Press TV August 6, 2017 The Taliban militants have taken control of a key area in northern Afghanistan after heavy clashes that claimed the lives of at least seven security forces, a provincial official says. Zabi Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the militant group launched a series of coordinated attacks in the
Press TV July 23, 2017 Afghan security forces have launched a major search operation for some 30 villagers still missing two days after a mass kidnapping blamed on the Taliban militants in the country’s troubled south. Zia Durrani, a police spokesman in the southern province of Kandahar, said on Sunday that about 30 people were
KABUL, July 18 (Xinhua) — Taliban militants who have lost ground in the northern Kunduz province amid government forces mounting pressure, launched major offensive in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the neighboring Baghlan province on Tuesday to reduce stress on fighters in Kunduz, local observers said. The surprise and multi-pronged attacks which began at 03:00 a.m. local
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 30, 2017 Six Afghan police officers were killed when Taliban militants stormed a security outpost in western Farah Province in the early hours of June 30, officials say. Farah police spokesman Eqbal Baher said the attack in the Sheb Koh district was repelled after government forces sent reinforcements to the
VOA News / June 18, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Taliban insurgents have stormed a provincial police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, killing five people and wounding at least 20. The raid early Sunday in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, began with a suicide car blast at the entrance to the heavily guarded facility. Video showed the
Ayaz Gul VOA News / June 10, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say that a member of Afghan Special Forces turned his gun at U.S. military personnel, killing two of them and wounding two others. The incident happened Saturday in the volatile Achin district, in Nangarhar province, and the assailant was instantly gunned down
Press TV June 2, 2017 Afghan riot police have reportedly shot dead eight protesters amid clashes during an anti-government demonstration in Kabul two days after a huge truck bomb claimed 90 lives in a high security diplomatic area in the heart of the capital. Some 1,000 demonstrators marched on Friday towards the site of Wednesday’s bombing
Press TV / May 20, 2017 Taliban militants have launched an attack from three directions on parts of the central-eastern Afghan city of Ghazni. Provincial police chief Aminullah Amerkhil said the overnight attack was the fiercest launched by Taliban militants, who have had a strong presence in the province of Ghazni for years. Amerkhil said
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2017 An Afghan police officer has shot and killed five of his colleagues in the eastern province of Nangarhar, local officials say. Ghani Khel district Governor Abdul Wahab Momand said the policeman turned his rifle on colleagues as they slept at an outpost late on May 18. Ataullah Khogyani,
Fox News: At just 22 years old with a small baby to tend to, Fada Astana received a message every spouse of a soldier in combat dreads: Your husband has been killed in action. Suddenly without an income and fearing for her future, Astana two years ago joined the national police force, stationed in Afghanistan’s Panjshir