Ghani Calls On Nation To Raise Its Voice Against Terrorism

President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday night held an emergency meeting with senior officials from the 34 provinces via video conference where he discussed the country's security situation especially the Friday attack. He also discussed Friday's attack on the Afghan National Army 209 Shaheen Military...

209 Shaheen Corps: The Base The Taliban Attacked

Located in Dehdadi district in Balkh and opened in 2006, originally as a U.S base called Camp Mike Spann, the Afghan National Army's 209 Shaheen Corps Headquarters is responsible for security of nine northern and north-eastern provinces - provinces that have witnessed major terror attacks over the...

US forces confirm death of top Taliban leader Quari Tayib

The United States Forces for Afghanistan (USFOR-A) confirmed the death of a top Taliban leader Quari Tayib in northeastern Takhar province of Afghanistan. "U.S. Forces-Afghanistan confirmed Quari Tayib, once known as the Taliban Shadow Governor of Takhar Province, was killed in an airstrike in Archi...

Taliban claims 4 of its fighters had enrolled before the attack on army base

The Taliban militants group claim four of its fighters had enrolled in the 209th Shaheen Corps months before to plan and coordinate the attack on the army base. The Taliban group spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid released the picture of the ten suicide bombers who launched the attack on Friday afternoon. Taliban...

Senior Taliban leader identified as Ijaz-ul-Haq killed by own bomb in Laghman

A senior Taliban leader identified as Ijaz-ul-Haq was killed in a premature explosion in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan. The provincial government media office in a statement said Ijaz-ul-Haq also known as Omari was killed along with three other militants as they were planting an Improvised...

Ghani makes unannounced visit to Balkh after deadly attack on army base

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrived to northern Balkh province of Afghanistan after a deadly attack ripped through the Afghan army corps base in this province. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani arrived in Balkh province after the attack on the 209th Shaheen Corps of the...

Hekmatyar Expected In Afghanistan In Next Few Days: Hizb-e-Islami

Qariburrahman Saeed, the head of the media section of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami said on Friday all the obstacles in the way of Hekmatyar's return to Afghanistan have been resolved and that he will return in the next few days. He said this will happen after the release of the first...

Reports Indicate Dozens Could Have Died In Army Base Attack

A U.S military official told Reuters on Friday night that dozens had been killed in an attack on an Afghan military base in Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province, but local officials said the death toll was eight. "We're talking probably more than 50 casualties," said Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman...

ISIS-K leader Hafiz Saeed�s horse presented to the Afghan President

The personal horse of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) leader Hafiz Saeed was presented to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, days after the terror group received a major blow in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The horse was presented to President Ghani...

You committed an immense atrocity against Afghans, Karzai tells Trump

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told Trump that he has commuted an immense atrocity against the Afghan people. "My message to President Donald Trump today is that he has committed an immense atrocity against the Afghan people," He said in a Twitter post. Karzai further added that Trump...

Russia has the right to have relations with Taliban: Karzai

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that Russia has the right to have relations with the Taliban group as he has adopted a hard stance against the United States, specifically after the MOAB bombing o ISIS hideouts in Achin district of Nangarhar. During an exclusive interview with the Voice...

Farooq Wardak appointed as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs

The former of Minister of Education Farooq Wardak has been appointed as the Minister of State for the Parliamentary Affairs. A spokesman for the Presidential Palace, Shah Hussain Murtazawi, confirmed the appointment of Mr. Wardak late on Wednesday night. He said President Ghani issued a decree to confirm...

5 Pakistani militants killed in an airstrike in East of Afghanistan

At least five Pakistani militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group offshoot, ISIS Khurasan, were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government media office in a statement said the airstrike was carried out around...

Massoud warns of instability and war after dismissed by President Ghani

Ahmad Zia Massoud has warned of political instability in the country in his reaction to the presidential decree regarding his dismissal as senior presidential adviser for reforms and good governance. Speaking during a press conference in Kabul, Mr. Massoud also warned that the unilateral decisions by...

Noor reacts at dismissal of Ahmad Zia Massoud by President Ghani

The provincial governor of the northern Balkh province and the Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami party Ata Mohammad Noor reacted at the dismissal of Ahmad Zia Massoud by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. In a statement released following the confirmation of the dismissal of Massoud, Noor raised questions...

