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CNN
April 22, 2018
Sunday's attack is the latest in a series to strike the Afghan capital this year. On March 21, a suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 52 others near a shrine in the city in an attack claimed by ISIS. Earlier that month, a suicide bomber killed at least nine people when he detonated his device at a securityÃâà...
Belarus News (BelTA)
April 20, 2018
“The meeting participants pointed to the growing activity of the Daesh and other terrorist organizations on the territory of Afghanistan, the instability moving from the south to the north of the country, the growing threat of the export of extremism and terrorism into the CSTO area of responsibility,” theÃâà...
Firstpost
April 13, 2018
... that it was "very difficult" to contain the insurgency in Afghanistan if Islamabad continues to harbour terrorists on its soil. In his new South Asia Policy in August last year, President Donald Trump had called for tougher measures against Pakistan if it fails to cooperate with the US in its fight against terrorism.
Hindustan Times
April 12, 2018
Difficult to contain insurgency in Afghanistan if Pak continues to protect terrorists: Top US Army General ... Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he said to the end insurgency in Afghanistan, it was important to reduce the threat of terrorism something that can be handled on a routineÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 1, 2018
The United States military is also targeting militants in northern Afghanistan. According to a Nato statement released in early February, US troops had conducted air operations to strike at Taliban training facilities in Badakhshan, preventing the planning and rehearsal of terrorist acts by groups including theÃâà...
Voice of America
March 29, 2018
Pakistan said Thursday it has given a “dossier” to Afghanistan containing evidence that fugitive militants are using the neighboring country for terrorist attacks against Pakistani security and civilian targets. The move came as a senior American diplomat, Alice Wells, arrived in Islamabad for “several says” ofÃâà...
Daily Times
March 26, 2018
Only in this month of March a series of terrorist attacks hit many cities and towns in Afghanistan which led to the above biggest attack on shrine. ... by Islamic terrorism and extremism and why US, NATO and Afghan government failed to end this history's longest war through both military and political defeats?
Daily Sabah
March 26, 2018
People die in action on the battlefield, from shells and bombs at home and are attacked by terrorists in the streets of peaceful cities and towns, market places, restaurants, discos and concert halls. Just last Friday, the world was shocked once again by a treacherous terrorist attack in Trebes, a small town inÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 25, 2018
The ongoing fight against terrorism was also discussed, as the meeting underlined the joint steps to eradicate the scourge from Afghanistan. The NSAs pledged taking action to eliminate terrorists' financial sources. They also agreed on Afghanistan's economic development, deciding the UAE would host aÃâà...
Business Standard
March 25, 2018
Three terrorists were killed and one of them was injured in the drone strike in Deh Bala district of Nangarhar, while at least two terrorists were killed in a similar airstrike conducted in Chapa Dara district of Kunar. The terrorist group has not commented on the incident so far. Meanwhile, Afghan Ministry ofÃâà...
Al-Manar TV
March 25, 2018
Iran condemned recent terrorist attacks in France, Afghanistan and Egypt, expressing sympathy with the bereaved families of victims of the deadly terrorist attacks. In a statement released late on Saturday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that the widespread geographical scope of theÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 24, 2018
The military operations which were supported by Afghan Air Force were conducted in Nangarhar, Kunar, Paktia, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Farah, Badghis, Faryab and Helmand provinces. The Daesh militants were killed in Deh Bahal district in Nangarhar, the statement said, adding that “other terroristsÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 24, 2018
Turkey has condemned the terrorist attacks in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan that left 15 people dead. “We learned with great sorrow that a terrorist attack in Lashkargah city of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, near a stadium, resulted in loss of lives of many Afghan brothers and sisters and leftÃâà...
Economic Times
March 24, 2018
New Delhi: India will raise the issue of cross-border support to terrorism when representatives of the US, Russia, China, Iran and central Asian and Gulf ... War-ravaged Afghanistan has seen a spurt in terror attacks, mostly blamed on the Taliban, in the last one year which has left hundreds dead and injured.
Daily Sabah
March 23, 2018
Afghan forces have arrested a French woman allegedly affiliated with the Daesh terror group in northern Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Friday. "Six other Daesh fighters were killed in the Afghan security forces' operation," said a ministry statement on Twitter. The statement had no further detailsÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 14, 2018
This comes after Zarif accused the US this week of supporting Daesh in Afghanistan to fuel regional terrorism and threaten neighboring countries. ... Zarif said: "We see intelligence, as well as eyewitness accounts, that Daesh fighters, terrorists, were airlifted from battle zones, rescued from battle zones,Ãâà...
The Times
March 14, 2018
Terrorist groups are rebuilding safe havens in Afghanistan for potential attacks on the West, even as the Taliban edges closer to peace talks aimed at ... in Afghanistan, has crystallised fears in neighbouring states and Washington that, more than 16 years after 9/11, terrorists are returning to old haunts.
