#Afghanistan - "There are ongoing lessons learned, ongoing after-actions reviews" per @DOD_Policy After action review on Afghanistan ordered by @SecDef has been completed but remains classified, he says, noting it is also still being reviewed *typo corrected
Islamic Emirate and Pakistani soldiers exchanged gunfire in the Ben-Shahi area of Dangam district in Kunar province, according to Najibullah Hanif, local director of information and culture
As per reports, 3 members of Tahrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been killed due to a roadside mine explosion in Barmal district of Paktika province
New explosion being reported in Kabul this evening
Blast in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 8; Islamic State claims responsibility
Explosion Reported in Sarkariz Area of Kabul
The Taliban implicitly accepted that al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul, but apparently they will not repeat the "mistake of Osama's time" and will bury the body quietly
Al-Jazeera security source: dead and wounded in clashes between Afghan forces and ISIS militants near Kabul University
2 year ago"By hosting and sheltering the leader of al Qa'ida in Kabul, the Taliban grossly violated the Doha Agreement and repeated assurances to the world that they would not allow Afghan territory to be used by militants to threaten the security of other countries," @SecBlinken says
A senior administration official: "a precise tailored airstrike" using 2 hellfire missiles was conducted at 9:48pET Saturday July 30th – 6:18AM Kabul time, via unmanned air strike & was authorized by Biden following weeks of meetings with his Cabinet & key advisors
He was located this year and confidence increased over the past few months, official said. Zawahiri didn't leave the house, was killed by drone strike with 2 Hellfire missiles. Senior Taliban leaders knew he was in the house, official said
US President Joe Biden: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Afghanistan
White House: U.S. carried out successful counterterrorism operation against 'significant' al-Qaeda target in Afghanistan
The CIA carried out a drone strike in Kabul over the weekend, two U.S. officials tell
Taliban: The United States carried out a drone strike on an apartment building in Kabul last week
4 people injured in explosion at cricket stadium in Kabul
Exchange of gunfire reported between Taliban and Pakistani border forces at Chaman border
2 year agoNawabahar district, Zabul, aftermath of destructive flash floods caused by heavy and non stop rain
Several U.S senators ask the United Nations to take targeted measures against the Taliban and hold this group accountable for violating the rights of women and girls
The Taliban army corps in Herat said that with the construction of these outposts, border forces will also be stationed there to protect the borders
2 year agoTaliban intelligence GDI claims to have busted another ISKP cell in Kabul. 2 killed, 3 captured. Tajik language section of Al-Azaim's Voice of Khorasan magazine was apparently run by this cell. Other ISKP content was also being translated
2 year agoLocal sources in Kapisa say that the Taliban shot and killed a former government officer in Arbabkhel village of Nejrab district of this province on Monday night July 18, near his house
2 year agoLocal officials in Khost province told TOLOnews that yesterday's earthquake affected the Afghan Dubai and Mummadi areas of Sepiri district, injuring 8 people and destroying 33 houses
2 year agoAn earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred at around 8:08pm, in the 66km SSE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan: National Center for Seismology
2 year agoLocal sources in Panjshir say that the clashes between the Taliban and the forces of the National Resistance Front have started again in Shotul district of this province. Clashes started around 10:00 am on Saturday, July 16, in Dara Arezo of Shotul district
2 year agoTaliban sources claim that multiple ISKP militants have been killed and captured in operations in Imam Saheb, Kunduz as well as Kabul. These images are claimed to be from Kunduz while there's a gory video (also claimed to be from Kunduz) which shows 5 dead bodies
Sources say that 8 ISK members and 4 Taliban members were killed as the result of armed clashes between two groups in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province on Thursday night July 14
Taliban intelligence agency GDI said it recovered a cache of weapons and ammo in an op in Kabul
2 year agoISKP claims capturing and beheading a Taliban member in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh yesterday
2 year agoNew ISKP claim posted some minutes ago: ISKP claimed twin IED blasts targeting Taliban in PD-9, Kabul, while also claiming an unspecified number of casualties, the day before yesterday
