By Ayaz Gul VOA News October 14,2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday two military helicopters collided and crashed in the embattled southern Helmand province, killing at least nine people aboard. Separately, Taliban insurgents raided security outposts in other provinces and killed more than a dozen government forces. Provincial authorities in Helmand said two Russian-made
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 13, 2020 LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says thousands of families have been forced to flee fighting in the southern province of Helmand, an area that has become a battleground between Taliban militants and government forces. Mohammad Ramin, head of the province’s refugee office, told RFE/RL on October
Deccan Herald: With the changing geopolitical dynamic in the land of the Hindu Kush, the jury is still out in India on what its Afghanistan policy should be. Surprisingly, many former diplomats and geopolitical analysts opine that India must respond to the changed… Click here to read more (external link).
NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan Stefeno Pontecorvo says while both the Taliban and the Afghanistan Republic negotiation teams in Doha have entered the talks in good faith, the rigidity of the Taliban team is holding up progress. He sat down with VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem in Kabul to discuss what he said were unacceptably
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Officials in Afghanistan said Monday security forces were locked in fierce battles with Taliban insurgents to keep them from capturing the capital of the country’s southern Helmand province. The U.S. military confirmed it had also conducted several targeted strikes in Helmand to defend Afghan security
1TV: According to Abdullah… Pakistan has influence over the Taliban and it should encourage the group to be flexible. He said that no country will be harmed if Afghanistan is peaceful. Click here to read more (external link). Related Abdullah: Early US Troop Pullout Will Affect Peace Process Taliban Endorses Trump Re-Election Campaign, Hopes for
1TV: Taliban fighters have captured part of Helmand capital Lashkargah, residents said on Sunday. They said that Taliban fighters have taken positions in several parts of Police District 4 of the city and fighting is ongoing. Click here to read more (external link). Related Helmand governor’s spokesman: security forces made a tactical retreat
Ariana: Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced Saturday it had arrested 10 members of a cell behind the recent assassination attempt on First Vice President Amrullah Saleh. The NDS said the cell was affiliated to both Haqqani network and to ISIS. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Saturday said that an early withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan will have some impacts on the ongoing peace process and the country’s situation but added that Afghans should be ready for any type of conditions and that they should work for
Ariana: NATO said Thursday that its members would consult and decide on when to leave Afghanistan after US President Donald Trump asserted to bring all American forces home by Christmas. Trump, who is seeking re-election on November 3, said on Twitter Wednesday: “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women