KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — In the wake of Taliban advance in parts of the strategically important Kunduz province along the border with Tajikistan over the past one week, Afghan Defense Minister General Abdullah Habibi visited the beleaguered Kunduz city on Sunday and vowed to smash insurgents in the province and adjoining areas. After
KABUL, July 19 (Xinhua) — Eight Taliban militants including a key commander have been killed as clash erupted in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province on Tuesday, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here. “Eight Taliban terrorists including their key commander Mawlawi Agha have been killed in Sangin district today and their attempt
KABUL, July 18 (Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have obviously adopted an aggressive position against anti-government militants as more than 100 armed insurgents have been killed mostly by air strikes since Saturday, according to officials. Warplanes, specially unmanned drones, have proved very lethal and effective in targeting Taliban and Islamic State (IS) groups who are
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 30, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Taliban suicide car bombers struck a police convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Thursday, killing at least 30 security personnel and wounding dozens more. The convoy was transporting cadets and trainers when it came under attack. Afghan officials confirmed there were back-to-back blasts. Eyewitnesses told VOA they saw
VOA News June 25, 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan’s Taliban said Saturday that it would strongly retaliate for the resumption of U.S. airstrikes against the insurgent group, and it rejected assertions that bombing operations ever paused. The U.S. military began anti-Taliban air raids in the last week, but it has declined to provide details.
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s Taliban says Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been appointed the new chief of the group following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. In a Pashto language statement on Wednesday, the Tailban also formally confirmed Mansoor was killed in a U.S. drone attack last week. “Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 21, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The NATO-led military coalition in Afghanistan says a suicide bomber struck one of its vehicles north of Kabul Saturday, but caused no casualties to its personnel. The attack occurred in Bagram district, which hosts the largest U.S. military airbase in Afghanistan, some 55 kilometers from the Afghan capital.
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan April 11, 2016 At least 12 recruits in the Afghan National Army have been killed and dozens of people wounded by a Taliban suicide bomber who attacked the recruits’ bus near the eastern city of Jalalabad. Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri confirmed the death toll in the April 11 suicide
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, April 6 (Xinhua) — Five militants have been killed and 13 others injured as clash flared up in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, provincial governor Abdul Satar Bariz said Wednesday. Two security personnel have also been killed, the official confirmed. The clash, according to the official, erupted Tuesday afternoon after the armed
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A suicide bomber attacked Afghan security forces near the Defense Ministry building in Kabul Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 13 others, said police officials. That followed an earlier bombing in Kunar province that killed at least 13 and wounded more than 40 others Witnesses in