Clashes between government forces and the Taliban have reached the outskirts of Charikar City in the central province of Parwan – 63 kilometers north of Kabul – but troops on the ground have not received orders from the center to retake the collapsed areas from the militants. The control of two districts in Parwan, Siah Gerd district and Shinwari, fell […]

Five districts have fallen to the Taliban in the last 24 hours, including Shor Tapa in Balkh, Chak and Sayed Abad in Maidan Wardak, Rustaq in Takhar and Arghistan in Kandahar, adding another layer of complexity to the alarming situation that has emerged following the fall of territory to the militant group. Takhar lawmakers in Parliament said Rustaq is the […]

Former vice president Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, who is in Turkey for treatment, said Sunday he will soon return to his home province of Jawzjan in northern Afghanistan to suppress the Taliban in the north, after consultation with President Ghani and the Defense Ministry. “I predicted this years ago,” Dostum said, referring to Taliban offensives in northern provinces. “All districts, […]

As clashes continue and intensify, hundreds more have taken up arms against the Taliban in support of the government forces, this time in Herat, Patkia, Ghor and Kunduz provinces. Those who took up arms said they will not allow their villages to fall to the Taliban who they claim would damage the country’s infrastructure. So far, hundreds of people have […]

US forces targeted Taliban positions in northern Afghanistan on Friday, Fox News reported citing a US defense official. According to the report, the US military has carried out airstrikes against the Taliban in Baghlan and Kunduz provinces. “An unknown number of Taliban fighters were killed in Baghlan and Kunduz provinces, where the strikes took place,” the report said. The Taliban […]

Classified UK Ministry of Defense documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military in Afghanistan have been found at a bus stop in Kent in the United Kingdom, the BBC reported. According to the report, one set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship’s passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast on Wednesday while […]

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has said Islamabad hopes the Afghan Taliban will prevent groups such as TTP from carrying out cross-border attacks against Pakistan. Speaking to the Express Tribune, Rashid said: “Prime Minister Imran Khan has categorically said that we [Pakistan] will not give any bases to the United States to use against Afghanistan.” “…But we also expect from […]

At least 13 people were wounded after a roadside bomb struck a passenger bus in the Charikar, the capital of Parwan province, on Sunday, local officials said. Mohammad Sadiq Hashimi, the Parwan crime branch chief, told Ariana News that the bus – carrying 20 passengers to Kabul – was targeted in the Badar-e-Sabiqa Ghorband area of the city on Sunday […]