Italy’s Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini arrived in Herat Tuesday to oversee the lowering and removal of the Italian flag at Camp Arena, marking the end to Italy’s almost 20-year mission in Afghanistan. According to Italy’s Ansa News Rome’s decision is in line with the US and NATO troop withdrawal process. However, Ansa reported that US troops will have completely withdrawn […]

Turkey has offered to guard and run Kabul’s airport after the United States and other NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan, but U.S. officials say Ankara is imposing conditions which need to be resolved as their leaders prepare to meet next week, Reuters reported. Turkish officials say Ankara made the proposal at a NATO meeting in May when the United States […]

Afghan National Security Council’s (NSC) spokesman Ramatullah Andar said that since the start of the foreign troops’ withdrawal process, on May 1, the Taliban has conducted 1,455 attacks across the country. Andar said however that the Afghan security and defense forces have inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy in repelling these attacks “Also 63 armed and explosive attacks were prevented,” […]

At least four civilians were killed Sunday in a roadside IED explosion in Paktia province, local officials confirmed. Provincial governor Halim Fedaee said the blast occurred in the Ibrahimkhel area of Gardez, the provincial capital. “Two women and a child and the driver were killed in the blast,” Fedaee said. According to Fedaee the civilians were on their way to […]

Taliban militants have captured the Qaisar district of northern Faryab province after first detonating a car bomb, sources said. Security sources said a car bomb was detonated on Saturday night in Qaisar district and that the Taliban then stormed district police headquarters. According to a member of the Faryab Provincial Council, at least 14 members of the Afghan forces including […]

The army is weaker than the one left behind by the Soviet Union, but so are the militants opposing them LITTLE MORE than a month after its final phase began, the pace of America’s military withdrawal from Afghanistan is accelerating. President Joe Biden has declared that all American troops will be out by September. Now it seems possible that they […]

Iran has long claimed to support political stabilization in neighboring Afghanistan while at the same time expanding its ties with the Taliban, a contradictory policy that’s likely to breed more chaos and violence as the Sept. 11 deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan draws closer, experts say. This policy of simultaneously supporting the Afghan government and the Taliban—what the […]

The Taliban has taken control of eight district centers in four different regions of Afghanistan over the past week as Afghan security forces struggle to maintain control of the security situation. Eight districts in the north, south, southeast, west and center have fallen under Taliban control, while another district in the south is under effective Taliban control. The disbursed location […]

An explosion occurred close to the police HQ of Balkh district in the northern province of Balkh on Sunday afternoon, said Adil Shah Adil, a spokesman for the provincial police chief. There are preliminary reports that gunmen attacked security forces at the scene following the blast, Adil said. “There are security force members and civilian casualties from the attack, but […]

At least 14 security force members, including Saifurrahman Dehzad, the police chief for Qaisar district of Faryab were killed in clashes with Taliban on Saturday night, said Nader Saeedi, a member of provincial council. Taliban launched attack on the police HQ and other parts of the district on Saturday night and “have taken 37 security force members as captive,” Saeedi […]