Category: Afghanistan

US Provides Military Vehicles, Aircrafts and equipment to ANA

Afghanistan Ministry of Defense (MOD) said on Thursday that US has provided as assistance hundreds of Humvees vehicles, Helicopters and aircrafts to the Afghan National Army (ANA).

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SIGAR: Increase of violence impacts US-Taliban peace deal

US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), quoted Pentagon, saying an increase in violence by the Taliban is not acceptable and will impact the US-Taliban peace deal.

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Taliban Rejects Al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan

Taliban spokesman says they will not allow any group including al-Qaeda to exploit and use Afghanistan’s territory against other nations. Taliban has rejected al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan weeks after the Afghan security forces during an operation killed a senior leader of the network Abu Mohsin al-Misri in a Taliban-controlled area in Andar district of central Ghazni province.

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Kabul University attack is the most ignorant type of war: Afghan Ulema Council

The Ulema Council of Afghanistan on Wednesday condemned Monday’s attack on Kabul University and labelled it as the “most ignorant type of war”. The council also called on government to immediately lift restrictions on security forces and allow them to take urgent action against the perpetrators.

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Taliban ‘could have used drone’ in Kunduz attack

In what could be a “new method of attack”, an explosion in the Kunduz governor’s compound on Sunday could have been carried out by a drone, the New York Times reported Monday.

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One insurgent killed so far in ongoing Kabul University siege

Police said early Monday afternoon that so far at least one insurgent has been killed in the Kabul University attack. The siege, which has been ongoing for at least two hours, started just after 11am when insurgents detonated explosives at the entrance of the university. An unknown number of them then stormed the facility and have reportedly been holed up […]

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Officials condemn violent attack on Kabul University

The Presidential Palace (ARG) along with other high-ranking officials, including Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, have strongly condemned the attack on Kabul University which started on Monday morning.

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Turmoil in Helmand

Several parts of Nawa and Nad Ali Districts of Helmand Province were cleared of the Taliban in the ongoing operation by Afghan Security Forces (SFs), the Ministry of Defense said on October 28, 2020. The operation was launched on October 26, in these two districts as well as in Lashkargah city, the capital of Helmand, to retake the areas that […]

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Commander of Taliban special forces unit killed in Helmand airstrike

The commander for a Taliban Red Unit for Nadali district of southern Helmand province was killed in an airstrike by the Afghan security forces on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed.

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Five killed, 10 wounded in Kunduz mortar attack

At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when a mortar hit the Kunduz government complex on Sunday evening, a source said.

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