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Yahoo News
March 10, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least 15 security forces have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters in western Farah province. Fared Bakhtawar, head of the provincial council, said Saturday that seven army commandos and eight police are among those 15 killed in Bala BulukÃâà...
Iran Focus
March 10, 2018
... Afghanistan that threatens the Iranian Regime. Thus Iran supports that Taliban in order to have the Taliban destroy their foe, which has resulted in several clashes between the groups. According to the BBC, the Taliban has been launching two attacks a week across three districts in Farah province, alongÃâà...
Times of Oman
March 10, 2018
Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan): As many as 18 Afghan soldiers and members of the special forces have been killed in fighting in the western province of ... to have hit Farah province, between the border with Iran and the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, source of much of Afghanistan's opium crop.
Valley News Live
March 10, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says at least 15 security forces have been killed in an attack by Taliban fighters in western Farah province. Fared Bakhtawar, head of the provincial council, said Saturday that seven army commandos and eight police are among those 15 killed in Bala BulukÃâà...
Military Times
March 10, 2018
Consider this: At a Senate hearing this past week on top U.S. security threats, the word “Afghanistan” was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks. In the ensuing two hours of questions for intelligence agency witnesses, no senator asked about Afghanistan, suggesting little interest in aÃâà...
BBC News
March 10, 2018
At least 24 members of the Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack in the western province of Farah, officials said. Militants reportedly attacked soldiers who had assembled in preparation for an attack in Bala Buluk district. The attack triggered a deadly skirmish between fighters from theÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 6, 2018
Operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Ghazni, Paktika, Kandahar, Zabul, Farah, Badghis, Kunduz, Takhar, Faryab, Nimroz, and Helmand provinces. Separately, at least two people were killed March 6 when a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded in eastern Nangarhar Province,Ãâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 6, 2018
20 to 22, Afghan Special Security Forces (ASSF) defeated a large group of Taliban attempting to create instability in Bala Baluk district of Farah province. The Afghan special operators removed more than 70 Taliban fighters from the district through a combination of offensive, ground maneuver and US andÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 5, 2018
In February more than half of the attacks happened in Faryab, Helmand, Uruzgan, Farah, Kandahar and Nangarhar provinces and the remaining attacks took place in 21 provinces. Pajhwok did not receive security report from Bamyan, Ghor, Heart, Maidan Wardak, Nuristan, Paktia and Panjshir province.
Evening News and Tribune
February 24, 2018
An Afghan official says at least three security personnel have been killed in separate suicide bombing attacks in southern Helmand province. Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said a car bomber early Saturday was shot by Afghan army soldiers but his vehicle managed toÃâà...
Long War Journal
February 24, 2018
The Taliban killed more than 20 soldiers during a nighttime raid on an Afghan military base in the western province in Farah. ... Security in Farah provinces has steadily deteriorated over the past two years. Farah City was one of five provinces that were under direct Taliban threat by the end of 2016.
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 20, 2018
Both the Taliban and Afghanistan's Islamic State (IS) affiliate are active in Nangarhar. In the western Farah Province, attacks on police checkpoints killed eight officers, said Muhammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the Farah governor. Mehri added that 13 insurgents were also killed in the fighting. A TalibanÃâà...
New York Times
February 20, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents overran three checkpoints in nighttime raids on Tuesday in the western Afghan province of Farah, killing about 20 police officers before melting back into nearby villages, according to Afghan officials. The province has been teetering from a wave of attacks byÃâà...
The Guardian
February 14, 2018
The letter, released by the Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, comes amid deteriorating conditions for US and Afghan coalition forces on the battlefield and after a month in which two Taliban assaults on Kabul killed 150 civilians. The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about its readinessÃâà...
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