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KABUL, Afghanistan — A statement issued by the Interior Ministry OF Afghanistan confirmed the death of Khost's Regional Police Chief. Brigadier general Sayed Ahmad Babazi was killed in a roadside an improvised explosive devices (IED) blast, yesterday night, at 11:15 p.m, Afghanistan's local time. Sayed Ahmad Babazi WAS traveling to the Zinikhil neighborhood of Nadir Shah Kot district for anti-insurgent operation when the accident occurred. One of the bystanders said, "after hitting the roadside explosive device (IED), the police vehicle went up in the air and burst into flames, killing the police chief and two of his companions." The emergency crew leaped into action after an emergency alarm to retrieve dead bodies of victims from the wreckage of the vehicle. Taliban immediately claimed the responsibility for the deadly roadside blast.

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 16  members of the Afghan Taliban  Special Forces Unit  were reportedly neutralized in an aerial bombardment carried out by the Afghan Air Forces on Tuesday night, at 2:00 A.M, Afghanistan local time. The bloody action began when Afghan forces airstrike wrought havoc on the Taliban  Conclave , called by the Taliban commander Mullah Yaqoob alias Mansoor in the Koshinda district of Balkh province. In targeted airstrike sixteen Taliban Jihadists including Mullah Yaqoob alias Mansoor were eliminated, the Afghan defense ministry confirmed Taliban casualties on Tuesday.Taliban spokesperson not yet confirmed the government claims.

The Office of the National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan informed the media via verified Twitter account on Friday that as many as 550 Taliban detained in a different part of Afghanistan had been freed. The Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) further added that 550 Taliban Jihadists imprisoned in 18 provinces of Afghanistan released under the special presidential decree signed by the Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on March 09, 2020. According to the Doha agreement, the Afghan government is bound to release 5,000 Taliban to achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire that ends the longest war of American history.

Written By Shujaat  Hussain Abbasi Kabul, Afghanistan — At least seven civilians were reportedly killed in the gruesome gun attack launched by the unidentified perpetrators in the northern province of Balkh on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the police headquarters of the Sholgara district made an announcement during the press briefing that all victims were farmers targeted by the terrorist group when they were trying to approach their lands for cultivation. No claim of responsibility has yet been made for the gun attack by any insurgents' group. In another incident, five servicemen of Pashtany Bank were killed in the gun violence that took place on the Herat-Islam Qala highway police authorities said on Thursday evening. The incident occurred in Kohsan district of Herat province. No other identifying piece of information about deceased such as names or designations was instantly released by an Afghan police source as of yesterday.    

Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghan government released a large number of Taliban prisoners on Wednesday evening as a part of the major Doha deal, multiple Afghan news agencies reported on  8th April.  Afghan police set free 100 Taliban from Bagram Prison, in Parwan province, under the president Ghani's special decree signed in the first quarter of March 2020. President Ashraf Ghani was bound to release  1,500 Taliban prisoners  according to the special decree which he had signed on March 09 ,2020, but only 100 Taliban granted special privileges.  After freedom, the Taliban shall be required to sign an affidavit that they will not join the battlefield again. According to the Doha accord, the Afghan government is obligated to release 5,000 Taliban in return for 1,000 Afghan soldiers and policemen presently are in the Taliban captivity. The main purpose of the Qatar deal is to achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire that ends the longest war of American history. 

Kabul, Afghanistan —  "  Top Islamic State leader and  22 of  his adherents have been netted in a  confidential  anti-terrorists crackdown " , a representative for the Afghan military told on Saturday . Islamic state chief of Khorasan offshoot Abdullah Orakzai was detained by Afghan security forces on Friday in Khandar province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS)said. The detainees were charged with many radical activities including a Kabul gurdwara attack.  The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)also took out one of the most influential and prominent Taliban leaders Qari Jawid alias Masroor along with six militants in a shootout erupted in central Wardak province of Afghanistan on Saturday night . The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been facing a total collapse in Afganistan and the world at large, as its presence in the Middle East and in Afghanistan is decreasing sharply because of succes

Written By Shujaat  Hussain Abbasi Kabul, Afghanistan —  Since the accomplishment of Operation Enduring Freedom, more than 45,000 Afghan National Security Forces (ANDSF) have been killed in Afghanistan, the incumbent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani informed the masses via a live press conference in January 2019. The fatalities of the Afghan National Security Forces in five years are 13 times higher than foreign troops had received in 14 years (2001-2014) during Operation Enduring Freedom. In  Operation Enduring Freedom  3,500 US and NATO combatants were killed. The ground military operation was executed superbly in Afghanistan by the US and NATO ground forces. It was an anti-insurgents military operation designed to depose the Taliban government, dismantle jihadists organizations and install a moderate puppet government. 2014 proved out to be the bloodiest year for international coalition ground forces, therefore, Obama ordered the end of Operation Enduring Freedom, and pulled out

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

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 Taliban. In a bloody attack

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan media outlets while citing the military statement reported that at least 19 members of ISIS were neutralized in Kapisa and Kunar provinces in the targeted airstrikes carried out by the joint forces. The report further added that at least 12 militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and their Weapons Cache were completely destroyed in the Nejrab district of North-eastern Kapisa province. In the string of successful anti-insurgent airstrikes, about seven more terrorists were killed in the Chawkai district of Kunar province, Afghan media reported today. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been facing a total collapse in Afganistan and the world at large, as its presence in Middleeast and in Afghanistan is decreasing sharply because of successful military strategies. In December 2019 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai had announced the complete defeat of ISIS when Islamic St

