An attack on a military hospital in Afghanistan has killed more than 30 people, the country’s Defence Ministry has said. An Islamic State affiliate claimed Wednesday’s attack on the hospital in Kabul’s heavily guarded diplomatic quarter, which set off clashes that lasted for several hours.
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As Europe closes its doors to migrants, hundreds are stranded at a train station in Serbia
Tariq Stanikzay, 25, has tried four times to cross into the EU from Serbia. He sleeps in a shed along the train tracks in Belgrade with six other Afghan migrants.
Islamic militants release 14 kidnapped Afghan civilians
Fourteen Afghan civilians kidnapped by the Islamic State militants in the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar were released Saturday, March 4, the Provincial Government said. “The 12 religious teachers and two education employees, who were kidnapped by Daesh militants in Haska Mina district about 40 days ago were released Saturday morning.
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At least five members of the Afghan security forces were killed early Sunday morning when their checkpoint came under an insurgent attack in northeastern Kunduz province, an Afghan official said. Gen. Abdul Hamid Hamid, provincial police chief in Kunduz, said a large group of Taliban fighters attacked the post near the city of Kunduz.
Bush has ‘no regrets’ about invading Iraq and Afghanistan
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Afghan official: 2 separate suicide bombings in Kabul
Smoke rises from a district police headquarters after a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. An Afghan official says that a suicide car bomber attacked at the gates of a police station in the western part of the capital, Kabul.
French Mediapart journalist says judicial source denies report on Fillon’s wife
A journalist for French investigative web site Mediapart said his report that the wife of conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon was being held for questioning by police had been denied by a judicial source. Journalist Michel Delean, who initially said on Twitter that Penelope Fillon was being questioned over allegations she did little work for payments she received as Fillon’s assistant, later issued a correction on Twitter, saying his report had been denied by a judicial source.
Former addicts try to help drug users in Afghanistan
Raheem Rejaey was a drug addict for 17 years. He lived under bridges in Kabul or in the ruins of buildings.
Afghan official: Policeman turns gun on colleagues, kills 11
An Afghan policeman turned his rifle on his colleagues at a checkpoint in southern Helmand province, killing 11 of them before fleeing the scene, officials said Tuesday. The attack happened late on Monday night in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, said Omer Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Afghan official: Policeman turns gun on colleagues, kills 11
An Afghan policeman turned his rifle on his colleagues at a checkpoint in southern Helmand province, killing 11 of them before fleeing the scene, officials said Tuesday. The attack happened late on Monday night in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, said Omer Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Taliban leader encourages people to plant trees
Springtime in Afghanistan usually brings a spike in violence as the Taliban takes advantage of the thaw to launch a wave of fresh attacks. But the Taliban’s leader has just issued a statement calling on Afghans to plant more trees.
Judge won’t throw out Bergdahl case over Trump comments
President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, while “problematic,” hasn’t prevented the soldier from getting a fair trial on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009, a military judge ruled Friday.
Taliban claims it downed Afghan helicopter
The Afghan Taliban claimed it shot down an Afghan military helicopter in Kunduz yesterday as it was returning from an operation in the neighboring province of Takhar. Afghan officials later claimed that the helicopter made an “emergency landing” after encountering mechanical problems.
Chris Hemsworth says it was ‘fantastic’ working with wife
‘Very little prep time needed to form that chemistry!’: Chris Hemsworth talks shooting scenes with wife Elsa Pataky for Horse Soldiers The 33-year-old star and Spanish actress, 40, wed in 2010 and have embarked on their first ever movie project together playing a husband and wife who are separated by war. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight about working with his spouse for the first time, the Australian hunk said: ‘It is great.’
Pakistan says air strikes have killed ‘dozens’ of militants
Pakistan had vowed to fight back after a series of suicide bombings last week killed more than 100 people, including 88 worshippers gathered at a famed Sufi shrine. The attacks were claimed by various Islamic militant groups, which have long operated in the porous border region.
14 die in snowfall, severe cold in Afghanistan
Kabul, Feb 19 – At least 14 persons have died in snowfall and freezing weather in Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday. Ten people died due to snowfall in Jawzjan and the neighbouring Saripul province on Sunday, while four others died in Badakhshan since early Saturday, Xinhua news agency quoted the official as saying.
Suicide bombing at Pakistan shrine
A brutal attack on a beloved Sufi shrine that killed 88 people raised fears that the Islamic State group has become emboldened in Pakistan, aided by an army of homegrown militants benefiting from hideouts in neighboring Afghanistan, analysts and officials said Friday. Pakistani security forces have carried out sweeping country-wide raids following Thursday’s bombing of the shrine in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province that also wounded 343 people.
Islamic State suicide bombing at Pakistan shrine kills 75
An Islamic State suicide bomber struck inside a famed shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years. The bomber entered the main hall of the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan and detonated his payload amid dozens of worshippers, according to three security officials, who said at least 20 women and nine children were among the dead.
For Flynn replacement, Trump should ditch the status quo
National security adviser Mike Flynn resigned late on Monday when it became apparent he not only held diplomatic discussions with a Russian ambassador before President Trump was sworn into office, but also misled senior United States officials about the nature of those conversations. The White House is now considering Vice Adm.
Roadside bomb kills 3 paramilitary soldiers in NW Pakistan
Pakistan’s military says a roadside bomb attack has killed three paramilitary soldiers in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. A military statement Monday said the three men were wounded during a search and cordon operation in the Zarmilan area late Sunday night and later died at a hospital.
