Taliban sustained major offensive, gaining additional district centres and killing over 500 Afghan security forces; deadly terror attacks targeted minority Hazara community. Taliban forced govt troops, police and militia to retreat from more than 50 districts, most in north and north east, throughout month; while Taliban often declined to occupy space, gains constitute significant loss in govt’s territorial standing, revealing […]

The last British troops in Afghanistan are expected to leave “within days” after American forces are rumored to have brought forward their withdrawal date to mark US Independence Day, the UK’s Daily Mail reported Thursday. According to the report, more than 200 Black Watch soldiers will fly home in the next few days, ending the UK’s 20-year deployment. Before leaving […]

Russia believes that the Taliban has already become part of Afghanistan’s political landscape and that this should be taken into consideration. According to Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia, the issue of peace needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Nebenzia said Moscow is “actively participating in all the […]

Civil society activists in the northeastern province of Takhar said on Thursday that the Taliban have issued new laws and regulations in recently captured districts in the province. This comes after the Taliban intensified attacks on district centers in a number of provinces in the past few weeks.On Thursday the group seized Tagab district in Kapisa province, sources told Ariana […]

Four people were wounded this afternoon when a rocket hit Atta Noor’s house in Mazar-e Sharif city, the capital of Balkh, sources told ArianaNews. Mohammad Afzal Hadid, Balkh provincial council member, confirmed the attack, and said that Noor was in a meeting with other politicians to discuss local uprising operations against Taliban at the time of the attack. Two vehicles […]

Germany’s last troops left Afghanistan on Tuesday after nearly 20 years of deployment in the country, the German Defense Minister said Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. The German defense minister said in a tweet that the last Bundeswehr soldiers “left Afghanistan safely” on Tuesday evening. She thanked the more than 150,000 troops who have served there since 2001 and said that “they can […]

“Civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized,” said Gen. Austin S. Miller, commander of the U.S.-led forces. “That should be a concern for the world.” The commander of the U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan warned on Tuesday that the country could be on a path to chaotic civil war as American and other international troops prepare to leave […]

Residents in Pul-e-Khumri city, the center of the Afghan northern province of Baghlan, on Wednesday said that the Taliban are using people’s homes as fighting positions as they battle Afghan forces. A family who lost a member during the fighting has called on the warring parties to avoid using the people’s homes.

As the fight between Afghan security forces and the Taliban continues to expand, the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) has recaptured Shinwari district from the Taliban in the northern province of Parwan. “Shinwari district has been cleared, the security forces arrived there at 4:00 am and now the district is under government control,” said Fazluddin Ayar, governor of […]

On Wednesday afternoon, soldiers from the last Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan returned home on a C-130 Hercules plane. The soldiers were welcomed by the head of the National Defense Ministry, Mariusz Błaszczak. In June, President Andrzej Duda announced that, in accordance with the decisions of our allies, Poland would not extend its contingent’s stay in Afghanistan and would end […]