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Deputy Head Of Breakaway Taliban Faction Dies Following Attack

15th May, 2021 · admin

By Radio Free Afghanistan May 15, 2021 Abdul Manan Niazi, deputy head of a breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan, has died in a Kabul hospital of wounds sustained in a shooting earlier this week by unknown gunmen in Herat Province. Niazi’s death early in the morning of May 15 was confirmed by a family member and

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Herat, Mullah Mannan Niazi |
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Kabul Mosque Bombing Kills At Least 12 Despite Eid Cease-Fire

14th May, 2021 · admin

By Radio Free Afghanistan May 14, 2021 Afghan officials say a blast at a mosque in a northern Kabul neighborhood killed at least 12 worshippers on the second day of a cease-fire declared by the government and the Taliban. Fifteen other people were wounded when a bomb exploded inside the mosque during Friday Prayers on May

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hazaras, Kabul, Kandahar, Shiites |
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At Least 11 Afghan Civilians Killed In Attacks On First Of Three-Day Cease-Fire

13th May, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Afghanistan May 13, 2021 Four separate bomb attacks have killed at least 11 civilians and wounded 13 others just hours after a three-day cease-fire took effect as Afghanistan celebrates the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Fighting has been soaring ahead of a planned pullout of remaining

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Eid, Ghazni, Kandahar, Kunduz, Taliban War on Muslims |
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Blame game begins as Afghanistan situation worsens

13th May, 2021 · admin

Politico: The U.S. and NATO military withdrawal may still be in its early phases, but the finger-pointing over who will be to blame for losing Afghanistan has already begun. New battlefield gains by the Taliban and a spate of terrorist attacks, including the weekend bombing that killed at least 50 girls, are renewing calls for

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Seizes District Near Kabul Ahead Of Eid Cease-Fire

12th May, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 11, 2021 Afghan officials say the Taliban have captured a strategic district some 40 kilometers from Kabul, ahead of a three-day cease-fire agreed for later this week and amid the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. and international forces from the war-torn country. Special forces were deployed in the area on May

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Wardak |
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Deputy leader of Taliban faction sustains ‘serious’ injuries in skirmish

12th May, 2021 · admin

Ariana: Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, deputy head of the Taliban splinter group in the western part of the country, was badly injured in a skirmish in Herat province, sources said. Provincial officials told Ariana News that Niazi was wounded in a skirmish with Taliban militants in the Guzara district of the province. Click here to

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Posted in Taliban | Tags: Herat, Mullah Mannan Niazi |
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US Military Coy About Numbers of Troops Leaving Afghanistan

12th May, 2021 · admin

Jeff Seldin VOA News May 11, 2021 WASHINGTON – The United States’ military footprint in Afghanistan is shrinking at a steady pace, according to U.S. military planners, though they are refusing to say how many troops are still in the country. U.S. Central Command announced Tuesday that it has completed “between 6-12% of the entire

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Pakistan: No More Military Bases for US Afghan Mission

12th May, 2021 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 11, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan ruled out Tuesday the possibility of again providing its military bases to the United States for future counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan after U.S. troops leave the conflict-torn neighbor by September 11. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made the remarks to reporters in Islamabad, explaining that

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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Afghanistan: 255 Civilians Killed During Ramadan

11th May, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday that 15 suicide attacks and dozens of other attacks have been carried out “by the Taliban” since the start of Ramadan on April 13.  The ministry said that 500 more civilians were wounded in the attacks during this period.  The Interior Ministry said that the

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Taliban War on Muslims |
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Saleh accuses US of legitimizing Taliban which he says are ‘terrorists’

11th May, 2021 · admin

Ariana: Saleh stated that the US “absolutely” legitimized the Taliban and that he does not trust the group.  “The United States legitimized them. The [Taliban’s] Doha office is a creation of the United States. Getting Mullah Baradar out of the [Pakistan] jail is an invention of the United States. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani Government |
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