report on Times of India online,| Nov 15, 2020 at 11.01 PMKABUL: Over 150 Pakistan terrorists operating in Afghanistan were killed in operations conducted by the Afghan forces in Helmand and Kandahar province, the interior affairs ministry said on Sunday. In a press conference, the interior affairs ministry’s spokesman Tariq Arian released a list of Taliban terrorists killed in recent clashes against Afghan forces, Tolo News reported “At least 55 Taliban commanders have been killed…
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By Gulabudin Ghubar in TOLOnews , Nov 15,2020 at 08:04 PMAmidst reports about the Trump administration’s bid for an early pullout of its forces from Afghanistan, a senior Iranian official has said that Iran favors a responsible withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and sees it as a violation of Afghan national interests if the country is abandoned to an opposition group. In an interview published on Iran’s Etemad newspaper on Nov. 14, Iran Foreign…
report in TOLOnews , Nov 15,2020 at 7:28 PMThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement on Sunday rejected the claims by the Pakistani military about the use of Afghan soil against Pakistan as baseless and said the top priority for Afghanistan’s foreign policy is to become the center of cooperation for fighting terrorism. The ministry said Afghanistan has been the main victim of terrorism in the world. “We are committed to the policy…
report on Khaama Press, 15 Nov 2020 at 04:09 PMWAZIRISTAN, Pakistan – The Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) held a “massive gathering” in Miran Shah, North Waziristan on Sunday, according to sources, “expressing opposition to a new war being imposed on both sides of Durand Line.” “Pashtuns in a massive PTM gathering in Waziristan are expressing opposition to new war being imposed on both sides of Durand Line,” tweeted Afrasiab Khattak, a former member of the…
report on Khaama Press, 15 Nov 2020KABUL– The Ministry of Foreign Affairs “strongly denies’ the allegations regarding use of Afghan soil for terrorism, after Pakistan in a press conference Saturday has accused Indian government of running a number of training camps in Afghanistan on globally outlawed militant groups. While Afghanistan itself is major victim of terrorism for decades, the government in a statement Sunday, called such an allegation “baseless”, as officials reviewed the Saturday press…
AFP report in The Daily Star, 15 Nov 2020 Afghan forces have captured the “mastermind” of a brutal attack on Kabul University when militants stormed classrooms and gunned down dozens of students earlier this month, a top official said yesterday. At least 22 people were killed and another 27 wounded when three gunmen rampaged through the university on November 2, spraying classrooms with bullets for several hours. The brazen daylight assault came amid surging violence…
Report in Khaama Press, 14 Nov 2020 at 01:50 PMThe Ministry of Defense says 77 Taliban fighters have been killed in clashes with the country’s security and defense forces. The ministry said in a press release on Saturday, that 60 Taliban fighters were killed last night during a security operation in Kandahar province. The statement added, that 22 other fighters of this group were wounded in these operations. According to the Ministry of Defense, the…
Report in Khaama Press, 14 Nov 2020 at 11:26 AMAmrullah Saleh, the first vice president, announced the arrest of the mastermind of the attack on Kabul University. Saleh wrote on his Facebook page Saturday, that “We said that ISIL is a name, those who have committed this have several identities: Hizb ut-Tahrir – Talib – ISIL, etc.”, and affiliate themselves to one whenever needed. Saleh adds that Adil, son of Mohammad Aref is the prime…
report on The Nation online, Nov 14, 2020The Afghan narrative on the Durand Line was crafted to lay claim on Pakistan’s Pashtun belt despite the fact that the treaty was willingly signed by Amir of Afghanistan Abdur Rahman Khan in 1893 and the border was duly demarcated under the supervision of Afghan and British officials. Hence, the Durand Line is a settled matter and both Pakistan and Afghanistan need to look beyond the border issue…
Report in Khaama Press, 13 Nov 2020 at 10:21 AMKABUL, Afghanistan – At least two people were killed and further four wounded in an explosion near an Afghan National Army’s outpost in Paghman district, west capital city Kabul, Friday morning, local police said. The explosion occurred in Arghandi area of Paghman district, with photos circulating on social media show the explosion had damaged the army outpost. Officials did not provide further details on the victims,…
Report in Khaama Press, 13 Nov 2020 at 03:27 PMAfghanistan – At least 10 Taliban were killed and further five wounded during a battle with Afghan security forces in Saheb district of Kunduz province, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement Friday. During the operation, Afghan National and Defense Security Forces (ANDSF) wrecked a huge amount of arms and ammunition that belonged to the Taliban. “10 Taliban were killed and 5 others were wounded…