report in The Nation, December 27, 2020KABUL – Two Afghan policemen were killed as three separate “sticky bombs” exploded in Kabul on Saturday, the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital. The policemen were killed when a sticky bomb attached to their pick-up truck exploded in a central district of Kabul, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told reporters. A civilian was also wounded in the blast, he said. Two security personnel were wounded in another similar…
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report in Khaama Press, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:34 AMMinistry of Defense stated on Sunday, that seven Taliban fighters were killed in Zherai district of Kandahar province. The Taliban affiliated members were killed before the could attack ANDSF positions in the provincial district, Ministry of Defense said in a tweet. Similarly, 4 Taliban members were killed in the Arghandab district of Zabul province on Saturday. The Taliban attacked ANA positions and was retaliated by the…
By Sharif Hassan in The Washington Post, Dec. 27, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. GMT+5:30KABUL — Malala Maiwand sat on a television studio couch, pen and notebook in hand, a dark red headscarf framing her face. She was hosting a morning talk show in the city of Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. The topic was rising insecurity in the region, and her guest was a police spokesman. Maiwand got straight to the point. A recent killing had…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 27, 2020 at 02:20 PMLocal officials in Faryab province say a policeman was killed in a clash between police and the public uprising members. Abdul Karim Yuresh, a spokesman to Faryab police HQ, said that the clash took place on Saturday, in the center of the Qaisar district of the province. Yuresh added that a policeman was killed as a result of the clashes in the Qaisar district of the…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 27, 2020 at 02:20 PMLocal officials in Faryab province say a policeman was killed in a clash between police and the public uprising members. Abdul Karim Yuresh, a spokesman to Faryab police HQ, said that the clash took place on Saturday, in the center of the Qaisar district of the province. Yuresh added that a policeman was killed as a result of the clashes in the Qaisar district of the…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 26, 2020 at 01:48 PMMinistry of Defense reported 29 Taliban were killed in an Afghan National Army operation in Zherai and Panjwai districts of Kandahar province. “They were planning to attack ANDSF positions” when the Taliban fighters were targeted by the Afghan security forces, MoD stated. In a separate incident on Friday, at least 7 Taliban members were killed in Naw-Abad village of Nad-Ali district in Helmand province. The Taliban…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 26, 2020 at 11:05 AMAt least four Explosions have occurred in Kabul city on Saturday morning, in less than three hours the city was rattled by IED explosions, such explosion in some weeks have become a daily routine of public’s fear. According to Police, two security force members were killed and six other people were wounded in the blast. The initial explosion happened at around 7:02 a.m on Saturday morning,…
by Shishir Gupta in Hindustan Times, Dec 25, 2020 at 07:34 ISTAfghanistan has busted a 10-member Chinese module operating a terror cell in the capital city of Kabul, according to diplomats and security officials in the West Asian country. The crackdown has come as a huge embarrassment for Beijing, which has been trying to persuade the Ashraf Ghani government to hush up the case, people familiar with the matter in Kabul and New Delhi said.…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 25, 2020 at 06:08 PMUS Special Envoy for National Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, condemned assassinations of public figures in a thread of tweets. He said this level of violence will increase fear and will make people flee the country. “Living with so much violence is no way to live. It breeds a climate of fear. Fear will drive more Afghans to leave their homeland. Who will then be left to advocate…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 25, 2020 at 07:11 PMMinistry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, that Taliban presence in Pakistan is a clear violation of Afghanistan’s national sovereignty. Taliban’s presence in Pakistan will continue crisis and instability in the region, and will affect efforts for lasting peace in Afghanistan, MoFA stated. The Afghan foreign ministry also called on Pakistan for not allowing insurgents to use Pakistan’s soil against Afghanistan. According to MoFA, some…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 24, 2020 at 02:54 PM /NANGARHAR, Afghanistan – At least 16 Taliban insurgents killed and further two wounded after bearing heavy retaliation by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Nangarhar province, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement Thursday. According to the statement, the Taliban initially carried an attack against the forces, but faced heavy retaliation. “16 #Taliban were killed and 2 others were wounded in…