Deputy governor says Taliban captured Sheberghan, less than a day after taking over Zaranj in Nimruz province. The Taliban has captured the city of Sheberghan, the second Afghan provincial capital to fall to the armed group in less than 24 ...
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Taliban terrorists shoot 21-year-old Afghan girl dead for not wearing veil: Report
misanThe Taliban has intensified its offensive against Afghan security forces and civilians over the last few weeks as foreign troops are completing their final withdrawal. The Taliban terrorists shot a young girl dead for not wearing a veil, Afghanistan Times ...
The United States offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensive.
rnroniThe United States will continue to carry out airstrikes to support Afghan forces facing attack from the insurgent Taliban, a regional U.S. commander said on Sunday as the U.S. and other international forces have drawn down troops in Afghanistan. The ...
Buoyed with US airstrikes, Afghan security forces push back Taliban
rnroniBouyed by support from the international community and air strikes by the United States, the Afghanistan National Defence Security Forces (ANDSF) have begun the pushback against the Taliban with latest reports from ground indicating fierce fighting in 20 provinces including ...
Abdullah Abdullah: Can Afghanistan move ahead without US troops?
babin30The US invasion of Afghanistan began in 2001. Twenty years on, the Americans are still there, but President Joe Biden has promised the mission will finally end on August 31, 2021. Once US troops are gone, Afghanistan’s affairs will have ...
Taliban claim of controlling 90% of Afghan border is ‘absolute lie’, says Kabul
babin30The Taliban’s claim to hold 90 percent of Afghanistan’s borders is an “absolute lie”, the defense ministry said Friday, insisting government forces were in control of the country’s frontiers. “It is baseless propaganda,” deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Defence ...
As Taliban advances, Afghan military overhauls war strategy
babin30Reeling from a surge in battlefield losses, Afghanistan’s military is overhauling its war strategy against the Taliban to concentrate forces around the most critical areas like Kabul and other cities, border crossings and vital infrastructure, Afghan and U.S. officials say. ...
Taliban has to stop occupation in Afghanistan, ErdoÄŸan says
rnroniThe Taliban must stop its occupation of Afghanistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan stated on Monday, underlining that it is utilizing the wrong approach. “The Taliban should end the occupation of the soil of their brothers,” ErdoÄŸan stated in a ...
Taliban doesn’t want fighting inside Afghan cities: Senior leader
babin30The Taliban does not want to engage in fighting inside Afghanistan’s cities, a senior leader of the group has said, as thousands of families flee their homes, fearful of living under their rule. “Now that the fighting from mountains and ...
Afghanistan Counting On Indian ‘Military Assistance’ If Taliban Talks Fail
RAABINThe government of Afghanistan may, at some future point, seek India’s military assistance if talks with the Taliban fail amid a withdrawal of US troops from there, the country’s Ambassador to India has said. He, however, made it clear that ...