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Afghan Security Forces Hit By Surge Of Taliban Suicide Car Bombings

10th December, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Frud Bezhan December 9, 2020 The Taliban is employing a fight-and-talk strategy in Afghanistan, seeking to gain leverage in peace talks through gains on the battlefield. The militant group carries out targeted killings and assassinations against civilian targets in major urban areas. In rural areas, where the Taliban holds sway, the

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Army |
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Govt to Merge Local Police with Local Army, National Police

2nd October, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

Tolo News: The plan will include merging 10,000 local policemen with local army forces and others with the ANP. The government has started implementing a plan to merge the Afghan Local Police with Afghan Local Army and the Afghan National Police, officials said on Friday.  Recently, the Afghan government separated the Public Protection Forces, Border

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Posted in Security | Tags: Afghan Army, Afghan Police |
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Afghan Forces Reportedly Kill 65 Taliban Fighters In Fierce Battle

25th September, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 24, 2020 Afghan government forces claim to have killed 65 Taliban militants during a battle in the nation’s eastern provinces as fighting continues to rage between the two sides while they hold peace talks. The latest battle took place on September 23 after the Taliban fighters stormed a military headquarters

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Army, Paktika, Uruzgan |
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Bodies of 3 Captured, Tortured, Executed ANA Soldiers Found

14th August, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Tolo News: The dead bodies of three members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) have been found in Khak-e-Jabar district of Kabul province, the family members confirmed on Thursday. The family members of the dead soldiers said that the three were taken hostage by the Taliban and were “brutally tortured” by the group before being

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Posted in Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Army, Taliban torture, Torture |
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US Sees Significant Decline in Fatalities Among Afghan Forces, Civilians

25th July, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

Ayaz Gul VOA News July 25, 2020 ISLAMABAD – The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan said Friday that violence in the war-torn country had lately been “too high,” but that fatalities among Afghan government security forces battling the Taliban insurgency had dropped 35 percent to 40 percent compared with the same period in 2019. Zalmay

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Army, Ashraf Ghani Government, Taliban prisoner release, Zalmay Khalilzad |
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NATO Steps In Amid Reports Of COVID-19 Hitting Afghan Forces

4th July, 2020 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News July 4, 2020 ISLAMABAD – NATO’s non-combatant military alliance in Afghanistan said Saturday it has arranged its “largest supply ever” of personal protective medical equipment to help Afghan security forces fight the coronavirus. The announcement by the 38-nation Resolute Support mission came just days after news reports said the pandemic was

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Posted in Health News, NATO-Afghanistan, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Army, Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Afghanistan |
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Afghan Security Forces Suffer Bloodiest Week in 19 Years

22nd June, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News June 22, 2020 ISLAMABAD    – Afghanistan’s security forces have suffered their bloodiest week so far in the 19-year-old Afghan war. The Afghanistan’s National Security Council said 291 members of Afghan National and Defense Security Forces (ANDSF) were killed and 550 others wounded in multiple Taliban attacks last week. “Taliban carried out

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Army, Taliban War on Muslims |
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Taliban Attack Kills 6 Afghan Army Men

11th May, 2020 · admin

By Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News | May 11, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – At least six members of Afghan National Army were killed, and five others wounded in a Taliban attack in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan Sunday night, according to Afghan ministry of defense. However, a government source who did not want to be named said

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Army, Laghman |
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Taliban Claim Attack on Afghan Army Base

4th May, 2020 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News May 4, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Taliban have claimed an attack on an Afghan military and intelligence base in Helmand province Sunday night that killed at least seven and wounded more than a dozen, according to a security source. The attack was confirmed by multiple Afghan officials, including the spokesman for Helmand

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Army, Helmand, Paktika, Taliban War on Muslims |
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At Least 28 Afghan Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attacks, Prisoner Release Postponed

30th March, 2020 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 30, 2020 Militants have killed 28 members of the Afghan security forces, police officials and authorities said on March 30, as the government postponed a release of Taliban prisoners. Militants stormed the compound of a top police official in the northeastern province of Takhar on March 29, killing 13 police

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Posted in Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghan Army, Afghan Police, Taliban prisoner release, Taliban War on Muslims |
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