AOPNEWS | January 7, 2016 Earlier this week, the Taliban faction loyal to Mullah Mansur posted on its website that DAESH (aka ISIS) is a part of an anti-Islamic western conspiracy against them, and they vowed to purge them from eastern Nangarhar province, as they allegedly had done in other parts of the country. More
VOA News / January 6, 2016 KABUL – The Afghan government has formed a special force to counter Islamic State and Taliban militants in eastern parts of the country, Acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai announced Wednesday from eastern Laghman province. “The IS issue is the most important [issue], which should be hard hit,” Stanekzai told VOA’s
Press TV January 6, 2016 At least 30 militants have been killed and scores of others injured during fierce clashes between members of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and Taliban extremists in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said on Wednesday that the two sides had engaged in heavy exchanges
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Fierce clashes have reportedly erupted between Taliban and Islamic State (IS) fighters in eastern Afghanistan, leaving dozens of people dead on both sides. Afghan police reported Tuesday the fighting in the remote Batikot and Chaparhar districts of Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan, began after hundreds of Taliban insurgents
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 5, 2016 An explosion has been heard in an area that houses several foreign consulate buildings in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, local officials say. Attaullah Khugyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said on January 5 that there were no immediate reports of casualties from the blast, which
Khaama Press: A statement released by the police headquarters of Nangarhar states that the gun battle erupted around 04:30 pm (local time) on Monday. According to the statement, insurgents had planned to attack a security post in Saluram Farm area of Bati Kot District. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV / January 1, 2016 At least 14 militants affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have been killed in airstrikes carried out by Afghanistan’s air force in the eastern province of Nangarhar. The Afghan Defense Ministry said in a Friday statement that the air raids pounded the terrorists’ hideouts in the restive Achin district of Nangarhar.