the escalation in violence in Afghanistan and the government’s failure to
Khaama: An explosion took place near the money exchange market in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday security officials said. According to the governor’s office in the province of Nangarhar, the explosion took place on Tuesday, December 6, at around 2:00 local time at the money exchange market,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 6, 2022 At least five people were killed on December 6 in a roadside bomb explosion that targeted a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said. “Today at around 7 a.m. a blast took place in…Balkh on a bus that belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Asif Wazeri, spokesman