(TOLO News): The government deployed more forces to the western city of Herat on Sunday a day after Taliban advanced closer to the central parts of the city. This comes a day after Mohammad Ismail Khan, former mujahedeen leader and senior member of Jamiat-e-Islami who leads the fight against the Taliban in Herat along with scores
(ATN News): Abdul Rahman Rahman, Senior Deputy Minister of Interior, on Sunday arrived in Herat province with hundreds of special police forces to repel attacks and suppress the Taliban. Afghan ministry of defense says that during his visit to Herat, the Deputy Minister of Interior is scheduled to launch and lead several operations against the
(BNA): Twenty-one Taliban insurgent was killed yesterday evening in Yawan district of Badakhshan. The 217th Pamir Corps sent a newsletter to BNA that the Taliban, including three prominent commanders and two foreign insurgents, were killed in an airstrike in Yawan district of the province. The source added that Maulvi Waliullah, a Taliban judge for Yawan
(BNA): During a phone talk with Minister of Defense of Afghanistan Besmillah Mohamadi, Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Turkey will stand by the Afghan people as long as they want, Anadolu news agency reports. The ministers discussed issues related to the region and security at Kabul International Airport, the press release of the Turkish
(BNA): An Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing in Helmand last night. BNA quoted the Ministry of National Defense as saying that the helicopter (MD-350) of the country’s air force made an emergency landing in the Bolan area of Helmand due to a technical problem. The source added that the passengers of the helicopter
(BNA): Numbers issued by a violence-monitoring department in the State Ministry for Peace Affairs indicate that over 24,000 Taliban fighters were killed and wounded in battles with the Afghan security forces over the past four months. Based on the statistics of the State Ministry for Peace Affairs, during the period running from April to July
(BNA): Two civilians were martyred and 12 others were wounded when a Taliban militant struck a mine in Zabul yesterday evening. According to BNA, a doctor of Zabul Provincial Hospital said that two dead and 12 injured were brought to the hospital. He described the condition of a number of the injured as critical. Zabul
(KHAAMA Press): NATO in Afghanistan and British Embassy based in Kabul have reacted to the attack on the United Nations facility in western Herat province on Friday. British Embassy in a Twitter post said that the attack by the Taliban is a violation of International law. NATO in Afghanistan has said that United Nation Assistance
(BNA): An Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing in Helmand last night. BNA quoted the Ministry of National Defense as saying that the helicopter (MD-350) of the country’s air force made an emergency landing in the Bolan area of Helmand due to a technical problem. The source added that the passengers of the helicopter
(KHAAMA Press): Afghan National Defense and Security Forces have pushed back mass attacks on the capital cities of Herat, Helmand, Takhar, and Kandahar provinces on Friday. Friday was one of the busiest and bloodiest days for ANDSF and the Taliban in the past month. The Taliban fighters on Friday entered the western city of Herat