Press TV April 14, 2017 Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai has blasted the US for dropping its largest non-nuclear bomb in the Asian country, saying Washington is using his country as a “testing ground” for its new weapons. “I vehemently and in strongest words condemn the dropping of the latest weapon, the largest non-nuclear #bomb, on
VOA News April 14, 2017 Afghanistan says a massive bomb dropped Thursday by a U.S. warplane killed 36 members of Islamic State group and destroyed a large cache of weapons. A statement released by the Afghan defense ministry Friday said there were no civilian casualties in this attack. The 10,000-kilogram GBU-43 bomb, known as “the
VOA News April 13, 2017 The U.S. military says it has dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on an Islamic State underground complex in Afghanistan. A Pentagon statement said a GBU-43 bomb was dropped Thursday on an IS tunnel complex in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province near the border with
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 13, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Afghan Taliban says that it does not support Russia-sponsored multi-nation talks on Afghanistan because the process seems to be motivated solely by the “political agenda” of the organizers. The Islamist insurgency issued its reaction a day before delegates from Afghanistan as well as its immediate
Press TV April 12, 2017 A bomber has detonated his explosives near government offices in the Afghan capital, killing at least three people and wounding several others, officials say. The blast occurred near the Afghan Defense Ministry in central Kabul on Wednesday. A ministry spokesman said at least one civilian and two members of security
Zabihullah Ghazi Noor Zahid VOA News April 10, 2017 NANGARHAR AND WASHINGTON — U.S. and Afghan special forces in eastern Afghanistan have cleared Islamic State fighters from much of a key stronghold IS has occupied since 2015, provincial officials and local residents told VOA. A reporter for VOA’s Afghan service traveled to the remote Achin region
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 9, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistan says that Russia-sponsored international talks on Afghanistan must involve the United States for bringing peace to the war-riven country, because Washington is the “biggest stakeholder” there. Moscow plans to host this week (April 14) a new expanded round of multi-nation “consultations” it has recently launched
VOA News April 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — Insurgents have killed at least 13 Afghan security forces in separate attacks, officials said Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a long-running Taliban insurgency and combat a growing threat from a local Islamic State affiliate. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the governor of the northern Balkh province, said
ANI: The United States will deploy 1,500 soldiers from Alaska to Afghanistan later this year as part of a regular rotation of forces in support of Washington’s counter-terrorism operation against the remnants of al-Qaeda. Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News Special Forces and Air Forces continue attacks on safe havens of terrorists:
Associated Press: The Afghan government is trying to grab the attention of President Donald Trump and gain greater U.S. support by dangling its massive and untouched wealth of minerals, including lithium, the silvery metal used in mobile phone and computer batteries that is considered essential to modern life. Click here to read more (external link). Related