Ayaz Gul VOA News August 8, 2022 A fugitive central commander of an outlawed extremist organization plotting terrorist attacks in Pakistan has been killed in a roadside bomb blast in neighboring Afghanistan. Abdul Wali, known as Omar Khalid Khorasani, was travelling in southeastern Afghan border province, Paktika, late Sunday when an improvised explosive device hit
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 7, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Taliban security forces in eastern Afghanistan have extrajudicially killed dozens of suspected members and supporters of a local affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to Human Rights Watch. The global human rights group has documented the alleged abuses in a report released Thursday, saying they
Ariana: Local officials in Kunar province say an explosion in Asadabad, the provincial capital, has killed one person and injured four others. Malawi Abdulhaq Haqqani, the provincial police chief said the blast took place on Sunday at around 9:00 AM. The device used was an IED which was attended to a police Ranger vehicle. Click
Ariana: Mohamed Ag Ayoya, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, on Wednesday said the organization has confirmation that a total 20 children were killed during airstrikes carried out by Pakistan on April 16 in the provinces of Khost and Kunar. “In Khost, twelve girls and three boys were killed, while in Kunar, three girls and two boys
Pakistan’s invasion of Afghanistan is a direct consequence of a proxy & terrorist group hijacking a country & lacking the will & aim to protect Afg’s territorial integrity & national sovereignty. All of Afg’s citizens must join the @nrfafg’s struggle for independence & freedom! — Ali Maisam Nazary (@alinazary) April 17, 2022 8am: Following the
Tolo News: Local officials in the northeastern province of Kunar on Tuesday said that efforts are underway to find four residents who were trapped in an avalanche in Dangam district. At least ten persons died and nine others were injured when an avalanche hit Goriga village of Dangam district on Monday morning, officials said. Four
8am: At least 20 people lost their lives due to the snowslide in Kunar province, local sources confirm. The incident took place in the Dangam district of Kunar on Sunday evening, according to the sources. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 19, 2022 A Taliban commander and three other people were killed when a man opened fire on a vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar Province, a local Taliban official said on January 19. The incident occurred in the Narang district of Kunar, the Taliban director of information and culture in the
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 14, 2021 A Taliban police chief has been killed and 11 people wounded in a bomb blast in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province, in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities say. Witnesses told RFE/RL that the bomb targeted a vehicle carrying the Taliban police chief for the Shigal district on October 14.
8am: An explosion in Asaad Abad, the capital of eastern Kunar province in Afghanistan, has reportedly injured three Taliban members. Bakhtar News Agency (BNA) reported that the director of the mines and Petroleum for Kunar province is wounded in the blast along with two Taliban members. Click here to read more (external link).