Taliban kill child and 3 women over alleged cooperation with govt in Sar-e-Pul

The Taliban insurgents have executed a child and three women after charging them with the alleged cooperation with the government in northern Sar-e-Pul province. According to the local government officials, the incident took place late on Sunday night in the vicinity of Sayad district. Provincial governor's...

Afghans protest US dropping of massive bomb

Afghan people have staged a demonstration in the capital, Kabul, to protest the recent move by the United States to drop its largest bomb, known as the mother of all bombs, in the country. On Thursday evening, Washington dropped its biggest non-nuclear bomb, the so-called GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance...

Karzai vows to oust US forces from Afghanistan after MOAB strike on ISIS

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed to step up efforts in a bid to oust the US military from the country following the massive airstrike in Achin Nangarhar against ISIS terrorists involving the non-nuclear GBU-43 bomb. Karzai made the remarks during a gathering in capital Kabul which...

Mega-bomb dropped by US on east Afghanistan kills 94: Official

Afghanistan says the death toll from an attack, which saw the US military dropping the ‘mother of all bombs’ on eastern Nangarhar Province, has jumped to 94, with the figure expected to rise due to the devastating strength of the bomb. Spokesman for the provincial governor, Ataullah...

ISIS in Afghanistan kidnapped wives, daughters for forced marriage: Nicholson

The commander of the US forces in Afghanistan leading the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM) General John Nicholson told reporters in Kabul that the deadly airstrike against the ISIS terrorist group was carried out in response to the barbaric acts of the terror group affiliates, including the kidnapping...

Karzai strongly condemns US dropping of huge bomb in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai has blasted the US for dropping its largest non-nuclear bomb in the Asian country, saying Washington is using his country as a “testing ground” for its new weapons. “I vehemently and in strongest words condemn the dropping...

Trump lauds US military for firing �mother of all bombs� in Afghanistan

President Donald Trump has praised America’s “incredible military” for dropping the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal on an area of eastern Afghanistan. “We have [an] incredible military. We are very proud of them and this was another very, very successful mission,”...

US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan + video

The US military has dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal on an area of eastern Afghanistan known to be populated by Daesh (ISIL) terrorists, according to the US Defense Department. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), also known as the "mother of all bombs,"...

132 ISIS terrorists killed in Afghanistan in past 6 days: MoD

At least 132 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in East of Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials said Thursday that the militants were killed in the past six days during the anti-ISIS operations...

Trump sending Gen. McMaster to Afghanistan to review the situation

The US President Donald Trump is sending General McMaster to Afghanistan in a bid to review the situation in the country. Trump made the remarks while speaking during a press conference with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. "It's my hope that NATO will take on an increased role in supporting...

Afghan Ulemas once again slam Pakistan�s Maulana Fazal for his remarks

The Afghan Ulemas once again slammed the Pakistani politician and religious figure Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for his controversial remarks regarding Afghanistan, emphasizing that he is not having a religious and academic status. Speaking during a press conference in Kabul, the Afghan Ulemas said Maulana...

Heavy explosion heard in Kabul city

The incident has taken place in the vicinity of the 2nd police district, house to the Ministry of Defense and several other government institutions, including the VIP Protection Unit providing security to the government elites. The Ministry of Interior confirmed the incident that took place in Police...

Russia reacts at alleged support to the Afghan Taliban

The Embassy of Russia in Kabul has reacted towards the remarks of the Afghan officials regarding the alleged support of Moscow to the Taliban group. According to a statement by the Russian Embassy, some senior Afghan officials are accusing Russia of supporting the Taliban group, emphasizing that such...

Nine Afghan forces battling Taliban killed by roadside bomb

A roadside bomb has killed at least nine Afghan soldiers during an ongoing military operation in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh Province. Media reports on Sunday cited an Afghan official as saying that in addition to the nine killed, several more Afghan forces had been injured in clashes with...

Foreigners among 25 ISIS militants killed in East of Afghanistan

At least twenty five militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed during the ongoing Hamza counter-terrorism operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the local government officials, the militants were killed in a series of ground operations...