VOA News November 30, 2016 NANGARHAR/WASHINGTON — Officials in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarar province say the Islamic State group is trying to imprint a lasting legacy on children in the region through an increasing network of religious seminaries and schools. Authorities say IS runs at least 25 seminaries in four districts of the province where children are
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 20, 2016 Afghan officials say a top commander of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has been killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor said Mullah Bozorg, a leader of the IS group in Afghanistan, was killed along with seven
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 31, 2016 A suicide bomber has killed six people and wounded six others at a meeting of tribal elders in the eastern province of Nangarhar. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the October 31 attack in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor
Reuters: An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday hit the home of a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Nangarhar and caused several civilian casualties, government and insurgent spokesmen said. The strike targeted the home of Mawlawi Mohammad Alam, a Taliban commander in the Sherzad district, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, adding that
Noor Zahid Zabihullah Ghazi VOA News October 21, 2016 WASHINGTON/NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN — A contingent of local militiamen, backed by Afghan Taliban militants, are battling Islamic State fighters in a remote district in eastern Afghanistan, according to interviews with regional authorities and local tribesmen. More than 80 people have been killed or wounded in the fighting, the
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — At least four civilians were killed and 27 wounded amid clashes between security forces and militants of Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, said the provincial government on Friday. The clashes erupted on early hours of Thursday after IS militants launched multiple attacks against joint checkpoints of
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — Up to nine militants loyal to the extremist Islamic State (IS) outfit were killed as their hideouts were attacked by aircrafts in eastern Afghanistan Friday night, local government official said Saturday. The operations took place in Bandar village of Achin district in Nangarhar province. A vehicle of the armed
Press TV October 5, 2016 The US military says one of its service members has been killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. “The service member was killed conducting operations with Afghan forces when the patrol triggered an Improvised Explosive Device,” the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday. According to
Khaama Press: The provincial governor of eastern Nangarhar province Salim Kunduzi announced resigned from his position earlier today citing interference in his work. Kunduzi made the announcement during a gathering attended by several tribal elders and claimed that he was facing issues by taking a step to improve the situation of the province. Click here to read
Press TV September 28, 2016 A US drone strike has killed at least 21 people in the eastern Nangarhar province, with Afghan sources saying that more than a dozen of them were civilians. Esmatullah Shinwari, a Nangarhar lawmaker, told the Associated Press that a crowd had gathered at the tribal leader’s house in the Achin