New Corps Established To Improve Northeast Security

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afghansoldierTolo News: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense on Wednesday announced the creation of a new army corps aimed at improving the fragile security situation in the country’s northeastern regions. Known as the 217 Pamir Army Corps, the new military establishment will help to secure some key highways in the northeastern parts of the country, military officials said. Defense officials said the new corps has two brigades. A corps is basically consisting of six brigades with 24,000 soldiers. Click here to read more (external link).

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New Police Chief Appointed for Balkh Province

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Mohammad Ajmal Faiz

Mohammad Ajmal Faiz

Ariana: Mohammad Ajmal Faiz has been appointed as new police chief of Balkh province, a security source told Ariana News on Wednesday. The new police chief of Balkh is endorsed by Ata Mohammad Noor the Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami party. Click here to read more (external link).

Pakistan PM: ‘No use’ for armed militias anymore

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Imran Khan

Imran Khan

1TV: “We have decided, for the future of our country — forget the outside pressure — we will not allow armed militias to operate anymore,’’ Khan said speaking to a group of foreign journalist in Islamabad. “The Pakistan Army created them,’’ he said, referring to the 1980s when Pakistan and the United States backed anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan. He said “there is no use for these groups anymore.” Click here to read more (external link).

Afghan government will be at the center of any peace deal with Taliban: Pompeo

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Pompeo (front-left), and Afghan President Ghani (back-right).

Pompeo (front-left), and Afghan President Ghani (back-right).

1TV: Afghan government will be at the center of any peace deal with the Taliban, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Pompeo said this after being asked by US Senator Linsey Graham if the Afghan government will be a meaningful participant in any peace deal. “More than that, they will be at the center. It will be Afghan-led,” Pompeo replied in a testimony before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the president’s 2020 State Department budget request. Click here to read more (external link).

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Rashid Khan Named Wisden’s Leading T20 Cricketer In The World

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Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan

Tolo News: Afghanistan’s googly master and the country’s cricket sensation Rashid Khan Arman was named as Wisden’s leading Twenty20 cricketer in the world for the second year in a row. He is now playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League where he has shown his mastership in the bowling and has set good records so far. Click here to read more (external link).

Taliban Militants Storm Checkpoints, Kill 20 Afghan Troops

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
April 9, 2019

Taliban fighters attacked Afghan Army checkpoints near the Pakistani border overnight, killing 20 troops, an Afghan official has said.

Eight more troops were wounded in the attack in Shorabak district, Mohammad Yousof Younosi, a council member in Kandahar Province, said on April 9.

An official from the provincial governor’s office, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, confirmed the attack and said there were casualties among the Afghan forces, but did not give precise figures.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack and said the group’s fighters also seized weapons and ammunition.

Also on April 9, U.S. forces in Afghanistan revised the death toll from a Taliban car-bomb attack a day earlier near the main U.S. base in the country, saying two U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed but not a contractor who was initially reported among the fatalities.

Based on reporting by AP and Tolo News

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