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
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 13 (Xinhua) — Seven Taliban militants have been killed and three others injured as clash erupted in Chardara district of the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, an army spokesman in the province Brigadier Abdul Khalil said. The clash, according to the official, flared up early Wednesday in Atmanzai village. After hours of
Tolo News: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced that work on construction of a standard cricket ground will kick off in northern Kunduz province in the near future. According to the ACB officials, the cricket field will be built on 16 acres of land in Kunduz city. Construction of the ground will take eight months. Click
Press TV June 28, 2016 At least four people have been killed in a fresh US drone strike in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz, local security sources say. The sources said Tuesday that the airstrike was carried out in the Chardara district of the province, located about 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital,
Press TV June 27, 2016 Nearly two dozen people have been killed in a fresh US drone strike in a restive district in northern Afghanistan, local sources say. Provincial Afghan officials said on Monday that the strike in northern Kunduz province killed seven civilians who were being held by the Taliban militant group. Sources say
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, June 23 (Xinhua) — Four Taliban militants including a group commander were killed as security forces laid ambush in Imam Sahib district of the northern Kunduz province on Thursday, district governor Amanudin Qurishi said. “Acting on tip-off the security forces organized ambush on a way used by Taliban rebels Thursday morning killing commander