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Taliban Seizes More Than a Dozen of Checkpoints in Eastern Afghanistan – Reports
Drone Strike Kills 14 In Afghanistan, Civilians Or ISIS?
Video Of Taliban Imitating US Spec Ops Raises Questions
Afghanistan Mulls Plan to Arm 20,000 Civilians to Fight Insurgents
Afghanistan (Tasnim) – Afghanistan is considering training and arming 20,000 civilians to defend territories where militants have been driven out, officials say, sparking fears the local forces could become another thuggish militia. The proposal for a government-backed armed group that would…
Afghans Fear US Army, NATO Operations More Than the Taliban
Afghanistan (Sputnik) – On Wednesday, 12 civilians were killed and 16 wounded in American airstrikes in Afghanistan’s eastern province Logar. Afghan politicians commented to Sputnik Afghanistan on the issue, noting that civilians fear US army and NATO operations more that the…
Daesh Declares War on Taliban in Afghanistan
(Tasnim) – The Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group described Taliban militants in Afghanistan as “hypocrites and stooges of the unbelievers”, saying that they should be killed wherever they are. According to Tasnim dispatches, a Daesh commander, in a statement,…
Several Protesters Killed at Kabul Bomb Site
Afghanistan (Tasnim) – A protest on Friday that began at the site of a huge bombing in Kabul earlier this week and made its way to the gates of the Afghan presidential palace turned deadly, with security forces firing into the…
Another Extension for Our Longest War?
(FPIF) – Sixteen years into the war in Afghanistan, the situation continues to deteriorate. If this were a business, it would be bankrupt. Yet the commanding U.S. general there recently requested additional troops, and President Trump’s senior military and political advisers…
Trump Advisers Call for More Troops to Break Afghan Deadlock
Afghanistan (Tasnim) – Senior Trump administration and military officials are recommending sending several thousand additional American troops to Afghanistan to try to break a military deadlock in the 15-year war there, in part by pressuring the Taliban to negotiate with the…
Forces Reportedly Scrambled as Clashes Intensify on Afghan Border
Tajikistan (EAN) – Conflicting reports are emerging about the fighting unfolding in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, in an area close to Tajikistan’s border, but it is becoming steadily clear that Dushanbe is now spooked. Further to the west, in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province,…
Afghanistan’s Northern Town Falls to Taliban
Afghanistan (Tasnim) – A town near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz has been fallen into the hands of Taliban militants, a senior representative of Kunduz Provincial Council announced on Saturday. Acceding to Tasnim dispatches, Asadollah Sadat said Taliban militants mounted…
Surging Corruption in Afghanistan
Afghanistan (SCF) – Associated Press reported that on April 24 «a senior US military official speaking on condition of anonymity said in Kabul that Russia was giving machineguns and other medium weight weapons to the [Taliban]». No evidence was offered, and there was…
The Return of the Butcher of Kabul: What Does it Mean for Peace in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan (GV) – After almost twenty years in exile, the once internationally-wanted militant Gulbuddin Hekmatyar made on April 29 a public re-emergence in Afghanistan as part of a peace deal his faction Hezb-e Islami signed with the Afghan government last year. Speaking publicly for the first…
Tajikistan: Doubts Raised About Outcome of US Bombing in Afghanistan
Tajikistan (EAN) – In the wake of US forces dropping a giant bomb on a Islamic State group camp in Afghanistan, unnamed officials in Tajikistan intimated to the media that there were numerous Tajik militants among the dead. RFE/RL’s Tajik service,…