By Jeff Seldin VOA News November 21, 2019 One of the Islamic State’s most feared affiliates has suffered a significant setback, though U.S. officials caution reports that the terror group was “obliterated” are overblown. U.S. officials confirmed Thursday that Islamic State-Khorasan, as the terror group’s Afghan affiliate is called, collapsed in the country’s eastern Nangarhar
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan October 28, 2019 Afghan and Pakistani security forces have clashed along the countries’ disputed border, leaving at least three civilians dead, Afghan officials said. A firefight broke out in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on October 27 and continued the following morning, the officials said. Sher Zamin Khan, a member
Press TV June 22, 2019 US troops in Afghanistan have rushed to help members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group following a Taliban operation to purge the terrorists from the country’s east, according to Taliban militants. The Taliban militant group said in a statement on Friday that US soldiers “saved” Daesh members as well as
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 4, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan said Saturday coalition airstrikes in an eastern province have killed up to 50 Islamic State militants, while Taliban insurgents have killed at least seven government forces in a western district. The Defense Ministry said the overnight airstrikes were carried out in coordination with Afghan
Press TV February 20, 2019 Hundreds of Afghans marched in protest in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, demanding an end to US airstrikes after increasing numbers of civilian casualties in the past months. Last year, the United States stepped up military operations in Afghanistan to their highest levels since 2014, in an
VOA News July 4, 2018 Zia Urahman Hasrat Mohammad Habibzada WASHINGTON / NANGARHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — Islamic State militants and Taliban insurgents have been fighting fiercely in eastern Kunar province for the past three days, displacing hundreds of families, Afghan officials told VOA. The displaced families, mostly women and children, are forced to take refuge in
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 23, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The extremist Pakistani Taliban has formally confirmed the death of its chief in last week’s American drone strike in eastern Afghanistan and announced the appointment of his successor. The slain militant leader, Mullah Fazlullah, and his four key commanders were traveling in a vehicle in the Afghan
MOSCOW, June 18 (Sputnik) – Two militants affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia) have been killed and one injured in an airstrike carried out by the Afghan forces in the country’s eastern Kunar province, local media reported Monday, citing the Afghan Defense Ministry. The airstrike was carried out in response
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 21, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Saturday that Islamic State militants have forcibly shut down telecommunications services in two districts of the eastern Kunar province. Provincial Director of Communications Sayed Ahmad Madad told VOA that Manogi and Chapidari districts have been without cell phone service for two weeks.
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 10, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan say cross-border shelling by Pakistan has killed at least one civilian in the eastern province of Kunar. A provincial government spokesman told VOA Pakistani forces in the past 24 hours have fired hundreds of artillery shells on two Afghan border districts of Sarkano and