Taliban claim responsibility for deadly Afghan blast
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a car bomb blast Saturday that killed at least eight people in southern Afghanistan. In a text message to journalists, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the group was behind the early-morning attack.
Afghan official: 7 killed in a suicide attack
An Afghan official says at least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked Afghan soldiers in southern Helmand province. Omer Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in Helmand, said Saturday that 22 others were wounded in the attack, which took place in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
Red Cross staff killed in Afghanistan
Six Afghan staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross were shot and killed and two others abducted in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. The killings took place as the Red Cross convoy was distributing livestock in a remote district of Jowzjan province, in an area where Islamic State militants are known to operate.
Soldier Welcomes Afghan Translator to US With Bear Hug
A soldier welcomed his Afghan interpreter to the United States on Wednesday after buying him a plane ticket to ensure his quick arrival amid concerns the Trump administration might try to expand its travel ban to Afghanistan . Army Capt.
Royal Marine who shot injured Taliban fighter must wait for appeal result
A Royal Marine who shot an injured Taliban fighter in Afghanistan must wait to hear the result of an appeal against his murder conviction. On Wednesday, the Court Martial Appeal Court in London said it would “take time” to consider its decision in the case of Sergeant Alexander Blackman.
Red Cross workers killed by suspected Islamic State gunmen in Afghanistan
Canadian soldiers help a comrade, center, get on a helicopter after he was injured in an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, June 7, 2010. on Wednesday as they carried supplies in the north of the country to areas hit by deadly snow storms, government officials said.
Afghanistan war getting little notice from Trump White House
A suicide bomber on Tuesday targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing more than… . Security personnel stand guard at the site of a suicide attack on the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.
Afghanistan requests US air support for combat operations
Afghanistan’s national security adviser is appealing to the U.S. to provide aircraft to back ground operations in the country until Afghan security forces can do the job alone. Mohammed Hanif Atmar told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday that “we will need a kind of filling-the-gap measure from the United States.”
UK Marine seeks to quash murder sentence for Taliban killing
” A British Royal Marine is asking a court to overturn his murder conviction for killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, arguing that mental health problems mean he was not fully responsible for his actions. Sgt. Alexander Blackman was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years by a military court in 2013 for the September 2011 killing in Helmand Province.
Afghan official: Taliban bombing kills district police chief
An Afghan police spokesman says a roadside bombing has killed a district police chief in western Farah province. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.
Avalanches kill over 100 and destroy homes in Afghanistan
Kabul: More than a 100 people have been killed in a series of avalanches triggered by days of heavy snowfall around Afghanistan, including 50 in one village, officials said, warning the death toll could still rise further. The avalanches struck after three days of heavy snow, which has destroyed scores of homes and blocked roads mainly in central and northeastern provinces, making it difficult for rescue workers to reach the stricken villages.
UN Removes Afghan Warlord Hekmatyar From Terrorist List
A screen shows the broadcast of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar during a signing ceremony with Afghan government at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, 2016.
UN removed the name of a former warlord form its blacklist
KABUL, Afghanistan – The United Nations has removed the name of a former Afghan warlord from its Islamic State group and al-Qaida sanctions list. According to a statement posted Friday by the Security Council, a U.N. committee removed Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s name from the sanctions list.
One local immigrant’s story
A mere two years ago, the native of Afghanistan was an interpreter in his home country helping with counter drug-dealing operations.
Afghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack in Helmand Province
Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on the way to the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2015. Afghan forces claim to have repulsed a Taliban attack on a district in Helmand province.
The footage shows the build-up to the death.
Footage never previously shown in public has been released of the moments prior to the fatal shooting of an Afghan insurgent that led to the conviction of the British serviceman known as Marine A. The head cam footage, released on Thursday following a court ruling, shows the build-up to the death of the wounded Taliban fighter at the hands of Sergeant Alexander Blackman in 2011. Blackman shot the insurgent – already seriously injured in an attack by an Apache helicopter – in the chest at close range with a 9mm pistol before quoting a phrase from Shakespeare’s Hamlet as the man convulsed and died in front of him.
Russia appears to now be helping out the Taliban
In this Nov. 4, 2016 photo, Afghan villagers gather around several victims’ bodies who were killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in the Taliban-controlled, Buz-e Kandahari village in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. less In this Nov. 4, 2016 photo, Afghan villagers gather around several victims’ bodies who were killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in the Taliban-controlled, Buz-e Kandahari village in … more Back in the 1980s, the US supported Afghan “freedom fighters” against the Soviet Union.
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Textron Systems has been contracted by the USAF to provide maintenance training for the Afghan Air Force. The $9.3 million deal orders the provision of maintenance training to Afghan crew and includes logistics support for 24 aircraft operated by Kabul.
Official: Taliban launch nearly 19,000 attacks in 10 months
An Afghan Defense Ministry official says the Taliban have launched nearly 19,000 attacks throughout the country in the last 10 months. By comparison the Afghan National Security Forces carried out roughly 700 counter-insurgency operations during the same period.
Afghan spy agency busts three terror cells
Kabul, Jan 22 – The Afghan security service on Sunday claimed to have busted three terrorist cells in the southern restive province of Kandahar with the arrest of 16 Taliban militants. The National Directorate for Security said those arrested were involved in various attacks, killings of government workers and planting of landmines, Xinhua news agency reported.