Tolo News: The increase in cases of kidnapping and murder, especially of doctors, is causing alarm among residents of Balkh province. They asked the security officials to arrest and punish the perpetrators. “We ask the authorities and the military departments to pay serious attention so that our doctors can work comfortably,” said Fazel Rahim Houshmand,
8am: Local sources in Herat report that armed men have attacked a Taliban outpost in the province, killing 14 Taliban members. The attack was carried out on the outpost in Firqa area of Herat city at around 3:00am Thursday morning. In an interview, sources confirmed the number of casualties. Click here to read more (external
Khaama: Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, warned of the concentration of militant groups on Afghanistan’s borders as well as their attempts to infiltrate Central Asia and set up clandestine terrorist cells. This comes as ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a recent attack in Iran that killed 11 and injured 27, while the
8am: The blast happened on Tuesday night (October 25th) when a military vehicle carrying Taliban forces was on patrol in the fourth district of Kandahar city. One Taliban member was reportedly killed and another member was injured in this blast. Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s Liberation Front – an anti-Taliban armed group – has claimed responsibility for the
Khaama: Afghanistan was ranked as the “least secure” country in the world by Gallup’s Law and Order Index, which evaluated 120 countries based on their people’s sense of safety. This comes as Afghanistan ranked first as the unhappiest and the most “miserable” country according to Gallup’s Negative Experience Index, based on physical pain, mental disorder, and
Khaama: Local Taliban officials in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan said that as a result of an operation, they killed 38 members of the opposition, National Resistance Front (NRF), and arrested 78 others. Following the reports of heavy clashes in Badakhshan and allegations of mass human rights violations, Moizuddin Ahmadi, the Taliban Director of
Jamestown Foundation: The most significant question that arose in the wake of his death concerned the origin of the drone that killed him. It certainly was not from inside Afghanistan. But was it from neighboring Pakistan or some other country? And would Pakistan allow the U.S to use its airspace for a strike on al-Zawahiri
8am: A top NRF commander and 9 men under his command were killed in Badakhshan province. Sources told Hasht-e Subh on Friday (October 21st) that 21 Taliban fighters were killed and 7 others were wounded in the clashes against National Resistance Front (NRF) forces in Arghanchkhah, Ragh, Yiftal Bala and Sheewa districts. Sayed Bahruddin Agha,
8am: One Taliban fighter is killed and two others injured as a result of an explosion in Badakhshan province, local sources said. The blast reportedly took place in Argo district of the province at around 4:10pm Wednesday evening. According to sources, the target of this explosion was a Taliban vehicle and it was due to
8am: The gunfighting took place on Tuesday morning (October 18th) in the alley of Deputy Jumaaldin of the second district of Kunduz city and continued for four hours. According to the sources, a group of ISKP fighters had moved into a house in this neighborhood, and after revealing their location, they started fighting the Taliban.