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
Mohammad Ahmadi Muhammad Ishtiaq VOA News April 5, 2018 WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD — Security officials in eastern Afghanistan said Pakistani army helicopters bombarded a border district Thursday, hours after firing off 600 rounds of artillery in the region over the past 24 hours. No casualties were reported. Afghanistan’s Foreign Office in a statement condemned the alleged
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province Friday killed at least two people, including a senior provincial member of parliament. Afghan officials identified the slain politician as Shah Wali Hemat, saying he was walking to join a nearby funeral procession in the district of Wattapoar
VOA News: Afghan officials claim that Islamic State (IS) group has been defeated in its traditional rural stronghold Nangarhar province and the militants have escaped to remote areas. Officials in eastern Kunar province say IS militants have failed on the battlefield. Other Security News Afghan Taliban Renew Call for Dialogue With US to End War Provincial
Press TV / October 14, 2017 An Afghan lawmaker says more than a dozen civilians have been killed in a recent US drone strike, which was said to be aimed at a militant targets in the country’s eastern province of Kunar. On Friday, residents from the Chawki district of Kunar Province held a gathering to pay tribute
VOA News / September 14, 2017 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Islamic State terrorists have beheaded two civilian hostages in Afghanistan’s volatile eastern province of Kunar, officials confirmed on Thursday. Provincial governor Waheedullah Kalimzai told VOA on Thursday the incident took place two days ago in the Manogi district. He said the victims had no affiliations with
VOA News / August 13, 2017 WASHINGTON — A provincial leader of the Islamic State militant group in Afghanistan has been killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Kunar province, Afghan and U.S. military officials confirmed Sunday. “U.S. and Afghan Forces have confirmed the death of Kunar provincial Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K)
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 30, 2017 ISLAMABAD — U.S. military officials have confirmed the death of four additional senior Islamic State leaders in a July 11 airstrike in northeastern Afghanistan that also killed the top leader of the terrorist group. The drone attack struck IS headquarters in Kunar province, which borders Pakistan, and eliminated Abu