Category Archives: Taliban
Taliban Kills at Least 23 Afghan Soldiers in Latest Attacks
By Ayaz Gul VOA News October 23, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban has killed at least 23 Afghan soldiers in fresh attacks, as a stalemate persists in U.S.-brokered peace talks under way in Qatar. Officials said Friday insurgents overnight staged a major assault on an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Khashrod district in southwestern
Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties
Ariana: Vice President Amrullah Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties from an Afghan government airstrike on October 22, 2020, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The Afghan air forces targeted a Taliban gathering at a mosque in Hazara Qarluq village in Takhar on Wednesday morning in which at least 12
Trump: I think 19 years in Afghanistan is enough
1TV: The United States has had enough of 19 years in Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, reiterating that US troops are leaving the country. “We never had anything like it — and sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless foreign wars in countries that you’ve never even heard of. And they’re all
Air Strike On Mosque Kills 12 Children In Northern Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2020 Afghan officials say 12 children were killed and several others were wounded in an air strike on a mosque in the northern Takhar Province. The strike occurred on October 21 in the Baharak district, some 15 kilometers from the regional capital of Takhar, where Taliban fighters had killed
Dozens Killed in Afghan Stampede While Waiting for Pakistan Visas
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 21, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan say a stampede near Pakistan’s consulate in an eastern border city and insurgent attacks elsewhere in the war-torn country have killed about 50 people. Witnesses said thousands of Afghans had gathered Wednesday morning in a stadium outside the consulate in Jalalabad waiting to
Afghan Peace Talks: What’s At Stake For You?
As Afghan government and Taliban negotiators try to broker a peace deal in Doha, RFE/RL’s Gandhara begins a new series that asks Afghans: “What’s at stake for you in the Afghan peace talks?” Atefa Tayeb draws a “red line” when it comes to education for girls and women, and says access to schooling is not
Stoltenberg Rules Out Rushed NATO Exit From Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 21, 2020 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the military alliance will not leave Afghanistan until security conditions allow, as rising violence threatens to derail ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks in Qatar. “We went into Afghanistan together, we will adjust together, and when the time is right, when the conditions are
Afghan national security adviser warns of civil war as US troops leave
1TV: Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib has warned that the country is facing real threat of civil war as US withdraws its troops. In an interview with BBC, Mohib said that the Afghan government is preparing for both peace and war and it will use all efforts to reduce the threat of a civil
Hekmatyar in Pakistan: ‘US Defeated in Afghanistan’
Tolo News: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami party, at an Islamabad press conference on Tuesday said that the United States has been “defeated in Afghanistan,” adding that Washington has “no choice except to leave the country.” Regarding the current peace process between the negotiating sides in Doha, Hekmatyar said that the current talks