A powerful suicide bombing targeted an under-construction medical facility on Wednesday near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the Afghan capital, the U.S. military said. Two civilians were killed and more than 70 people wounded.
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Turkistan Islamic Party touts captured equipment, training camp in Afghanistan
The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), a largely Uighur jihadist group that is affiliated with al Qaeda and also operates in Syria, released a new video earlier today showcasing it’s men fighting in Afghanistan.
Read more ›ISIS is taking a beating in Afghanistan setting the stage for potential US troop withdrawal
Sustained U.S. and Afghan operations combating the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State has led to a near-collapse of the jihadist group in eastern Afghanistan — helping clear a hurdle for an American withdrawal from the country.
Read more ›U.S. envoy visits Kabul, touts “effective operations” by American forces and Taliban against ISIS
Washington’s special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital and will “rejoin talks with the Taliban,” the State Department said Wednesday. Khalilzad’s visit comes just days after President Donald Trump visited U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the Thanksgiving holiday, when he hinted at a resumption of peace talks with the Taliban.
Read more ›Airstrikes kills 15 militants in southern Afghanistan
At least 15 Taliban militants were killed as fighting planes pounded the hideouts of the Taliban fighters in the southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces on Thursday, said an army statement released on Friday.
Read more ›Analysis: Taliban continues to lie about presence of foreign fighters in Afghanistan
On Dec. 4, FDD’s Long War Journal reported on a new video released by the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al-Qaeda-affiliated group that is loyal to the Taliban and fights under its umbrella in Afghanistan. The video shows TIP members training and and fighting in Afghanistan. Overall, the video is a pretty typical example of jihadist messaging.
Read more ›Over 40 militants killed as Afghan troops combat Taliban in restive provinces
More than 40 Taliban militants have been killed within past 24 hours as the Afghan army, backed by air force and NATO-led coalition’s aircraft, continued to pound militants by conducting daily operations, the Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
Read more ›UN development worker killed in Afghan blast
An American working for the United Nations has been killed when his car was attacked with a grenade in the Afghan capital.
Read more ›2 soldiers, 24 militants killed in clashes in northern Afghanistan
Two Afghan security force members and 24 militants were killed in fresh clashes in Darzab district of northern Jawzjan province during Friday night, a spokesman of provincial government said Saturday.
Read more ›Trump: ‘We’re working on an agreement now with the Taliban’
President Donald Trump on Friday seemed to suggest that formal negotiations with the Taliban were back on — months after the peace talks with the militant group collapsed.
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