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pre-eminent Pakistani Taliban commander and veteran combatant Sheharyar Mehsud was a permanent resident of South Waziristan Pakistan. 43 years old,  Sheharyar Mehsud was killed in Kunar province on Wednesday, when his vehicle caught by a roadside an improvised explosive device (IED). The death of slain Tehreek-i- Taliban Pakistan (TTP)  leader was acknowledged by Pakistani and Afghani officials. One of the immediate relatives of the slain leader of the Taliban said during the media interview that we can not confirm his death as Sheharyar Mehsud had migrated to Afghanistan a few years ago. But it is largely believed that he had migrated to Afghanistan during the days of Pakistani military successful anti-terrorist operation Zarb-i-Azb. Zarb E Azab which was officially initiated by Pakistan Army on 15th June 2014 and it has been a very successful operation so far. Pakistan has been the target of many terrorist organizations for a decade, different militant groups

KABUL, Afghanistan — According to the Afghan government's statement at least eight civilians including a child of the same family had been killed in the US airstrikes on Friday. The accident happened after a development reported in the US and Taliban Jihadists peace deal. The tragic incident took place in the Surkhrod district of Afghanistan's province of Nangarhar when a vehicle packed with civilians was targeted and destroyed by the US lead coalition airstrike. While strongly rejecting the statement issued by the Afghan government officials, the Taliban spokesperson said that eleven members of the same family were killed in the airstrike. The United Nations report brought to the surface in the first half of 2019 claimed that NATO and Afghan forces are killing more civilians than insurgents.UN report issued in July 2019 said that  NATO and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) also known as the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) attacks caused 717 civil

KABUL, Afghanistan — As many as six people had reportedly been killed near the Marshal Fahim National Defense University, in-office hours, on Tuesday morning. No claim of responsibility has yet been made for the bomb attack by any insurgents group. A violent action started when an unidentified miscreant broke the security barriers and detonated explosive device (IED) near the Marshal Fahim National Defense University. The Marshal Fahim National Defense University, also known as the Afghan National Defense University, is a military academy located in Kabul. An eyewitness told the media that the explosion was so violent in nature in which 2 civilians and four cadets were killed, and 12 more wounded. A bystander said that he could see nails and bolts strewn at the place of the blast. NO other identifying information was released by the interior ministry of Afghanistan. On August 5th, 2014 American on duty Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene was also killed in this Defense University after being

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) freed at least 17 detainees from Taliban captivity in a rescue operation. The intelligence-based anti-terrorist special operation was executed on Monday in Kunduz province of Afghanistan, which ended up in the liberation of 17 Afghan citizens including 15 Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Afghan media outlets reported yesterday. In anti-insurgents operation prison run by Taliban commander, Qari Wali was raided, in a well planned offensive large quantity of ammunition and hostages were recovered. Our families were in the state of tenterhooks before the libration of our beloveds, one of the family members of detainees told the local media. All hostages are happy and in good health. 

KABUL, Afghanistan — About 170 Taliban insurgents including three distinguished commanders Abdullah, Mohammad Yousuf, and Mullah Sarwar surrendered to Afghan security forces following the defeat in different territories of Herat and Ghor provinces, Afghanistan high-level authorities said in an announcement on Monday. Afghan officials further added that 160 Taliban jihadists from Shahrak district in Ghor province, and 12 other insurgents from Chasht-e Sharif district of Herat province laid down weapons and joined government ranks after getting settled their legal status.

KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO drone strikes have left 5 Taliban Jihadists dead and 4 others wounded in Afghanistan. The drone attack was launched by NATO forces on Sunday night in the Khashrod district of Nimruz province of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country, the Afghan military source told the media. No other identifying piece of information about  deceased  such as names or designations  was  instantly released by Afghan military source as of yesterday. https://twitter.com/Shujaat15abbasi

K ABUL, Afghanistan — After a successful and consequential series of onslaughts, Taliban Jihadists managed to retake the strategic district from Afghan security forces on Monday. Anti-government forces beat back the Afghan National Security Forces by staging the sequence of brazen attacks on their citadels in Darzab district of Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. According to the local media, the Taliban compelled Afghan security forces to retreat embattled turf by encircling them from all sides in Darzab district. All government forces trapped in Darzab district were rescued and shifted by Afghan military choppers to the safe area when they called for urgent help to avoid being captured by Taliban insurgents. Local media said that the Afghan air force pounded the Taliban Jihadists' positions in Darzab district of the Jawzjan province of Afghanistan causing material damage to insurgents.

KABUL, Afghanistan   Afghan warplane bombed the Islamic State's bunkers in conjunction with violent ground shelling, killing a large number of insurgents in the Achen district of Nangarhar province. Afghan military said in blistering series of onslaughts 18 malefactors affiliated with the Islamic States, and their fortifications were exterminated on Saturday. It said a huge cache of guns and explosives was completely destroyed also. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had been facing total collapse in the Nangarhar province. Today,  49 more Afghan Deash members settled their legal status after capitulating to Afghan security forces in Nangarhar.  Last month thousands of Islamic State terrorists and their family members had surrendered to the Afghan government forces after conceding defeat in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.  Source: BNA