HRW says Taliban deliberately targeting journalists
The Human Rights Watch said in a fresh report that Taliban forces are deliberately targeting journalists and other media workers, including women, in Afghanistan.
Category: Security
Taliban deny consulting with US over delay in withdrawal
The Taliban have rejected reports about consultation by the US over reported postponement of the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Head of Takhar Uleme Council killed in magnetic bomb blast
The head of Takhar Uleme Council got killed in following a magnetic bomb blast, an official confirmed.
3 female vaccinators gunned down in Afghanistan
JALALABAD (SW) – Unknown assailants on Tuesday killed three members of polio vaccination team in Jalalabad.
Proposed peace conference in Istanbul likely to be postponed
The proposed peace conference in Turkey was likely to be postponed on the request of the Taliban, said sour
Abdullah pins hope for peace on Turkey conference
Abdullah Abdullah, Chief of the High Council for National Reconciliation, has said the forthcoming peace conference in Turkey would help determine fate of Afghanistan.
Muhib warns against haphazard withdrawal of foreign troops
National Security Adviser Hamdullah Muhib said on Saturday that with the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, there is a danger of a return to civil war.
‘Taliban could overrun Afghanistan if US leave’
U.S. intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun most of Afghanistan within two to three years if U.S. troops leave before a power-sharing deal is reached between the warring sides, a news report said on Friday
German troops’ stay in Afghanistan extended
MONITORING (SW) – The German cabinet has agreed to extend Afghanistan mission into 2022 pending an approval by the parliament.
Suspect involved in Kabul University massacre nabbed
Officials in Nangarhar claimed to have nabbed another mastermind of a deadly attack on Kabul University last year.
VP Saleh vows to punish Behsud incident perpetrators
First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has reiterated the resolve to punish perpetrators behind the shooting down of a military chopper in the Behsud district of Maidan Wardak province.
Two civilians killed in Taliban attacks in Takhar
Two civilians got killed and five others got injured in Takhar province in an armed assault by the Taliban, said local officials on Sunday.
