KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — Four police were killed and three others injured as a roadside bomb blast organized by militants struck a police van in Khan Abad district of the northern Kunduz province on Monday, a local official Qudratullah Safi said. “A mine planted by Taliban rebels on a road in Khan Abad
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 24, 2016 KABUL — At least 12 people, including seven students, were killed during a 10-hour assault by gunmen on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. The attack began on August 24 with a large explosion that officials said was a car bomb followed by gunfire as the
Tolo News: Taliban insurgents have closed off the Baghlan-Kunduz highway in the Aliabad district of Kunduz, essentially minimizing traffic into or out of the provincial capital, local officials confirmed Monday. Local officials have confirmed the Taliban has created check posts in the Aliabad district, which is close to Kunduz city, and are searching all vehicles and people. In
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — In the wake of Taliban advance in parts of the strategically important Kunduz province along the border with Tajikistan over the past one week, Afghan Defense Minister General Abdullah Habibi visited the beleaguered Kunduz city on Sunday and vowed to smash insurgents in the province and adjoining areas. After
Press TV August 21, 2016 Security forces in Afghanistan have retaken control of a northeastern district in the country that had fallen to Taliban militants hours earlier. Security officials in Afghanistan confirmed late Saturday that government forces recaptured the Khanabad district in the restive Kunduz Province from the Taliban militants. The militants had overrun the
Tolo News: A number of Kunduz provincial council members and residents on Friday said they are concerned about government’s inattention to security in the province and that they fear a comeback by the Taliban if the situation prevails. They said that one year after retaking the control of Kunduz city, government has failed to maintain law-and-order in
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 10, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan and the United States military have dismissed concerns the capital of restive Helmand province or any other district there was on the verge of collapse to the Taliban. The largest Afghan province has been the scene of fierce battles between the insurgents and Afghan troops
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Marginalized by a group of playing children outside Afghanistan’s Kunduz provincial capital the Kunduz city, Zarmina, 9, whispered that the children here do not like to play with her and that is why she feels upset. “I like to return to my village in Qala-e-Zal and play with Maryam,
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 22 (Xinhua) — Up to three dozens of people, including 30 Taliban fighters, have been killed over the past two days as fierce fighting has been continuing for the control of Qala-e-Zal district along the border with Tajikistan in the northern Kunduz province, officials said Friday. In the latest blow inflicted to
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have overrun a remote northern district after days of intense clashes with government forces, officials confirmed to local media on Thursday. The Taliban first assaulted the district of Qala-e-Zal in Kunduz province earlier this week and both sides have since claimed to have inflicted