‘People want to leave, but don’t know where they can go. We are surrounded, there is fighting everywhere’ The city at the centre of Britain’s long mission in Afghanistan is in danger of falling to the Taliban as Islamist fighters target key urban centres after capturing swathes of the countryside. Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, is one of […]

Clashes intensified for the third day in southern parts of Herat as Taliban advanced to towards the central parts on Saturday, leading to displacement of hundreds of people. Security forces said the Taliban is using people’s houses and gardens as a shield, something that officials said has slowed down military operations. Out of 17 districts, only Guzara and the city […]

Findings by a parliamentary committee indicate that the newly appointed chief of army staff for Afghanistan, Gen. Wali Ahmadzai, has been focusing on rivalries with corps commanders instead of managing the fight against the Taliban. The army general was appointed to the post a month ago, replacing former chief of army staff Gen. Yasin Zia, as the Taliban was taking […]

Taliban’s offensive on the city of Herat was criticized by some lawmakers and analysts as a clear violation of their commitments to the Doha agreement, saying it has displaced hundreds of families and has created panic in the western city. Under the US-Taliban agreement signed last year in Doha, the Taliban pledged to avoid attacks on major cities. “Taliban had […]

Afghan soldiers will receive training from NATO in Turkey, in the first such training program of its kind outside Afghanistan. The location of the program for Afghan special forces, to begin after NATO officially finishes its mission in the country, has not been disclosed. The move is expected to be the prelude to regular training programs outside Afghanistan for the […]