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Report in TOLO News, NOV 20, 2020 at 7:16 PMAfghanistan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Friday said the Taliban launched attacks and other “destructive activities” in 23 out of 34 provinces of the country in the last 24 hours. One of their attacks was on the center of Maymay in the northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, where according to Hujjatullah Kheradmand, an MP from Badakhshan, at least 25 members of Afghan security forces were killed…

REPORT in Khaama Press, 20 Nov 2020 at 11:37 AMAt least 12 Taliban killed and further seven wounded during an operation by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Maiwand and Zherai districts of Kandahar province, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement. “12 Taliban were killed and 7 others were wounded in Maiwand and Zherai districts of Kandahar province during reciprocal operation of #ANDSF, last night,” said the MoD in a tweet.…

Report in TOLO News, 19 Nov, 2020 at 7:59 AMFive security force members including Safar Mohammad Bidar, the police chief for Qaramqul district in Faryab province were killed in a roadside bomb blast in the province on Wednesday morning, police said. The incident when the police chief was on his way to support security forces who were “under Taliban attack” in an area in the district, said Abdul Karim Yourish, spokesman for Faryab police chief.…

By Massoud Ansar in TOLO News, NOV 19, 2020The Taliban captured Maymay district in the northeastern province of Badakhshan on Thursday, according to lawmakers and provincial council members, who said “several” security force members were killed in an offensive by the Taliban. The head of the NDS department of the district is among those killed in the attack, according to local officials. The district governor’s headquarters “was set ablaze” by the Taliban after they overrun…

By Massoud Ansar in TOLO News, NOV 19, 2020At least seven civilians, including women and children, were killed and six more were wounded in a “Taliban” mortar attack in the northeastern city of Kunduz on Wednesday evening, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement. The incident happened in Taloka area in the city of Kunduz where a mortar hit “civilian houses,” the statement said. The statement did not provide further details. The Taliban…

report in Khaama Press, 18 Nov 2020 at 10:32 AMFirst Vice President Amrullah Saleh announces the arrest of an ISIS Taliban member. Saleh wrote on his Facebook page, Wednesday, that a member of the ISIS-Taliban named “Ezatullah” had been arrested. The first vice president says the man wanted to extort $ 100,000 from money changers and previously had thrown a hand grenade at them to set a grown fear among the Shroffs. Saleh also said…

report in Khaama Press, 18 Nov 2020 at 09:50 AMMarshal Abdul Rashid Dostum took the lead last night in Faryab province due to the fierce fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban over the past few days. Faryab police spokesman, Abdul Kabir Yoresh told Khaama Press. that Marshal Dostum took the lead in the fighting, following insurgents’ attack on Qamarqul district of Faryab province on Tuesday night, killing the district’s acting provincial police chief…

Report in TOLO News, 18 Nov, 2020 at 1:16 PMTwo army soldiers were killed and four more were wounded in a Taliban attack on a security outpost in the northern province of Baghlan on Tuesday evening, security sources said. The attack happened on an army outpost in Saif Khan area in Pul-e-Khumri city, the center of Baghlan, the sources said. The sources said “the Taliban torched an army vehicle and took captive five other soldiers.”…

report in Khaama Press, 18 Nov 2020 at 12:00 PMThe Ministry of Defense (MoD) says that 29 Taliban militants were killed in Kandahar, during the defense and security operations. In a released statement on Wednesday, the ministry stated, that a number of armed Taliban, who were planning to attack security positions has been targeted by AAF airstrikes. According to the Ministry of Defense, the attack took place in the Zherai district of Kandahar province. Besides,…

by Ajmal Shams in The Frontier Post / November 16, 2020Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected as the new president of the US, although his victory has not been acknowledged by President Donald Trump. However, the US has strong democratic institutions that will ensure his entry to the White House on Jan. 20, 2021. Several world leaders, including Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, have already congratulated Biden for winning the US presidency. With the…