Tag: Afghan forces
Afghan forces, Taliban battle for control of highways in Ghazni
KABUL: Heavily armed Taliban fighters destroyed bridges near the central city of Ghazni on Saturday, closing the main highway between the capital Kabul and...
Pakistanis among 10 killed in Helmand operation
KABUL: At least 10 persons, including Pakistanis, were killed during the Afghan forces’ operation in the Helmand province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) of...
30 civilians released, 8 militants killed as Afghan forces storm Taliban...
Afghan forces have attacked a Taliban detention center in the eastern Laghman province killing eight militants and setting free 30 civilians, the Defense Ministry...
Afghan forces’ operations kill 36 militants in Kandahar
KANDAHAR: Up to three dozen armed militants have been killed and dozens others injured as government forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Miwand district of...
Afghan security forces plan push to relieve besieged provincial capital
Afghan forces backed by air strikes are preparing a new offensive to clear Taliban militants encircling the capital of Afghanistan’s province of Uruzgan, where...
Afghan forces retake district from Taliban
Afghan forces have recaptured a district that had fallen briefly to the Taliban, officials and residents said Sunday after thousands of people fled their...
Afghan troops press offensive against Islamic State
When Afghan troops pushed into Kot, a district close to the border with Pakistan, this week, they found many of the houses empty, with...
Afghan forces fail to turn back Taliban gains: NYT
When President Ashraf Ghani visited the northern provincial capital of Kunduz last fall, after the city had finally been reclaimed after falling to the...
Afghan forces’ casualties climbing in 2016, top US commander says
Afghan forces are suffering rising levels of battlefield casualties this year after unprecedented numbers of police and soldiers were killed and wounded in 2015,...
Pakistan hands over Angoor Adda border crossing facility to Afghan forces
ISPR DG says gesture will act as a catalyst for establishing peace and stability along the Pak-Afghan border
Pakistan Army has handed over a purpose-built...
Afghan forces repel Taliban in Kunduz as spring fighting begins
Afghan security forces drove Taliban fighters back from Kunduz city Friday, officials said, as the insurgents began the 2016 fighting season by targeting the...
