Yesterday, the president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani ordered the gradual release of thousands of jailed Taliban fighters, giving in to a previous refusal that was threatening the peace plan, negotiated thanks to the US government. Ghani's government had not accepted part of the agreement signed last month between the United States and the Taliban which [...]
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Two courses in the "operational" and "staff" sectors concluded by the Italian military instructors of the mission in Afghanistan in favor of the Afghan Security Forces. As part of the mission in Afghanistan, they concluded this week at the Train Advise Assist Command West (TAAC-W) of Herat, two more courses in favor of Afghan National Defense [...]
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US President Donald Trump reiterated his intention to withdraw US forces engaged in wars defined as "interminable" in Syria and Afghanistan, while keeping them in Iraq in an anti-Iranian key. Trump during an interview with the US television broadcaster CBS, against the backdrop of the ongoing negotiations in Qatar between the states [...]
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According to what was announced by the officials of the Afghan Ministry of Defense, at least 27 Taliban militants were killed and another 15 were wounded in the course of an air attack and a ground operation carried out on the territory of Afghanistan. The Afghan Ministry of Defense stressed in particular that 19 armed militants are [...]
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A joint Indian-American counterintelligence operation, described as "unprecedented in its scope and scope", thwarted a major suicide attack by the Islamic State in New Delhi and helped to achieve "a series of victories" against the group. in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As revealed by the Indianapolis newspaper "The Indian Express", which [...]
read moreNine dead and six seriously injured, this is the toll of the journalists involved in the double attack this morning in Kabul. The news was released by Reporters sans frontieres (Rsf) which confirms what was previously communicated by the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (Ajsc). The second explosion, according to RSF, had the press as a deliberate objective and [...]
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A German known as a "military adviser" to the Taliban was arrested in the southern province of Helmand, Afghanistan, largely controlled by militiamen. This is what local sources reported to France today. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, "was arrested Tuesday evening by special forces along with three others [...]
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The Americans in Afghanistan rejected Moscow's concerns about an alleged presence of ISIS in the country, asking Moscow and Tehran to "instead support the Afghan government and not the Taliban". This was reported by the Tolo TV in Kabul. Russian Foreign Minister Serghiei Lavrov recently claimed that the followers of [...]
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Eric Pahon, spokesman for the US Department of Defense, said the United States will move troops deployed in Iraq to Afghanistan even if this will not lead to a major "exodus" of US soldiers from the country. "That's correct, but I can't talk about gear numbers / specs," Pahon replied when asked [...]
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Eleven soldiers died in the attack on the Afghan Military Academy in Kabul which was claimed by the Islamic State. It is the third attack in ten days in the city, after the one against a hotel on January 20 and after the explosion of an ambulance in the center on Saturday, not to mention the attack on Save The Children in Jalalabad. The presidency had [...]
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Armed telebans kidnapped twenty passengers from a bus in the western Afghan province of Farah. Jamila Amini, from the provincial council of Farah, reported that the ambush was carried out by the Taliban along the road connecting Kabul to Herat. At the moment, no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. Among the passengers seized could be three or [...]
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