7 month agoEU Ambassadors in Kabul are deeply concerned about the marked escalation of violence experienced throughout Afghanistan. This must end and a ceasefire put in place. Read full statement below. @EUinAfghanistan
At least 2 civilians killed and another wounded when their vehicle was hit by a roadside IED in Nawa district of Helmand Province this morning. Confirmed by local officials.
From the Pentagon: "The Department of Defense continues to evaluate intelligence that Russian GRU operatives were engaged in malign activity against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan."
8 month agoSuhail Shaheen announced Taliban released another 20 alleged ANDSF prisoners in Kunduz
8 month agoWeapons allegedly seized from ISKP members by ANDSF in Kunar
Akazi Members of Wolesi Jirga: Three women and two civilians were killed in an airstrike in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province this morning.
8 month agoKazakhstan President ordered to re-impose strict quarantine
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 26 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan
8 month agoTaliban released statement on the mortar shelling in the market area in Sangin, Helmand. Taliban statement blames ANDSF for the shelling, saying that dozens of civilians were killed and wounded including children and cattle.
8 month agoTaliban claimed assassination of Shah Mohammad Arab, the police chief of Khwaja Sabz Posh district in Faryab province, in sniper attack. His death has been confirmed by local police. Afghanistan
President Ghani in a statement condemned the "terrorist attack" in Sangin district, Helmand, calling it "cowardly and inhuman." Ghani once again called on the Taliban to quit violence and to accept the call of Afghans for a start to negotiations
Helmand governor's office confirms that 23 civilians were killed in rocket attacks and a car bomb blast during a festival at a market in Sangin district, Helmand province, at around 9 am this morning
8 month ago25 civilians killed and wounded in mortar shelling allegedly by ANDSF in Sangin, Helmand. Some livestock animals also killed. Pro-govt sources claim the Taliban had previously attacked ANDSF from the area
8 month agoChildren are among those killed and wounded. Helmand
8 month agoAt least 3 mortars landed inside the busy Sharafat cattle market. At least 10 civilians were killed
8 month agoAP investigative report about China forcing birth control on Uighurs in Xinjiang to suppress their population growth
Local police says heavy fighting ongoing between ANDSF and Taliban in Maruf district of Kandahar province since late last night and so far 4 Taliban militants have been killed
3 IED planters were killed when their IEDs went off prematurely in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province yesterday, as per pro-govt source
The Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months
US intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to pay bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan: NYT
Clashes also reported around Qaramqol earlier today, northern Faryab
US Special Envoy for Afghan Peace Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad(@US4AfghanPeace) departed on June 28 for travel to Doha, Islamabad, and Tashkent during which he will focus on the next steps of AfghanPeaceDeal says @StateDept, he is expected in Islamabad in the coming week
Afghan MoI claims at least 14 Taliban fighters were killed, and 15 others were wounded in a multi-pronged attack on Saghar district of Ghor province last night when ANDSF repelled Taliban attacks.
Reports that a Russian intelligence unit paid Taliban fighters to kill coalition troops in Afghanistan are true, British security officials have confirmed to Sky News
8 month agoTaliban claimed ops in Daikundi, claiming multiple casualties
8 month agoTwo militia commanders in Maymana, Faryab were attacked in assassination attempt but at least one of the attackers was killed before he could do much damage
8 month agoLocal authorities claimed arrest of alleged Taliban operative in Maymana, Faryab.
8 month agoClashes between Taliban and ANDSF continued in Southern Tagab, Kapisa. ANDSF arty strikes also reported. Local reports say more civilian infrastructure hit in recent fighting
8 month agoAfghan Army claimed airstrike on Taliban gathering in Saripul
Statement by DNI Ratcliffe: "I have confirmed that neither the President nor the Vice President were ever briefed on any intelligence alleged by the New York Times in its reporting yesterday."
Central Asia is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and, colloquially, "the 'stans" (as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.
Central Asia include five republics of the former Soviet Union: Kazakhstan (pop. 17 million), Kyrgyzstan (5.7 million), Tajikistan (8.0 million), Turkmenistan (5.2 million), and Uzbekistan (30 million), for a total population of about 66 million as of 2013–2014. Afghanistan (pop. 31.1 million) is also sometimes included. (wikipedia)
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