Reuters: An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday hit the home of a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Nangarhar and caused several civilian casualties, government and insurgent spokesmen said. The strike targeted the home of Mawlawi Mohammad Alam, a Taliban commander in the Sherzad district, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, adding that
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 28, 2016 U.S. air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed several Al-Qaeda militants, including two Arabs and four Pakistanis, Afghan officials said on October 27. Although the officials said they could not definitively identify the militants slain in a remote area of Kunar province on October, they likely included two top
VOA News/ October 26, 2016 A U.S. drone strike this week targeted the top al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan and his deputy, the Pentagon said Wednesday. A U.S. official called Sunday’s operation against Faruq al-Qatani and Bilal al-Utabi the most significant al-Qaida strike in Afghanistan in several years. The official said accounts from the ground described
1TV: The U.S. army General John Nicholson is concerned about casualty rates among Afghan security forces, says some of the fault lies directly with the Afghan leadership. In interview with NBC News John Nicholson said that last year Afghans suffered high casualties and this year it has been “the same or slightly higher,” he added: “we are
Daily Caller: Rebuilding Afghanistan collectively cost taxpayers $115 billion over the past 15 years, but much of that money has actually been wasted on corrupt officials and even funneled into terrorist organizations, according to authorities. Congress created a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) to monitor the billions spent on reconstruction, which concludes that pumping money into
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 19, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. military says one of its service members and an American civilian were killed Wednesday in a shooting near a coalition base in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Another service member and two U.S. civilians sustained injuries and were in stable condition, according to an official announcement.
PRI: The United States leaders persistently ignored warnings that Afghan government’s highlevels of corruption would undo the rebuilding process, according to reports. American officials received persistent, stark warnings that Afghanistan’s entrenched culture of official corruption would undermine their efforts to rebuild the country after the West’s military invasion 15 years ago, according to recently declassified diplomatic cables
Washington Examiner: The central argument for staying in Afghanistan — to prevent it from becoming a terrorist sanctuary — is weak for several reasons. This argument hinges on the fear that withdrawal would lead to the Taliban retaking control of Afghanistan. But although the Taliban did provide al Qaeda safe haven back in 2001, it
Michael Hughes: The already-forgotten war in Afghanistan – the one the United States started – has been relegated to background noise in a presidential contest rife with scandal and low on serious policy debate. The mainstream media has nearly guaranteed that most voters will have Hillary Clinton’s emails or Donald Trump’s alleged gropes on their minds
VOA News / October 14, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — A spokesman for the U.S.-led foreign military coalition in Afghanistan said it is worried about the number of casualties Afghan security forces have suffered in recent battles with the Taliban. According to local officials, more than 100 personnel of the Afghan National Defense and Security Force,