Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 14, 2018 At least 10 members of Afghan security forces have been killed in separate attacks in western and southern Afghanistan, officials say. Militants attacked a security checkpoint in Farah Province early on March 14, killing at least eight security forces and wounding a number of others, according to provincial
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 12, 2018 Afghan officials say government forces have retaken control of a district headquarters in western Afghanistan that was briefly seized by Taliban militants. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Wazeri told RFE/RL on March 12 that Afghan forces had withdrawn from the center of Farah Province’s Anardara district after hours of
Press TV March 10, 2018 At least 18 Afghan soldiers have been killed by Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah. Local officials said on Saturday that the overnight attack was carried out in Bala Buluk district, setting off a fierce gun battle. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said four soldiers had been
February 20, 2018 RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan An explosion has killed at least three tribal elders and wounded two in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province, while at least nine police were killed in attacks elsewhere in the war-wracked country, officials say. The three tribal elders were killed when a bomb went off on February 20 in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 26, 2018 The governor of the western Afghan province of Farah has resigned, citing worsening security in the region that he blamed on political interference and corruption among security forces. “I have resigned from my post because of the worsening security situation in Farah,” Mohammad Aref Shah Jahan told reporters
Tolo News: Officials state at least 100 security force members have been killed in fighting in Farah in the past week. Members of Farah provincial council on Thursday reported that the Taliban are pushing to capture Farah City after a week of clashes with security forces. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV November 19, 2017 At least six policemen have been killed after the Taliban militants launched coordinated attacks on three checkpoints in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, local officials say. At least eight other police forces also sustained injuries in the gun battles, which occurred on Saturday night, said Mohammad Naser Mehri, a spokesman
1TV: Twenty-two police were killed when Taliban attacked checkpoints overnight in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, the provincial police said Tuesday. Fifteen more police were injured in attacks which targeted checkpoints in Maiwand and Zherai districts. The clashes also left 45 militants killed and 35 more injured. Click here to read more (external link). Related Farah: Eight
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 25, 2017 An Afghan official says militants have stormed a security post in the western province of Farah, killing nine soldiers and wounding four others. Provincial spokesman Naser Mehri said that the attack was launched late on October 24 and triggered a three-hour gunbattle. Afghan war planes were deployed and
VOA News / September 30, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Dozens of Afghan forces are said to have been killed in repeated insurgent attacks over the past week in western Farah province, which borders Iran. Politicians and residents in the province have told local media that Taliban insurgents also have captured several security outposts in