VOA News November 14, 2016 In Afghanistan, members of the country’s national security forces are facing several internal challenges, even as they are locked in intense fighting with the Taliban. In some cases, U.S.-trained forces are defecting to the Taliban. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem has more.
Ayaz Gul / VOA News October 30, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s security forces battling the resurgent Taliban have suffered around 15,000 casualties, including 5,523 fatalities in the first eight months of 2016, says a U.S. government monitoring agency. The agency has also warned of eroding gains the war-shattered country has made with the help of the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 19, 2016 The United Nations says government forces are responsible for a growing share of civilian casualties in the Afghan conflict. In a report published on October 19, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan says at least 2,562 civilians died and another 5,835 were wounded in the fighting in the
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 16, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Security forces in Afghanistan claim to have pushed the Taliban from parts of a key southern provincial capital and inflicted heavy casualties on the opposition as insurgent hostilities appear to have subsided in other conflict-hit provinces. The rebel group staged a major assault on Lashkar Gah, capital
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,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 14, 2016 Afghan officials say hundreds of members of the Afghanistan’s security forces have been killed in recent fighting against Taliban militants in and around Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province. Abdul Majeed Akhonzada, deputy head of Helmand’s provincial council, and Helmand’s lawmaker in the upper chamber of the
Press TV October 11, 2016 Afghanistan has sent hundreds of troops to Lashkargah in a bid to purge the strategic city of Taliban militants after an attack by the resurgent group claimed the lives of 14 people. The government’s special envoy for security in Helmand province said more than 300 commandos had been deployed to the city on Tuesday to
1TV: Afghan security forces pushed back Taliban militants from key parts of northern Kunduz after the group’s several top commanders killed in the province. Kunduz police says, the Afghan forces’ Thursday night raid repelled the militants from Police District 1, parts of Khwaja Mashhad, Bandar-e-Kabul, Cinema Square, Sharshara, Nawabad square and Chahardara areas of Kunduz province.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 6, 2016 The Pentagon says dozens of Afghan troops who had been visiting the United States for military training have gone missing since January 2015, presumably to live and work illegally in America. Defense Department spokesman Adam Stump told Reuters that the whereabouts of 44 Afghan troops are unknown. Since
Khaama Press: At least five soldiers of the Afghan National Army (ANA) commando forces lost their lives in an airstrike allegedly carried out by the US forces in Afghanistan. The airstrike was reportedly carried out in western Farah province of Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents and militants belonging to the other insurgent groups are actively operating. Click