Antiwar.com
March 13, 2018
Throughout 17 years of occupation in Afghanistan, the underlying justification for the global war of terror has been that Afghanistan, in particular, must never again be allowed to become a “safe haven” for terrorist organizations. Except for that it is. Analysts have for months been warning that parts ofÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
“We are committed to ensuring that Afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for terrorists who want to commit mass murder of our citizens,” Mr. Trump said in August, announcing a strategy to send an additional 4,000 American troops to the country. But as the Islamic State in Khorasan has surgedÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 11, 2018
The Defense Ministry announced Sunday 171 terrorists were killed during counter-terror operations across Afghanistan, a day after Taliban ambushed a number of Afghan soldiers in Farah province, bordering Iran. The sudden rise in casualties on both sides highlights the surge in violence in theÃâà...
New York Times
March 1, 2018
NEW DELHI — During the debate last week over a United States-sponsored measure to throw Pakistan onto a global terrorism-financing watchlist, ... again focused discussion on the Pakistani military's benign eye toward militant groups working against American aims in Afghanistan and Indian interests inÃâà...
The Hans India
February 28, 2018
Kabul [Afghanistan]: At least nine terrorists belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group have been killed and 13 others got injured after their attack was ... Army in the North as saying that a large group of IS terrorists attacked the security posts of the Afghan National defense and security forces in Darzad district.
Daily Sabah
February 26, 2018
Turkey has condemned the latest terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which killed at least 22 people, including 18 soldiers. "We learned with sorrow that various terrorist attacks perpetrated in Kabul and provinces of Farah and Helmand today killed and wounded many Afghan brothers and sisters, includingÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 24, 2018
Turkey on Saturday condemned the latest terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which killed at least 22 people including 18 soldiers. "We learned with sorrow that various terrorist attacks perpetrated in Kabul and provinces of Farah and Helmand today, killed and wounded many Afghan brothers and sisters,Ãâà...
TASS
February 20, 2018
ODINTSOVO /Moscow Region/, February 20. /TASS/. Terrorist groups are diligently encouraging 'lone wolf' attacks similar to the one that occurred in the Dagestani regional town of Kizlyar last weekend from Afghanistan's territory, Head of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center (ATC) Andrey Novikov said at aÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
February 16, 2018
It justifies its presence through the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood and political Islam groups. Terror attacks have currently increased in Afghanistan which has been calm for years except for few incidents. Terrorist operations have dominated the scene again via explosions targeting the Afghani state and itsÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
February 13, 2018
It points out that the recent events and Afghan government's open calls for the intensified US operations against the group is a step forward to a new show of “war on terrorism”. It was reported that one of the goals of the last week's B52 airstrikes was to impede the militants from organizing terrorist plots inÃâà...
Voice of America
February 8, 2018
Russia has warned Islamic State is turning northern Afghanistan into a “resting base” of international terrorism and a “bridgehead” for establishing its “destructive” caliphate in the region. The “international wing of Daesh” is spearheading the effort of terrorists spilling over the borders of Syria and Iraq andÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
February 2, 2018
The frequency and speed of these major, pre-planned attacks have never been higher, said Iliffe, who has worked in Afghanistan since 2001 and currently has a security role for a nongovernmental organization. The ambulance blast was one of six major attacks by Taliban and Islamic State militants in andÃâà...
TIME
February 1, 2018
Responding to reporters questions about how attackers penetrated ostensibly well-defended urban sites with apparent ease, the head of Afghanistan's spy agency Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai said that the terrorists were “changing their tactics,” according to Agence France Presse. The ambulance attackÃâà...
Business Standard
December 31, 1999
The IS began operations in Afghanistan around 2015, occupying the town of Nangarhar on the border with Pakistan which then became their main bastion on Afghan soil. Since then, the IS has claimed some of the worst terrorist attacks in the country despite Kabul's claim that its presence was limited to aÃâà...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
Syria, North Korea, and Yemen have largely dominated headlines. But Afghanistan also remains in the global conscience. If anything, the much-needed international focus on the campaign against the Taliban has outlined how difficult the fight has become, despite our steady military gains. Frustrated withÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
December 31, 1999
OIC condemns terrorist attacks in Afghanistan ... The OIC appealed, in a statement, to the government and all parties in Afghanistan to unify ranks and double efforts in order to neutralize the scourge of terrorism, and enhance peace and reconciliation across the country. OIC Secretary General YousefÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
Addressing the annual conference on cultural diplomacy in Berlin, Saleem termed Afghanistan a safe haven for terrorists and called on Europeans to visit ... At this event, Afghanistan envoys asked the international community to pressure countries against state-sponsorship of terrorism in a bid to improveÃâà...
