Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2019 ISLAMABAD – The Taliban have staged a “large-scale” predawn attack on an important city in northern Afghanistan, even as leaders of the insurgent group are engaged in marathon peace talks with the United States on ending the deadly war. Residents and officials said Saturday insurgents assaulted Kunduz, the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 13, 2019 Taliban fighters attacked the outskirts of a northern Afghan city and bomb blasts were reported in the capital, Kabul, a day after the Taliban launched their annual spring offensive. The violence on April 13 comes as the United States continues to push for a peace settlement with the
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 25, 2019 The United Nations confirmed Monday that ten children were among at least 13 civilians killed by a recent American military airstrike in northern Afghanistan. The deadly attack occurred early Saturday near the capital city of volatile Kunduz province where Afghan and U.S. forces were conducting a joint operation
Press TV March 24, 2019 The United States has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province after a fatal insider attack, leaving at least 14 civilians dead, mostly women and children. A spokeswoman for the American military confirmed the Saturday airstrikes, but blamed the Taliban militant group for the civilian deaths. “The Taliban were hiding in
VOA News March 22, 2019 ISLAMABAD — A joint counter-Taliban operation in northern Afghanistan Friday killed two American service members and an Afghan partner, officials said. The insurgent group said the raid took place in a Taliban-held area around the capital city of the volatile Kunduz province. Officials with the NATO-led Operation Resolute Support confirmed the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 10, 2019 Officials in four provinces of Afghanistan say a series of Taliban attacks on security checkpoints have killed at least 32 members of the Afghan security forces and pro-government militias. The attacks took place in the northern provinces of Kunduz, Baghlan, and Takhar, and in the western province of
1TV: Commander Naweed Khan, who has 200 armed men under his leadership in Khanabad district of Kunduz province, was in a health facility for treatment in Taloqan, the capital of neighbouring Takhar province, when security forces conducted a raid to arrest him. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 11, 2018 At least 15 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban assault in the northern province of Kunduz, reports say, as the militants escalate their offensive ahead of this month’s general elections. A member of the provincial council, Amruddin Wali, said 15 members of
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 10, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Islamist Taliban in northern Afghanistan has captured a strategically important district near the border with Turkmenistan and threatened a provincial capital, killing dozens of Afghan troops in a series of battlefield attacks. During the past three days, the insurgents stepped up battlefield attacks across the country
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 20, 2018 KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The Taliban has reportedly rejected an offer by the Afghan government for a cease-fire, with militant commanders vowing to carry on their attacks after Taliban fighters in the north seized nearly 200 hostages from a convoy of passenger buses. A Taliban spokesman said Taliban leader