VOA News Carla Babb March 11, 2016 PENTAGON—The Afghan air force will not reach necessary strength levels until 2020, according to a top U.S. general. General John Campbell, who ended his command of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan last week, told reporters Friday that some aircraft procured for the force would not arrive in
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 6, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said his security forces have uprooted loyalists of the Islamic State group in Afghanistan. Addressing lawmakers at the opening of parliament in Kabul Sunday, he said IS is one of the elements in the current Afghan conflict, but it is only fighting to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 2, 2016 A suicide attack targeted India’s diplomatic compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on March 2, with explosions and gunfire rattling the diplomatic district. RFE/RL’s correspondent in Jalalabad reports that a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-filled vehicle outside the entrance gates of the Indian consulate
VOA News Noor Zahid February 26, 2016 Two former Islamic State (IS) commanders who defected recently to authorities in Afghanistan told VOA’s Ashna TV that they joined the extremist group not because of ideology but largely for money. The revelations underline a discrepancy between those who join IS in Syria and Iraq and the fighters
Tolo News: Daesh fighters in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province are allegedly training local children to become terrorists. A number of children have said that Daesh militants were encouraging them to go to their training centers. Most areas of Achin district have now been cleared of Daesh insurgents but reports have emerged that they are allegedly training
Press TV / February 24, 2016 Afghan officials say more than two dozen Daesh terrorists have lost their lives in US drone strikes in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for Nangarhar provincial governor, said the aerial assaults took place in the Achin district of the province, which is located 120
Stars and Stripes: Afghan ground forces and coalition airstrikes have killed up to 43 Islamic State militants in attacks in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. A government spokesman in eastern Nangarhar province said a large quantity of weapons and ammunition belonging to the terrorist group was destroyed in the Monday operation. Click here to read more (external
VOA News – Published on February 19, 2016 – Afghan forces continued their offensive against Islamic State fighters in Nangarhar Province this week. A government spokesperson claims they have killed 45 militants over two days of fighting, and most of the schools that had been shut by the militants have re-opened.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 12, 2016 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has suffered many casualties and is “on the run” in Afghanistan. Ghani told the annual Munich Security Conference on February 12 that IS militants “have lost 150 people in Afghanistan.” Ghani also said that an IS-operated radio
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 12, 2016 The United States has expanded its air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama granted commanders broader authority to target the group there, a U.S. military spokesman said on February 11. IS is a relatively new force in Afghanistan, where the militant group has