ARG: Surge in fighting does not mean Taliban control more areas
Presidential Palace ‘ARG’ has shown a strong reaction to the report of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) which shows that Taliban have brought more areas under their...
View ArticleTaliban control more territory than 2001
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its new report to the United States Congress has written that Afghanistan proved even more dangerous than it was a year ago. The...
View ArticleWhy are the Taliban rejecting ISIS advances in Afghanistan?
The Taliban recently announced that it would not be open to allowing Islamic State (IS) operations in Afghanistan. The Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic group currently at war with Afghanistan’s...
View ArticleHere's What The Taliban Wants America To Think About ISIS In Afghanistan
KABUL -- As the United States ramps up its offensive against the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State, the Taliban -- a self-declared enemy of ISIS -- says the American people are being fed lies....
View ArticleCampbell confident in Afghan military but urges reforms
KABUL, Afghanistan — The outgoing commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Saturday he is confident that Afghan security forces can deal successfully with the current Taliban offensive and...
View ArticleDrone strike kills 28 rebels in Nangarhar
A drone strike has killed 28 rebels in Haska Mina District of eastern Nangarhar province, an area that is turned into a hot spot for Daesh and Taliban...
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Natural Resources under the sight of Islamic State
Pentagon in a new report says that Islamic State group is eyeing on the Natural Resources of Afghanistan. Citing the Pentagon report, The Diplomat an online international news magazine that also writes...
View ArticleISIL may be seeking a new home in Afghanistan
A year ago, the prospect of ISIL spreading into Afghanistan from its bastions in the Middle East was being greeted with scepticism by government officials and analysts alike. Despite the never-ending...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense Press Briefing with Brigadier General Wilson Shoffner,...
(Source: US Department of Defense) CAPTAIN JEFF DAVIS: Great. OK. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us, and sorry for the delays here. This is a -- a -- a bit unusual in how we're doing this,...
View ArticleISIL prolongs US war of contradictions in Afghanistan
We will bury ISIL in Afghanistan. This was the stark warning from Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking to the BBC in Davos last weekend. After welcoming the United States administration's decision...
View ArticleThe Afghan battlefield has become more complicated
The Kabul regime is in a state of panic over the Taliban's current offensive which led to the first major city to fall into their hands since 2002, the capture of a dozen district headquarters and the...
View ArticleISIL releases video, claims Taliban militant beheading
The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group has released a new video apparently showing the beheading of a member of the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan. The footage, the first ISIL beheading video in...
View ArticleUS watchdog: Afghanistan poppy production at record levels despite massive...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s opium economy is booming despite $7.6 billion in U.S. counternarcotics efforts since 2002, federal auditors said in a report released Tuesday. The most recent...
View ArticleUS watchdog: Afghanistan poppy production at record levels despite...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s opium economy is booming despite $7.6 billion in U.S. counternarcotics efforts since 2002, federal auditors said in a report released Tuesday. The most recent...
View ArticleISIL won't get very far in Afghanistan - for now
On March 25, 2015, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told the United States Congress that Afghanistan was the "front line" against the "terrible threat" of the self-proclaimed caliphate, the Islamic State...
View ArticleIslamic State expands Afghan footprint with terror campaign
Jalalabad: Rahman Wali's younger brother was one of 10 Afghan men forced by Islamic State militants to kneel over bombs buried in the soil in a lush green valley in eastern Nangarhar province. The...
View ArticleIS fighting Taliban in Afghanistan, says US commander
WASHINGTON: Daesh (self-styled Islamic state) militants are attacking Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, particularly in the areas close to Pakistan, says a senior US military official. At a news...
View ArticleIslamic State group loyalists eye a presence in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Homegrown militants loyal to the Islamic State group are making inroads into Afghanistan, controlling territory in some parts of the country and ruling with the harsh hand the...
View ArticleAnalysis: The Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan
The Taliban in Afghanistan have expanded their presence and acquired more reach in the country than at any point since the toppling of their regime as a result of the United States-led intervention in...
View ArticleBring America's Troops Home
Afghanistan is a bust. The Taliban is expanding its control. The number of "security incidents" was up a fifth in the last months of 2015 over the previous year. Popular confidence is at its lowest...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban won't talk because it is winning
With an air of inevitability, efforts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group comprising Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States, to persuade the Taliban to engage in face-to-face peace...
View ArticleAfghan Leader Claims Successes Against Taliban, IS
Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD— Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his security forces’ improved capabilities have enabled them to disperse Islamic State (IS) loyalists and deter the Taliban from threatening...
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