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Voice of America
April 24, 2018
Authorities in Afghanistan say the latest Taliban and Islamic State attacks have killed 19 people, mostly government security forces. Taliban insurgents attacked a registration center for potential voters late Sunday in the northwestern Badghis province, killing nine Afghan National Army soldiers andÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 17, 2018
Following an overnight operation, the Dand-e-Ptan area has been cleared of Taliban and check points will be established, said officials. Thumbnail. Military officials on Tuesday said the Afghan security forces have shut down one of the Taliban's strategic supply routes in the south-east – a gravel roadÃâà...
Arab News
April 15, 2018
KABUL: An Afghan official says Pakistani forces have crossed into eastern Afghanistan and clashed with Afghan troops. Col. Abdul Hanan, the acting provincial police chief in the eastern Khost province, says the fighting broke out early Sunday and is still underway. He was not immediately able to confirmÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 15, 2018
Afghan Special Security Forces, accompanied by U.S. special operations troops, killed 22 Islamic State-Khorasan fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 11, according to the headquarters for U.S.-Afghanistan forces. “The recent Afghan and U.S. special operations raid will lead to the tactical defeat of IS-K inÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 13, 2018
Dunford said high casualties among Afghan forces, lack of cooperation between different security departments and lack of air and intelligence support forthe troops are the main reasons that have impeded the Afghan troops win in the war so far. “I was just in Afghanistan… couple of challenges we have hadÃâà...
Voice of America
April 13, 2018
The Thursday night attack took place in Shindand district in the province of Herat, which borders Iran. District Governor Shukrullah Shaker told VOA the insurgent raid also wounded four security personnel. The so-called law and order police post was manned by Afghan police personnel when it came underÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
April 12, 2018
Although the war in Afghanistan doesn't frequently make headlines, it is now in its 17th year. Is the reinvigorated U.S.-led strategy today—following something of a Taliban comeback after 2014—showing promise in reclaiming momentum on the ground?
IHS Jane's 360
April 9, 2018
US and Afghan forces have targeted 11 Taliban-linked, drug-production facilities in Afghanistan's western provinces of Farah and Nimruz, the NATO-led 'Resolute Support' mission announced in a 7 April statement. The precision air strikes, which were carried out between 3 and 5 April using US F-16Ãâà...
Department of Defense
March 29, 2018
Jackson deployed numerous times to Iraq and advised Iraqi troops. He said the changes in Afghan forces over the last eight years have been incredible. In 2010, U.S. forces were in the lead, partnering with Afghan forces in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida. Afghan soldiers accompanied AmericansÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 15, 2018
Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., sent a letter to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday requesting a trove of Pentagon documents on the decision to begin classifying statistics on Afghan forces and U.S. airstrikes. “We believe it is completely inappropriate to abuse our nation'sÃâà...
WNCW
March 15, 2018
We did hear from a couple of American generals that the U.S. and Afghan forces have been killing what they call a high number of Taliban fighters, though we weren't given the actual numbers. Last time that Mattis was in Afghanistan in September, enemy rockets hit Kabul while he was there. And last nightÃâà...
TIME
March 14, 2018
These and other moves boosted the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by at least 3,500 to a total of more than 14,000. Mattis has said that the U.S. goal is to enable Afghan forces to weaken the Taliban to the point where the Afghans can manage their own security. Put another way, the aim is to convinceÃâà...
Xinhua
March 14, 2018
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Afghan forces in crackdown against militants have arrested four Taliban fighters including key commander Qari Bakhtiar outside Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, army spokesman Nasratullah Jamshidi said Wednesday. "Acting uponÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 13, 2018
Taliban fighters attack Anar Dara District early on Monday taking over the police headquarters as fighting rages on. by Shereena Qazi. 12 Mar 2018. Farah province is a centre of opium cultivation [AP]. Taliban fighters have taken over a police headquarters in Afghanistan's western Farah province during an ongoing battleÃâà...
WGAL Lancaster
March 12, 2018
One of Washington's closest watchers of the Afghanistan conflict, Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote last month that the administration has made major improvements in military tactics and plans for developing Afghan forces but has "done nothing to deal with civilÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 6, 2018
At least 31 insurgents including Daesh militants were killed in the past 24 hours during Afghan forces ground and air strikes in different parts of the country, the Ministry of Defense said. The MoD said at least 13 airstrikes were carried out across the country to target insurgent hideouts. According to the ministry, at least 31Ãâà...
