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Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghan media outlets reported that at least 27 people mostly Afghan National security members were killed in separate pronged attacks carried out by the Taliban militants in the different parts of  Afghanistan, on Sunday night. At least 13 Afghan policemen were killed and a top police officer hurt when Taliban stormed police headquarters building in northeastern Takhar province, provincial government authorities made an announcement during the press conference. In the second attack, Taliban targeted military outposts in the southern province of Zabul killing at least 11  Afghans National security members. As many as 13 Taliban Jihadists and 4 government security officers were killed when clashes erupted between the perpetual rivals in Helmand and the northern province of Baghlan, Afghan Police claimed on Monday.

A spokesperson for the conflict-affected and war embattled country confirmed on Saturday that Taliban militants dragged out government forces from Kohistan district of Badakhshan province. Taliban occupation of the Kohistan district took place on Thursday morning when Afghan forces failed to stop the tsunami of militants attacks aimed at shaking out and overpower the Afghan National Security Forces and impose Taliban's writ in the neck of the woods. At least 10 Afghan security personnel were killed when they were trying to break the siege of the Kohistan district laid by the Taliban. Kohistan being the first district to collapse into Taliban hands since the Doha peace deal was signed between the US and Taliban on 29th, February 2020. Apart from Kohistan, Wardoj and Baharak districts in Badakhshan province are under Taliban control. Realizing the vulnerability to the insurgency, President Ashraf Ghani's officials expressed profound concern about US-NATO forces' withdrawa...

Written By Shujaat Hussain Abbasi With America out of the picture, it will be almost  impossible for the Afghan government and its forces to get their country off the hook. Americans' withdrawal from the war-ravaged Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is distinctly on the card, as they are failing in attaining desired Objectives in the protracted and nail-biting strife. There has been a notable reduction in Taliban attacks noticed in Afghanistan after a 7 days violence reduction truce agreement struck by America and the Taliban in Afghanistan on February 21, 2020. After a decade of conflict, we have come to an understanding with the Taliban on a significant reduction in violence across Afghanistan. This is an important step on a long road to peace, and I call on Afghans to seize this opportunity, Secretary Pompeo Tweeted following the RIV agreement. The violence reduction agreement is a road map to enduring peace in Afghanistan, the deal would pave the way for major Doha accord likely...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 7 insurgents were reportedly killed in the latest crackdown against Terrorists, carried out by Pakistani special forces on Monday, in the tribal region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as North-West Frontier Province or Sarhad province. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) told the Pakistani media, "7 terrorists were killed, and 4 military personals including a lieutenant 26-year-old Agha Muqadas Ali Khan martyred in the anti-terrorism operation, executed near Datta Khel town of North Waziristan district." North and south Waziristan once deemed as the terrorist hub and no go area in Pakistan. Pakistan had been the target of many terrorist organizations for a decade, different militant groups appeared during America’s War with Afghanistan. The Waziristan agency being near to the Afghan border had to face several attacks from different militant groups. The different militant groups that are fighting a...

DAMASUS, Syria — According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report Turkey has sent more than 50 vehicles to Syria by Kafr Lusin border crossing in the north of Idlib. The number of Turkish  battle tanks, trucks, anti-mine automobiles, and other vehicles  sent to Syria via Kafr Lusin border has reached 4,300. Turkey has also augmented its forces' strength in Syria by adding 2,000 more troops. The total number of Turkish special forces dispatched to Syria since  2nd  February 2020 has exceded to 9,250. It is not a first-time that the Turkish military has violated Syrian territorial sovereignty. Turkey made direct involvement in the Syrian conflict on August 24, 2016, when it moved military battalion along with squadrons and armored vehicles to Syria under the pretext of Operation Euphrates Shield. In fact, politically and militarily Turkey had been involved in the Syrian conflict since the outbreak of the uprising started in 2011. In April 20...

TEHRAN, Iran — A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has reportedly been died after battling Coronavirus disease. The Iranian government-run news agency reported on Friday that Nasser Shabani, a senior commander of IRGC died of Coronavirus. According to the spokesperson for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 5 members of IRGC and 13 political figures have died of Coronavirus. Total mortalities from Coronavirus in Iran have reached to 514, and 11,364 others have been diagnosed as Coronavirus patients, as of Friday. World wide 142,783 Coronavirus Cases, 5,374 deaths and 70,920 patients recovered from Coronavirus disease reported.  Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Coronaviruses are believed to cause a significant quantity of all common cold in adults and children. Coronaviruses cause colds w...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents knocked down two security outposts in the late-night deadly shooting rampage, that lasted for several hours, multiple Afghan news agencies reported on Wednesday. In the shootout, 18 Afghan soldiers and 3 police officers were killed when their checkpoints came under Taliban attacks outside the northern city of Kunduz. Holding the Taliban responsible for deadly onslaughts, the US lead coalition carried out a series of airstrikes against the Taliban Jihadists in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. A  spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan made the announcement during a press briefing that the Taliban had promised that they would not attack Afghan forces once a peace deal is enforced, but on Wednesday they launched more than three dozen attacks on the government forces in Helmand province. In another overnight attack, Police headquarters in Trinkot city of Urozgan Province in southern Afghanistan collapsed to the Tal...