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General Abdul Rashid Dostum: We Were Aware about Threats against Kunduz
October 13, 2015
KABUL - General Abdul Rashid Dostum, First Vice President, who this weekend returned home from a trip to Russia, India, Chechnya, UAE and Turkey, said that government...
Abdullah Asks Pakistan to Stop Backing Taliban
October 13, 2015
KABUL - Presiding over the weekly Council of Ministers (CM) meeting on Monday, Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Unity Government...
Task Team to Probe Fall of Kunduz Starts Work
October 13, 2015
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani's fact-finding team ordered to probe the fall of Kunduz city officially started their work on Monday.Based on President's order...
World must Take Action to Stop Support for Terrorists: Iran FM
October 13, 2015
TEHRAN - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the international community must take action to stop foreign support for terrorist groups in the Middle...
Kunduz Operation Intensified
October 13, 2015
KABUL - Security officials on Monday said Afghan security forces have intensified their operations to clear Kunduz of insurgents and in addition to ground operations...
Militants who Fled Waziristan Attacked Kunduz: MoD
October 13, 2015
KABUL - Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and other foreign militant groups were involved in the Kunduz attack after Pakistan launched a military operation to oust...
20,000 Families Displaced in Kunduz Crisis: Balkhi
October 12, 2015
KABUL - The Minister of Refugees and Repatriation Sayed Alimi Balkhi on Sunday said that 20,000 families have been displaced in the Kunduz crisis. "Our ministry has...
ANSF Gain Grounds, Evict Taliban from 60 Pct of Kunduz City
October 12, 2015
KUNDUZ - Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) on Sunday made fresh gains against Taliban militants in Kunduz city, capital of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province...
Disagreements Caused Kunduz to Fall into Taliban Hands: MPs
October 12, 2015
KABUL - Members of the lower house of the parliament have declared that Kunduz city has fallen into Taliban’s hands due to some disagreements of the two commanders...
Hekmatyar in Coma in Karachi Hospital: Afghan Source
October 12, 2015
TEHRAN - Militant leader and Head of Afghanistan's Hezb-e Islami (Islamic Party) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is in critical health conditions and might even die, an Afghan...
Kunduz Families Accuse Govt. of Breaking Election Promises
October 12, 2015
KUNDUZ CITY - As widespread battles continue in suburbs of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan, the Afghan public's criticism over government's handling of the situation...
UN Helps Feed Afghan Families Fleeing Kunduz
October 12, 2015
KABUL - Afghans who fled the fighting in Kunduz have received bread baked from wheat flour fortified with vitamins and minerals along with other food supplies, but...
Abdullah Urges Massive Response to Aid Kunduz Residents
October 11, 2015
KABUL - Presiding over the first meeting of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) on Friday, Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive Officer...
US Asks NATO Allies for Flexible Afghan Draw Down Plans
October 11, 2015
WASHINGTON - The United States defense secretary, Ashton Carter, has asked NATO allies in a meeting on Thursday in Brussels to remain flexible when they review...
Kunduz Families March in Kabul, Urge Govt. to Act
October 11, 2015
KABUL - As widespread clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces continue in the war-hit city of Kunduz, displaced families, who fled over the past 13 days, on...
ANSF Retake Key Areas of Kunduz City
October 11, 2015
KABUL – Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) carried out night raids in northern Kunduz province on Friday night in a bid to flush out insurgents – especially those...
300,000 Afghans Study in Iran
October 11, 2015
TEHRAN - There are 300,000 Afghan nationals studying in Iranian universities, Afghan Ambassador to Iran Nasir Ahmad-Nour said. Four decades ago the USSR attacked the country...
Security Situation Still Catastrophic in Kunduz: MPs
October 11, 2015
KABUL - A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) said at Saturday's session that the SECURITY situation in Kunduz is still "catastrophic"...
Gen. Campbell: Taliban Leadership Issues Likely to Delay Afghan Peace Talks
October 10, 2015
KABUL - Disarray within the Taliban leadership could delay peace talks with the Afghan government for a few months, but up to 70 percent of the militant group may ultimately...
Ghani, Obama Discuss Afghanistan Security
October 10, 2015
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani and United States' President Barack Obama spoke on the phone on Wednesday night and discussed the MSF Kunduz hospital bombing and the current...
Ghani Assigns Task Team to Review Kunduz Situation
October 10, 2015
KABUL - At a meeting with elders of Kunduz province in Kabul on Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani assigned a fact-finding team to review the Kunduz situation, the Presidential...
More Than 1,000 Taliban Fighters Concentrated on Tajik-Afghan Border
October 10, 2015
KABUL - The buildup of terrorist groups, including Taliban units, in immediate proximity to the Tajik border raised serious concern in the republic, an officer from the Tajik ...
MSF Officials Meet Ghani over Hospital Attack
October 10, 2015
KABUL - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officials on Friday met with President Ashraf Ghani over the recent deadly air strike on their facility in Kunduz. Held at the...
Military Begins House-to-House Searches in Kunduz
October 10, 2015
KABUL - Security forces launched a long-awaited house-to-house search operation of residential homes in Kunduz city in a BID to flush out insurgents, officials reported...
Poor Political System Led to Fall of Kunduz
October 08, 2015
KABUL - European Union (EU) Ambassador to Afghanistan Franz-Michael Mellbin on Wednesday told TOLOnews the collapse of Kunduz came as a "big surprise" to the international...
Tajik President Meets with Putin over Afghan Situation
October 08, 2015
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon on Tuesday in the Russian city of Sochi on the Black Sea. Speaking to his Tajik counterpart...
Terrorists Include Taliban and Criminals: Ghani
October 08, 2015
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani for the first time announced at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that "terrorist groups" are made up of Taliban, criminals and foreign ...
Study Finds Radicalization on the Rise in Afghan Schools
October 08, 2015
KABUL - There is widespread political activism, including an extensive presence of radical activists among high school students in Afghanistan, a new study by Afghanistan...
Security Forces Retake Kunduz City Center
October 08, 2015
KUNDCUZ CITY – Afghan National Security forces have retaken parts of Kunduz city, including the main traffic circle, FOLLOWING an overnight operation, local officials said ...
‘Perversion of Islam’ Behind Middle East Problems: Blair
October 08, 2015
LONDON - The "perversion of Islam is the source of a lot of the problems in the Middle East," and more than force is needed to tackle extremism, former British Prime ...
Afghanistan Needs Russia’s Military-Technical Assistance
October 07, 2015
MOSCOW - Afghanistan needs Russia’s military-technical assistance to effectively counter terrorism on its territory, member of the Federation Council upper house committee ...
NATO to Discuss Level of Presence in Afghanistan
October 07, 2015
KABUL - NATO defence ministers, scheduled to meet in Brussels on Thursday, will discuss the level of the alliance presence and the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan...
No Humanitarian Agencies Left in Kunduz: UN
October 07, 2015
KABUL - The UN has warned Tuesday against the absence of humanitarian agencies in the Afghan city of Kunduz, which has been the scene of intense fighting since Taliban...
Gen. Campbell: Afghan Forces Not Ready to Take on Fight Themselves
October 07, 2015
KABUL - John Campbell, the commander in charge of the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan, told a Senate panel on Tuesday that Afghan forces aren't yet ready to...
Mullah Mansour Running Businesses under Fake Names and Owns a House in Dubai
October 07, 2015
KABUL - American daily newspaper the New York Times has published a report indicating that the Supreme Leader of Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour is a businessman and ...