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 […]

Taliban on Friday captured the city of Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province on the border with Iran as the first provincial capital to be seized by the group since the Biden administration said it would completely withdraw US troops from the country. Taliban attacked the provincial capital on Thursday night. Their attacks were followed by hundreds of residents of […]

In a shift of their attention from rural areas to capital cities, the Taliban conducted heavy attacks on the centers of Lashkargah city in Helmand and Sheberghan city in Jawzjan province in the last 24 hours, entering some key government facilities. In Jawzjan, the group made some progress until Friday afternoon, but soon they were pushed back from the city. […]

The insurgents are making gains, but a band of government troops and local fighters are hitting back A government Humvee billows thick black smoke in a residential street of Afghanistan’s third-largest city and cultural capital Herat, marking the site of an inner-city front line. Gun shots are fired intermittently and A-29 attack aircraft rumble through the sky overhead, as the […]

Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in Fatehabad area of Sorkh Rud district of Nangarhar province on Thursday morning and have blocked access for motorists along a road that leads to Kabul. Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the Taliban had blown up three bridges on a secondary road between Kabul and Jalalabad, and have closed it […]

Herat officials said Thursday morning that the security forces in the province notched up a major achievement by repelling the Taliban overnight after the militants launched seven attacks across four areas of the city during the night. This comes after battles in the city of Herat entered their 9th day on Thursday. Herat Governor Abdul Sabur Qani said the Taliban […]

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State spoke on the phone Thursday with Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), and reiterated Washington’s commitment to seek a just and durable political settlement that ends the war in Afghanistan. “They discussed ways to accelerate peace negotiations and achieve a political settlement that is inclusive, respects the rights of […]