Taliban overrun main prison in Sheberghan
SHEBERGHAN (SW) – The Taliban have captured the main prison in Sheberghan, capital of Jawzjan province, and have freed up to 1,000 inmates, sources said on Saturday.
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Taliban capture Zaranj city in Nimroz province
HERAT (SW) – The Taliban have captured Zaranj city of the Nimroz province in the west of Afghanistan, multiple sources confirmed on Friday.
GMIC head Menapal assassinated by the Taliban
KABUL (SW) – Former presidential spokesman and head of the Government Media Information Center, Dawa Khan Menapal got assassinated in the capital Kabul by the Taliban on Friday, authorities confirmed.
Marshal Dostum returns from Turkey with a security plan
SHEBERGHAN (SW) – Former vice president Abdul Rasheed Dostum has returned to Afghanistan with a new security plan, his close aide told Salam Watandar.
Afghanistan has a special place in Iran’s foreign policy, says Raisi
MONITORING (SW) – Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf met with his Iranian counterpart President-elect Seyed Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran on Thursday.
Deadly fighting rages on in Herat, Kandahar, Lashkargah
LASHKARGAH (SW ) – Heavy clashes continued in parts of Kandahar, Helmand and Herat as the security forces moved to quash the advancing Taliban.
Taliban threatens to attack gov’t officials
KABUL (SW) – The Taliban have threatened that last evening’s car bombing in Kabul was beginning of retaliatory operations against key figures and leaders of the government.
US not giving up on peace drive for Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – The top US diplomat in Kabul told Salam Watandar in an exclusive interview Washington was not giving up on peace drive despite ensuing Taliban led advances on towns and villages.
UNSC says not supportive of restoration of Taliban regime
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Security Council does not support “the restoration of the Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan, a statement said Tuesday.
Afghanistan calls for UNSC meeting
KABUL (SW) – Afghanistan has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on escalation of war and humanitarian crisis here.
Lashkargah residents in dire state amid ensuing violence
LASHKARGAH (SW) – Residents of Lashkargah province in Helmand say deadly fighting has entered fourth day leading to multiple civilian casualties, acute shortages of basic necessities and mounting anxiety.
Heratis chant Allah Akbar in support of ANDSF
HERAT (SW) – The citizens of Herat chanted Allah Akbar last evening from their rooftops to send a clear message of support for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and against the Taliban.
