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Afghan Forces Launch Major Anti-IS Offensive

12th February, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News February 12, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Afghan troops, backed by American air support, Sunday launched a major offensive against Islamic State, or IS, bases in the eastern Nangarhar province. A regional military spokesman, Shirin Aqa, told reporters in the provincial capital of Jalalabad that security forces have been tasked to clear Kot and

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Girls’ School Enrollment Rises in Afghan Province Despite Challenges

12th February, 2017 · admin

Noor Zahid VOA News February 12, 2017 Afghan provincial officials reported a rise in girls’ enrollment rates across eastern Nangarhar Province, despite constant attacks and threats by Islamic State and other militant groups in the area. “Of the 14,000 graduates last year, we had 3,000 girls. This year, 4,000 girls graduated out of the total

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Report: Militant Groups in Afghanistan Get Rich Off Mineral Smuggling

2nd February, 2017 · admin

Noor Zahid VOA News February 1, 2017 The smuggling of Afghan minerals supplies millions of dollars to armed groups, insurgents and strongmen in the country, an Afghan anti-corruption watchdog reported Wednesday. The Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Network said in a report that militant groups last year received at least $46 million from minerals and precious stones illegally

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Posted in Corruption, Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Illegal Mining, Nangarhar |
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IS Goes on Attack Spree After Afghan Forces Clear One District

15th January, 2017 · admin

Noor Zahid VOA News January 15, 2017 Within hours after the Afghan government said it successfully completed a three-month-long cleanup operation against the Islamic State (IS) militant group in a remote eastern district of the country, IS conducted a series of attacks and kidnappings in other areas. On Sunday, 12 teachers and two staff members

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Daesh militants attack Nangarhar district, torch 60 houses

14th January, 2017 · admin

Press TV January 14, 2017 Militants of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group have raided a district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, setting fire to some 60 houses there. Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, said people had fled their homes before the Daesh attack in Kot District on Friday, local media reported. There have

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Afghan Forces Vow No Break in Fighting During Winter

6th January, 2017 · admin

Noor Zahid VOA News January 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — Instead of a slowdown in fighting during Afghanistan’s harsh winter, government security forces say they will press their operations against the Taliban and Islamic State group despite heavy snow and bitter cold. “Taliban and other terrorist groups will not be allowed to claim territory over the next

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Afghans protest against Daesh brutality against Shias

3rd January, 2017 · admin

Press TV January 3, 2017 People in western Afghanistan have staged a massive protest against growing sectarian attacks on Shia Muslims by the Takfiri Daesh terrorists. About 2,000 demonstrators, holding pictures of Shia Muslims killed in recent terrorist attacks, marched on the governor’s office in the city of Herat on Tuesday. The protesters chanted slogans

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Hazaras, Herat, Nangarhar, Shiites |
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Villagers Rush to Join Afghan Forces Fighting IS

21st December, 2016 · admin

Noor Zahid VOA News December 20, 2016 Hundreds of local villagers freed from Islamic State control in a remote eastern Afghan district are signing up to join a militia to fight IS, provincial authorities said. Officials in eastern Nangarhar province said hundreds of men have waited in long lines to become part of the militia.

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Afghan Villagers Freed From IS Control Join Security Forces

18th December, 2016 · admin

Mohammad Habibzada VOA News December 17, 2016 Grateful residents of eastern Afghanistan whose villages were freed from control by Islamic State militants have begun enlisting for service with the Afghan National Security Forces and provincial police, local authorities say. Afghan joint forces drove IS extremists out of the Pachir Agam district in Nangarhar province about

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Hekmatyar Expected To Move To Nangarhar

6th December, 2016 · admin

Tolo News: Nangarhar governor Gulab Mangal on Tuesday said the Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar will move to the province in the near future and they are ready to welcome him. Mangal said Hekmatyar will live in Nangarhar until his name has been removed from the UN’s black list. The governor said they have allocated a house

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News | Tags: Gulab Mangal, Hekmatyar, Hezb-e Islami, Nangarhar |
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