Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 20, 2020 At least 24 Afghan security forces were killed early on March 20 in an insider attack on their base in southern Zabul Province, officials say. Several “infiltrators” opened fire on their comrades as they slept, Zabul Governor Rahmatullah Yarmal said, in one of the deadliest attacks since the
Tolo News: A security source says the Taliban have torched the police headquarters in Argahndab district of Zabul, “taking 16 members of the Afghan police force with them.” The Zabul provincial council said the policemen “surrendered.” Click here to read more (external link). Other Security News More than 20 Taliban militants killed – Herat
Tolo News: At least five employees of the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s largest power distribution company, were killed in a roadside mine blast in Zabul province on Thursday, officials said. One other was wounded in the blast, according to officials. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 20, 2019 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has promised to take steps to prevent civilian casualties in the war against militants, a day after at least 30 civilians were killed in a U.S. drone strike in eastern Nangarhar Province. Ghani said on September 20 that he had introduced several “checks
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2019 At least 50 people have been killed in an air strike and a car bombing in Afghanistan, as U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad prepares to brief U.S. lawmakers on his peace talks with the Taliban. The September 19 incidents come after the collapse of negotiations between Washington and
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 30, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Afghan police say a suicide bomb blast near a military training academy in Kabul has killed at least six security personnel and injured 16 other people. The Interior Ministry confirmed Thursday’s bombing at the entrance gate of Marshal Fahim National Defense University in the capital but gave
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 15, 2019 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban captured a district center Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 13 government soldiers. The fighting comes as Russia asserted the Taliban is getting stronger and called for increased efforts to reach a negotiated settlement to the 17-year-old war. Local officials and insurgent sources reported
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2019 ISLAMABAD — A mortar attack on a school Saturday in the volatile southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan killed at least four school students and injured more than a dozen. The assault comes on the heels of the Taliban capturing a strategically important northeastern district in Afghanistan and inflicting fresh
By Shareefullah Sharafat and Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2018 QALAT, Afghanistan — The ancient fortress towering above Qalat, the capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul, overlooks swaths of desert and scrubland that stretch to the rugged mountains straddling the border with Pakistan. This barren, sparsely populated land has long been
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 24, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan confirmed Monday a Taliban prisoner has killed at least eight policemen, including three senior officers, after covertly seizing an assault rifle from a guard at the detention facility in southern Zabul province. The incident happened while security guards were offering evening prayers late Sunday