1TV: The horse was formerly owned by Hafiz Saeed, head of IS’s Afghanistan branch, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike on in July 2016. The horse was seized and was gifted to President Ashraf Ghani in April last year. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 8, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan say that fresh airstrikes in an eastern volatile region have killed at least 34 Islamic State militants and destroyed a radio station the terrorist group was using for extremist propaganda. The Afghan Interior Ministry said Monday the strikes targeted IS hideouts in Naziyan and
VOA News / April 29, 2017 So-called Islamic State has wreaked havoc in eastern Afghanistan since 2015, mostly through its loose affiliates — attacking government installations and villages, killing and abducting hundreds of people, and keeping schools shuttered and replacing them with IS religious seminaries. It also claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks in the