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Nangarhar hosts Afghan cricket team as thousands cheer for their WT20 performance

4th April, 2016 · admin

Khaama Press: The event has been marked as historic as thousands of Nangarharis gathered to cheer for the Afghan cricket players who won the hearts of the Afghan people with their passionate World Cup performance. It was the second largest gathering following a Hero’s welcome the Afghan team received upon their arrival in Kabul after concluding the

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Cricket, Hamid Hassan, Nangarhar |
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Use Of Pakistani Rupees Raises Concerns In Nangarhar

2nd April, 2016 · admin

Tolo News: A number of civil society activists and residents of Nangarhar have raised concerns over the use of Pakistani Rupees instead of Afghanis in the province’s markets and have criticized local government for not putting a stop to this. They said more than 90 percent of Nangarhar residents use Pakistani Rupees in their daily business transactions

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Posted in Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Afghan Students Out of School in IS-Controlled Areas

22nd March, 2016 · admin

VOA News Rahim Sarwan March 21, 2016 ACHIN, AFGHANISTAN—Thousands of students in eastern Afghanistan are unable to attend school because the Islamic State (IS) is keeping classrooms shuttered. According to Afghan Ministry of Education estimates, around 33,000 students have been deprived of education in 58 schools in the Achin, Haskamena, and Kot districts of Nangarhar

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Posted in Afghan Children, Education, ISIS/DAESH | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Afghan Leader Claims Successes Against Taliban, IS

16th March, 2016 · admin · 2 Comments

VOA News Ayaz Gul March 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his security forces’ improved capabilities have enabled them to disperse Islamic State (IS) loyalists and deter the Taliban from threatening security, particularly in northern Afghanistan in the spring fighting season. “I can confidently say that in Nangarhar, Daesh (Arabic acronym for IS) is

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, NATO-Afghanistan, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Nangarhar |
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Daesh killed over 600 Afghans in six months: Defense Ministry

15th March, 2016 · admin · 2 Comments

Press TV March 15, 2016 Afghanistan says more than 600 civilians have been killed over the past six months at the hands of Daesh terrorists, who are trying to strengthen their foothold in the militancy-riddled country. The Afghan Defense Ministry released the figure in a report on Tuesday and said most of the victims were young

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Nangarhar |
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Afghan Air Force Not Ready Until 2020, Top US General Says

12th March, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Helmand, Nangarhar |
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Ghani: IS Loyalists Uprooted in Afghanistan

6th March, 2016 · admin · 1 Comment

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

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Nangarhar |
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Suicide Attack Targets India’s Consulate In Eastern Afghanistan

2nd March, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in India-Afghanistan Relations, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Jalalabad, Nangarhar |
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Afghan Ex-IS Commanders Say Money, Not Ideology Drove Them

27th February, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Deash ‘Training’ Children In Nangarhar

26th February, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Afghan Children, ISIS/DAESH, Political News, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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