Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 19, 2018 The bodies of nine civilians abducted by militants early last year have been found in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official and tribal elders said on February 19. Sayed Rahman Mohmand, the governor of Kot district, said the bodies, including three of tribal leaders, were found
Mohammad Habibzada VOA News February 18, 2018 Islamic State is chopping down fruit trees and smuggling the timber into Pakistan, claim Afghan officials and local residents of the Deh Bala district of eastern Nangarhar province where the terrorist group operates. “Some of the local residents who previously helped the Taliban [are] now helping IS militants,
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News January 24, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Gunmen stormed the offices of the international aid agency Save the Children in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding more than 20 others. Attullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial government of Nangarhar, says a group of armed men
VOA News Mohammad Habibzada January 14, 2018 Afghan forces are planning to hand over the security responsibilities to the local forces of the rural communities, they have recently captured from Taliban and IS militants, in eastern Nangarhar a province that borders Pakistan. Nangarhar provincial officials said hundreds of local men, armed by Afghan National Directorate
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 13, 2018 U.S. forces killed 10 insurgents in a compound in eastern Afghanistan in an air strike that was triggered by an insider attack on U.S. and Afghan soldiers, the U.S. military said on January 12. U.S. Navy Captain Tom Gresback said the insurgents baited a coalition team, inviting them
VOA News / December 31, 2017 ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber killed at least 18 people in an attack targeting the funeral of former district chief in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. Afghan forces have had frequent clashes with Islamic State militants in the area in recent weeks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The Taliban
VOA News December 2, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Saturday recently launched joint strikes against Taliban sources of revenue have destroyed more than $50 million worth of narcotics in southern Helmand province. Afghanistan produces about 85 percent of the world’s opium. Income generated from drugs is providing 60 percent of the
Noor Zahid VOA News / November 26, 2017 Fresh fighting between the Islamic State (IS) terror group and Taliban insurgents has displaced hundreds of people in an eastern Afghan province. More than 200 families fled their homes in the Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province as the two warring parties engaged in fierce fighting, local
Ayaz Gul VOA News / November 24, 2017 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 8 people Thursday and wounded 16 others. Officials said the explosion in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province, ripped through a crowd outside the residence of a former district police commander. A provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani,
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News November 22, 2017 ACHIN, AFGHANISTAN — The local police commander pointed toward a graveyard. Several of the graves lay partly open. “We dug up the graves to show the locals these Daesh fighters were no martyrs. Their bodies were eaten by insects and smelled bad,” Bilal Bacha, the commander said, using an