JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 5 (Xinhua) — Three militants including a Taliban senior commander were killed and four others injured in a car bomb in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said. “It was a car bomb and the explosive device, planted on the car, exploded in Nokar Khil area of
VOA News July 4, 2018 Zia Urahman Hasrat Mohammad Habibzada WASHINGTON / NANGARHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN — Islamic State militants and Taliban insurgents have been fighting fiercely in eastern Kunar province for the past three days, displacing hundreds of families, Afghan officials told VOA. The displaced families, mostly women and children, are forced to take refuge in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 2, 2018 A top U.S. commander says he has seen improvement in Afghan forces’ capabilities in the fight against Taliban extremists in Helmand Province since the American military returned to the troubled region nine months ago. But Marine Brigadier General Roger Turner told a Pentagon news briefing on February 1