TOLOnews
March 5, 2018
Afghan Army forces conducted at least 13 airstrikes in the past 24 hours and destroyed insurgent hideouts. Thumbnail. At least 31 insurgents including Daesh militants were killed in the past 24 hours during Afghan forces ground and air strikes in different parts of the country, the Ministry of Defense said.
Xinhua
March 4, 2018
KABUL, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Up to 50 anti-government militants including 20 insurgents affiliated to the Islamic State (IS) outfit have been killed in the insurgency-battered Afghanistan over the past 24 hours as military operations are going on in parts of several provinces, deputy spokesman for DefenseÃâà...
Xinhua
March 3, 2018
KABUL, March 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 300 armed insurgents have been killed elsewhere in the conflict-strife Afghanistan over the past week as government forces have increased military pressure against militants, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. "A total of 302 insurgents have been killed, 187 othersÃâà...
ANI News
March 3, 2018
Tolo News quoted the Afghan ministry as saying in a statement on Saturday that the operations were conducted by the Afghan forces in Nangarhar, Laghman, Ghazni, Paktika, Logar, Kandahar, Farah, Takhar, Faryab, Nimroz and Helmand provinces. At least 13 other insurgents were injured in theÃâà...
Business Standard
March 2, 2018
At least 28 insurgents have been killed during the military operations carried out by the security forces in the past 24 hours, said the Afghan Ministry of Defence (MoD). Tolo News quoted the Afghan ministry as saying in a statement on Saturday that the operations were conducted by the Afghan forces inÃâà...
The Australian
March 2, 2018
The elite force is handpicked from the insurgents' best fighters, trained to carry out commando-style raids and granted the best Western equipment looted from Afghan forces. Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the governor's office, said the German had been taken to Kandahar for “further investigation”.
Voice of America
March 2, 2018
The Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed Thursday that a video circulating on social media of a captured foreign fighter in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province is authentic and the suspect is a German national who has worked for the Taliban for more than eight years. "Monday night, our commandoÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 1, 2018
The day was due to been celebrated on Wednesday but was delayed as the second Kabul Process conference was held in Kabul. At the meeting the Afghan government sent a peace offer to the Taliban. The national day of the Afghan forces was commemorated countrywide however, where residents inÃâà...
Xinhua
March 1, 2018
PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghan forces have killed nine militants and injured eight others as cleanup operations entered the third day on Thursday in northern Baghlan province, a police spokesman in the province said. The government forces, according to Zabihullah Shijah,Ãâà...
TOLOnews
March 1, 2018
The day was due to been celebrated on Wednesday but was delayed as the second Kabul Process conference was held in Kabul. At the meeting the Afghan government sent a peace offer to the Taliban. The national day of the Afghan forces was commemorated countrywide however, where residents inÃâà...
Voice of America
February 21, 2018
He noted that under current NATO and U.S. guidance and directives, the foreign military mission continues to provide human rights training to, and monitoring of, Afghan forces. Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said he was unable to offer any immediate reaction to the incident in questionÃâà...
Voice of America
February 10, 2018
Authorities in Afghanistan say the national intelligence agency has arrested eight Islamic State operatives in the capital, Kabul. The National Directorate of Security said Saturday the men were rounded up in separate operations in the city. IS recruiters were also among them. The arrests follow an assault byÃâà...
Jacksonville Daily News
February 5, 2018
U.S. Marines watch during the Jan. 15 change of command ceremony at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. Afghan forces backed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand Province gained ground in recent months, but the Taliban stillÃâà...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
A pre-dawn Taliban attack in northeastern Afghanistan has killed at least 17 government security forces and wounded many more. The fighting erupted in the mountainous Khawaja Ghar district of Takhar province where insurgents assaulted an Afghan army base. District chief Mohammad Omar told VOAÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Afghan forces kill 3 insurgents in northern province. Afganistan. News ID: 4241716 - Sat 3 March 2018 - 13:25. Politics. KUNDUZ, Mar. 03 (MNA) – At least three armed insurgents were killed and four others wounded during military operations in Kunduz province, north of Afghanistan, a local official said saturday. "SecurityÃâà...
