report in Khaama Press, 28 Nov 2020 at 02:48 PMThe Interior Ministry said in a statement, that Two people have been arrested in connection with targeted assassinations by security forces in Kabul’s Qarabagh district. A Special Operations Unit of the police has arrested two members of the Taliban who were involved in targeted assassinations in the Qarabagh district of Kabul, MoI said in a statement on Saturday. The detainees have long been implicated in planning…
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report in Khaama Press, 28 Nov 2020 at 02:19 PMThe Ministry of Defense says that 39 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes between security forces and Taliban fighters in Herat, Kunduz, Helmand, and Uruzgan provinces. 15 Taliban fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in Herat province, MoD stated. The statement added that Taliban fighters had gathered to attack security forces’ positions in the Barah-Kuh area of Kohsan district in Herat province, where…
report in Khaama Press, 28 Nov 2020 at 01:24 PMAmerica closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan, following the signing of a peace deal with the Taliban in February, Washington Post reports. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is being moved back to the Persian Gulf along with other warships to provide combat and air support as the troops withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15, 2020. Afghan and American officials confirmed the closure of…
by Raja Hamza Anwar in The Express Tribune, Nov28, 2020The recent diplomatic exchanges between Pakistan, Taliban and the Afghan government have marked a savoury start right from Abdullah Abdullah’s visit to Pakistan this year that was followed by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Afghanistan. The United States on the other hand is in a haste to put a lid on the simmering squabble they have connived to create. Until now, America has bypassed the…
report in Khaama Press, 28 Nov 2020 at 12:03 PMIn an incident on Saturday morning, seven people were wounded in two separate blasts in Kabul city. Ferdaws Faramarz, the Kabul police Spokesman, told Khaama press, the First mine hit a Land Cruiser detonated at around 7:10 am in the Khair Khana area in PD11 of Kabul city, leaving for people injured. Another blast was reported to have taken place in the Omid-e-Sabz township, three individuals…
report in Khaama Press, 28 Nov 2020 at 01:24 PMAmerica closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan, following the signing of a peace deal with the Taliban in February, Washington Post reports. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is being moved back to the Persian Gulf along with other warships to provide combat and air support as the troops withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15, 2020. Afghan and American officials confirmed the closure of…
REPORT in the News, Nov 28, 2020WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended President Trump’s plan to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan to 2,500 by mid-January, saying getting American troops out of “harm’s way” in in Afghghanistan “is the mission set.” Quoted in a report by Fox News on Thursday, Pompeo said no troops in the country, would not mean, no security for Americans. “President Trump has been very clear we’re going…
by Dr Moonis Ahmar in The Express Tribune, November 27th, 2020.The writer is former Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, University of KarachiAfghanistan is again at the crossroads. Outgoing US President Donald Trump has directed withdrawal of the remaining forces from Afghanistan, while retaining 2,500, which according to critics is highly insufficient to meet the grave security challenges in the war-ravaged country. In the meantime, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s first-ever visit to Kabul on November 19,…
report in Khaama Press, 27 Nov 2020 at 11:49 AMAfghanistan – The Afghan National Army (ANA) has foiled at least 10 possible IED blasts across several provinces of the country, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement Friday. According to the statement, the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were placed on public roads by the Taliban insurgents that were discovered and defused during multiple operations in Kandahar, Zabul and Uruzgan provinces. “10 IEDs which were…
By Mohammad Arif Sheva in Khaama Press, 26 Nov 2020 at 03:45 PMMohammad Naeem Wardak, spokesman for Taliban’s political office in Qatar, says the Afghan and Taliban negotiating teams met on peace dialogues but had not yet reached to any agreement, denying reports that Doha talks have agreed on procedural rules. In an exclusive interview with Khaama Press Thursday, Wardak said meetings between the two delegations have been underway for quite some times, but no…
By Sharif Amiry in TOLO News, 26 Nov, 2020 at 10:56 PMThe High Council for National Reconciliation on Thursday said there is progress in the peace negotiations in Doha, but a recent decision made by the negotiating teams has not been approved by the two sides’ leaders—the Afghan government and the Taliban leadership. Sources this week reported a breakthrough in the talks and said both sides had agreed to include the US-Taliban agreement and UN…