Yearly Archives: 2021

126 Taliban Insurgents Killed Across The Country

(BNA): One hundred and twenty-six Taliban insurgents have been killed in the past 24 hours in clashes with security and defense forces across the country. Ruhollah Ahmadzai, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, told B NA, 126 Taliban were killed and 79 others were wounded in clashes and attacks by defense and security forces

Sullivan Confirms US Had Intel, Military Talks with Pakistan

(TOLO News): in the military, intelligence and diplomatic channels to make sure that Afghanistan never again becomes a base from which terrorist groups would not attack the US – but he did not go into details about it. Sullivan made the remarks at a press briefing on Monday in response to a question on US’s

Taliban Insurgents Killed in Jawzjan Raid

(BNA): 14 Taliban insurgents were killed in Jawzjan and a car full of enemy explosives was destroyed. The insurgents gathering in the Quduq area of Qushitipa district of Jawzjan province was targeted by the country’s air force, in which 9 Taliban insurgents were killed and four motorcycles and their weapons were destroyed. Also, a car

Center of Faryab’s Dawlat Shah District Falls to Taliban

(TOLO News): The center of Dawlat Shah district in the northern province of Faryab fell to the Taliban on Monday evening, a member of the provincial council, Abdul Ahad Elbek said on Tuesday.  Elbek said that a number of the security forces have evacuated the center of the district after heavy clashes with the Taliban,

Khalilzad due in Kabul for talks on peace process

(Pajhwok): US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad is due in Kabul, Doha and the region, the State Departments said on Sunday. Khalilzad and an US inter-agency delegation, including National Security Council, Department of Defense and USAID representatives departed on June 4 for travel to the region. The delegation will meet in Kabul

Taliban violence continues unabated despite peace talks

(Afghanistan Times): Taliban insurgents show no sign of reducing the level of violence in Afghanistan to facilitate peace negotiations with the government, and appear to be trying to strengthen their military position as leverage, with the “unprecedented violence” of 2020 carrying into 2021, UN experts said in a new report circulated the other day. The

181 Taliban insurgents killed in military raids

(Afghanistan Times): At least 181 Taliban insurgents were killed and 83 others wounded in a series of military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Saturday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces conducted operations and counter

Three districts fall to Taliban in Nuristan, Zabul

(Afghanistan Times): Three districts are purportedly fallen into the Taliban as armed conflicts have been intensifying across the country. A local source in the eastern province of Nuristan, talking on condition of anonymity, said that the security forces retreated from Do Ab and Mandawal districts of the province. The source denied giving further information in

13 security forces killed in Badakhshan airstrike

(Afghanistan Times): An airstrike killed 13 public uprising forces in northern Badakhshan province including a commander, residents claimed on Saturday. The airstrike was conducted on Friday in Kohsan district of the province. According Mahmood Rahman, a member of the Badakhshan provincial council, a commander of the public uprising forces was killed alongside his comrades in

Khalilzad to Meet Afghan Leaders in Kabul on Peace Process

(TOLO News): Khalilzad and the delegation have departed on June 4 for travel to Kabul, Doha, and the region, the statement said. “The delegation will underscore enduring US support for Afghanistan’s development and a political settlement that will end the war. In Doha, Ambassador Khalilzad will continue to encourage both sides to make tangible progress

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