Category: Afghanistan

5 Taliban killed in Laghman drone attack

Five Taliban have been killed in an airstrike in eastern Laghman province while an individual who planned attack on security forces arrested in eastern Nangarhar province, an official and a statement said on Sunday.

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Guns For Hire: Tribal Mercenaries Turn A Profit In The Afghan Borderlands

Abid has found an unlikely combat role in a country where most such jobs are taken up by the Afghan security forces and the Taliban as fighting between the two sides continues.

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Gunmen Kill 2 Female Judges in Kabul

Ghani, addressing the Taliban, said: “Terror, crime and violence are not the solutions to the problem.” Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Kabul around 830am on Sunday, Kabul police reported, and two female judges of the Supreme Court were killed and two other people–the driver and another female–were wounded in the attack, according to the Presidential Palace.

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Taliban blamed as two female judges shot dead in Afghanistan

Gunmen shot dead two female Afghan judges working for the Supreme Court in an ambush in the country’s capital on Sunday, officials said, an attack that the top US envoy in Kabul blamed on the Taliban. Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government – especially in Kabul, where a new […]

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Two Afghan female Supreme Court judges shot dead in Kabul car ambush

Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court during an early morning ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation.

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Army Commander Says Troop Drawdown Will Not Impact Security

The commander of the Afghan Army’s 111 Division says there is “no concern” about foreign forces withdrawal. An army commander on Sunday said that the Taliban is trying to “conduct terrorist activities” in areas near the capital city but pledged they will be prevented.

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Afghan Sikhs call for peace following mass migration

Only 250 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have remained in Afghanistan following the evacuation of hundreds of their community members from cities across the country last year.

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12 local police killed in Taliban attack in Herat

At least 12 members of Afghan local police were killed in an attack by Taliban “infiltrators” in Herat province, local officials confirmed Saturday.

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Two police personnel killed in targeted explosion in Kabul

At least two Afghan National Police (ANP) personnel were killed in an early morning IED explosion in Kabul on Saturday.

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‘Digital Silk Road’ on track as Afghanistan and Turkmenistan connect

Thursday marked another milestone in Afghanistan’s modern history when President Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the new fiber optic connection between Turkmenistan and the commercial port of Aqina in Afghanistan’s Faryab province.

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