ISIS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan
Militants linked to ISIS killed around 30 civilians, including children, in the central Afghan province of Ghor, the local government said today. The incident occurred late Tuesday north of the provincial capital Firoz Koh, with the government calling it a revenge attack after a local ISIS commander was killed. “Our security forces with the help of locals conducted an operation and killed an ISIS commander yesterday. ISIS...
Russia to provide aid to Afghanistan directly or via UN bodies
Russia will provide aid to Afghanistan either directly or via UN bodies, without mediation by international foundations, Russian Presidential Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Wednesday. “We do not have trust in any international foundations and we would like to control that small but important amount that we give to Afghanistan,” said Kabulov, who represented Russia at the international donors’...
US Service Member Killed in Afghanistan
A U.S. military service member was killed in eastern Afghanistan today during a joint U.S.-Afghan counter-terrorism operation targeting ISIS in Afghanistan. The service member died from injuries resulting from the blast of an improvised explosive device. The service member, who has not been identified, was killed during operations in the Achin District of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan, according to a statement from...
Afghan forces flushing Taliban out of Kunduz
Afghan forces were conducting clearing operations in Kunduz early today, warning that Taliban militants were hiding in civilian homes after an hours-long assault on the city repelled with the help of NATO air support. Officials said some fighting was still going on in the outskirts of the strategic northern city but that its centre had been cleared of insurgents, with one source putting the number of militants killed in the...
Taliban fighters enter northern Afghan city of Kunduz
Taliban fighters mounted a coordinated assault on the northern city of Kunduz overnight, attacking from four directions and entering urban areas and threatening a repeat of the operation in which they seized the city exactly a year ago. Sheer Ali Kamawal, commander of the 808 Tandar police zone in Kunduz, said the attack began at around midnight (1930 GMT Sunday) and fighting was still going on in and around the city. Some Taliban...
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