WASHINGTON, United States – Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said Wednesday it is too early to talk about a full American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, introducing a cautionary move as US-Taliban negotiators appear to be near a final peace deal.
Dunford told Pentagon reporters at a press conference that any US deal with the Taliban will be based on...
PAKTIKA (The Killid Group) – At least 37 armed Taliban killed during an operation by Afghan security forces in Paktika-Paktia highway, Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement.
According to the statement released Wednesday, local security unit carried operation Tuesday in Paktika-Paktia highway, located in Zermat district, which killed at least 37 Taliban, including a key member. One further arrested by forces.
One...
BALKH (The Killid Group) – Dozens of armed insurgents killed and injured during the 303 Shaheen operation in several parts of the Nahr Shahi district in Northern province of Balkh, local authorities said.
Mohammad Hanif Razae, Spokesman for the 209th Shaheen Corps, told The Killid, “the clashes (between the insurgents and the Afghan forces) still ongoing in several areas of the District.”
The 303...
KABUL (The Killid Group) – The British Ambassador to Kabul Alison Blake in a statement Wednesday announced £250,000 to support Afghan media, as she praised the expansion of Afghanistan’s independent and diverse media a remarkable success since fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.
She “underlined concern about impact of the conflict on journalist’s safety and the significant threats faced by journalists working...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering closing Pakistan’s airspace to India and blocking its eastern neighbor’s land trade route to Afghanistan, the science and technology minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday.
Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Khan was debating whether to close airspace to India and its land routes to Afghanistan.
“PM is considering a complete closure of Air...
KANDAHAR (The Killid Group) –At least six police officers, including two policewomen, killed during landmine explosion and target killing, local authorities confirmed.
Jamal Naser Barikzai, Spokesman for the Kandahar Police, told the Killid around 8:30am Wednesday, armed insurgents shot two policewomen, who were on their duty in Arghandab district, dead in Madad area of PD1 of Kandahar city.
The suspects could flee the scene, but...
HERAT (The Killid Group) – At least 14 civilians, including Public Uprising Forces, killed during an attack by the Taliban insurgents in Rubat Sangi of Herat province, local authorities said, 10 further injured.
Abdul Ahad Wali Zada, Spokesman for the Herat Police, told The Killid, “last night (Tuesday), the Taliban raided in Chahr Dara village of Kashk Rubat Sangi district against civilians and...
DOHA, Qatar (The Killid Group) – A written text, as the outcome of the US-Taliban negotiations on a peace deal in Afghanistan, has been finalized, sources close to Doha talks told media early Wednesday.
The draft is expected to be signed today, August 28, 2019 – which outlines United States troops withdrawal from Afghanistan and guarantees Taliban will not use Afghanistan as springboard...
NANGARHAR (The Killid Group) – A university lecturer Massoud Nekbakht killed in an embedded IED blast in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province Tuesday, local authorities confirmed.
Nekbakht was Head of the Literature Faculty of Nangarhar University.
Attaullah Khogyani, Spokesman for the Provincial Governor, told The Killid that the incident occurred Tuesday around 4:30pm in PD7 of the city, which killed head of the Literature...
