Afghan commandos have launched a clearance operation in Kunduz city to push back the Taliban, the Defense Ministry said. According to the ministry, commandos have already cleared the General Raziq Square in the city and the offices of Afghan National Radio and Television (RTA).

Due to spiking violence, an estimated 330,000 Afghans have been displaced since January; civilian casualties continue to rise. A stalled diplomatic process and growing insecurity in Afghanistan will likely prompt large-scale forced migration to neighboring countries. As the U.S. troop withdrawal proceeds, the U.S. is expanding its plans for temporary accommodations for Afghan special immigrant visa applicants and their families. […]

Kabul was rocked by a massive car bomb and gunfire near the “Green Zone,” on Tuesday, close to the Defense Minister’s home and foreign embassies. No group has yet claimed responsibility, but as the only group believed to be capable of such an attack, many believe the Taliban is the perpetrator. In a show of support for the Afghan government […]

The corporate media was forced to admit the obvious by early July. Even before U.S. troops left Afghanistan, the reactionary Islamist Taliban that their invasion overthrew had retaken huge swaths of the country. After 20 years and over $2 trillion spent, Washington faced a massive failure with nothing to show for it but death and destruction. What apologists for U.S. […]

Heavy clashes between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and Taliban are underway in Sheberghan city, the capital of Jawzjan province, local sources told Ariana News early Saturday. Clashes are reportedly underway in PD1 of Sheberghan, where former Vice President Abdul Rasheed Dostum lives. Officials have not yet commented. Sayed Shamsudin Sadat, a member of Junbish Milli Party […]

Taliban militants have captured parts of Sheberghan city, capital of Jawzjan province, local officials confirmed Saturday evening. According to sources, the Taliban seized control of the provincial governor’s office, police headquarters, the provincial headquarters of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), and Jawzjan prison. On Saturday evening, clashes between the Afghan National Defense and Security (ANDSF) and the insurgents were […]

US President Joe Biden has ordered B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to target Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan who are advancing towards three key cities. The B-52 bombers are being supported by the AC-130 Spectre gunships which are armed with a 25mm Gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors cannon and a 105mm M102 cannon – which can provide pinpoint accurate fire from […]

The Taliban, on Friday, announced they have taken control of Zaranj in southern Nimroz province, which would be their first provincial capital, in a symbolic victory. However, government forces refuted the news saying fighting was still ongoing and Zaranj had not fallen. Nimroz is sparsely populated in a region that is mainly desert and Zaranj, the provincial capital, has about […]

Military officials are to review the rejected relocation bid of an Afghan translator after the Daily Mail provided crucial documents in his favour. Latif Hottak, 36, was denied the right to come to the UK because the Ministry of Defence said he had been dismissed from his job as an interpreter in January 2011. But salary records handed to the […]

The hourslong raid, which killed eight people, targeted a top military official’s home near Kabul’s fortified green zone. The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack on the home of a top military official in Kabul that killed eight people, highlighting the insurgents’ ability to strike in the heart of the Afghan capital as they continue their sweeping military […]