By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 2, 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on August 2 blamed Washington’s “sudden” decision about its troop withdrawal for the current insecurity in his country, as government troops battled Taliban militants for control of a southern provincial capital following weekend assaults on urban centers in a major escalation. Fighting raged in Lashkar
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 1, 2021 Residents of Afghanistan’s second-largest city expressed fear of further Taliban advances on August 1 after at least three rockets struck and disabled Kandahar airport overnight. The airport attack further highlighted the reach of Taliban militants as government forces continue to battle major offensives that have crept to the gates
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 31, 2021 HERAT, Afghanistan — Afghan security forces and Taliban militants clashed again on the outskirts of the western Afghan city of Herat on July 31 — a day after the militant group attempted to storm into the city. A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on July 31
Tolo News: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Friday confirmed an attack on its office by “anti-government elements” on Friday that led to the death of a security guard and wounded “several others.” Sources from Herat said the attack was conducted by the Taliban. Click here to read more about (external link). Related Flights Canceled
Tolo News: Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former mujahideen leader and a senior member of Jamiat-e-Islami party, has mobilized hundreds of his loyalists in Herat province in the west of Afghanistan to fight the Taliban as the group continues to capture large swaths of territories across the country. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Afghanistan May 30, 2021 Six members of the Afghan security forces have been killed by a roadside bomb near the site of a railway that is being built to link eastern Iran with Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. Herat’s provincial governor, Wahid Qatali, said those who were killed had been guarding the site
By Radio Free Afghanistan May 25, 2021 Afghan officials say local commandos have released 41 people from a Taliban prison in the country’s western province of Herat. Jilani Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor, told RFE/RL on May 25 that 19 members of the Afghan security forces were among those freed during the overnight operation in
Ariana: A prayer ceremony for Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, the deputy head of the Taliban splinter group in the western part of the country, was held on Monday at Herat’s Grand Mosque. “If someone is who fights against the government is being killed, we let their families or relatives to burry,” Herat governor Abdul Wahid
By Radio Free Afghanistan May 15, 2021 Abdul Manan Niazi, deputy head of a breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan, has died in a Kabul hospital of wounds sustained in a shooting earlier this week by unknown gunmen in Herat Province. Niazi’s death early in the morning of May 15 was confirmed by a family member and
Ariana: Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi, deputy head of the Taliban splinter group in the western part of the country, was badly injured in a skirmish in Herat province, sources said. Provincial officials told Ariana News that Niazi was wounded in a skirmish with Taliban militants in the Guzara district of the province. Click here to