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US strikes leave 25 Daesh dead in eastern Afghanistan, officials say

24th February, 2016 · admin · 1 Comment

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

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Posted in Drone warfare, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Officials: Forces kill 43 Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan

23rd February, 2016 · admin · 1 Comment

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

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Battle for Achin Rages On as Government Reports Dozens of Militants Killed

19th February, 2016 · admin

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.

Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Afghan President Says IS ‘On The Run’ In Afghanistan

13th February, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Nangarhar |
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U.S. Increases Air Strikes On Islamic State In Afghanistan

12th February, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in ISIS/DAESH, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Nangarhar |
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Security News Summary – February 10, 2016

10th February, 2016 · admin

AOPNEWS | February 10, 2016 Baghlan: Local officials announced today that over 130 Taliban militants have been killed and 95 have been wounded as a result of Afghan military operations against them through out the province. The provincial governor, Abdul Sattar Bariz, said that so far 2 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 6 have

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Abdul Sattar Bariz, Baghlan, Herat, Khost, Kunar, Nangarhar, Nimroz, Wardak |
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Security News Summary – February 9, 2016

10th February, 2016 · admin

AOPNEWS | February 9, 2016 Baghlan: Afghan security forces said today that the Taliban have suffered heavy causalities in Baghlani-e Markazi – 8 insurgents have been reported killed, and a dozen wounded. A military base was also recaptured. One Afghan policeman was reported injured.  A resident reported that two children and a woman were wounded

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Baghlan, Farah, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Uruzgan |
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IS Runs Timber Smuggling Business in Afghanistan, Officials Say

8th February, 2016 · admin

VOA News Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat February 8, 2016 JALALABAD—Islamic State has started cutting down trees in some parts of eastern Afghanistan in a timber-smuggling operation to neighboring Pakistan, according to Afghan officials and tribal leaders. Locals in the Afghan province say the terror group has imported tree-cutting machines and has been cutting trees in the Achin,

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Posted in Environmental News, ISIS/DAESH | Tags: Kunar, Nangarhar, Timber Smuggling |
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Security News Summary – February 8, 2016

8th February, 2016 · admin

AOPNEWS | February 8, 2016 Badakhshan: Afghan officials say that 5 Pakistani spies who were pretending to be doctors have been arrested. The provincial police chief said that 2 men and a woman were detained in Kisham district, and a woman and a man were arrested in Baharak district. An Afghan pulic health official said

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Posted in AOP Reports, Security, Taliban | Tags: Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Ghazni, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Khost, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Paktika, Salim Khan Kunduzi |
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US Drones, Afghan Forces Kill 28 IS Fighters

6th February, 2016 · admin

VOA News / February 6, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD – Authorities in Afghanistan said Saturday national security forces and U.S. drone strikes have jointly killed at least 28 Islamic State (IS) fighters in a restive eastern region bordering Pakistan. The overnight attacks happened in Achin and Batikot districts of the province of Nangarhar, said local officials.

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Posted in Drone warfare, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar |
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