Pentagon downplays #Taliban efforts to build its own air force "The relatively small number of former AAF aircraft believed to be in operational condition does not pose a capable military threat to regional stability outside #Afghanistan" per @DeptofDefense spox Maj Rob Lodewick
"With the exception of a pair of #Blackhawk helicopters, the former AAF aircraft that have been seen flying in #Afghanistan are old legacy aircraft that DoD did not provide nor previously sustain" per @DeptofDefense spox Maj Rob Lodewick in response to question from @VOANews
2 year agoISKP claimed targeted gun attack against Taliban members in Jalalabad, Nangarhar
#Taliban closer to backing away from #Doha commitments, giving #alQaida more freedom to operate in #Afghanistan Move would give AQ "the ability to train, travel, and potentially re-establish an external operations capability" @CENTCOM warns @DoD_IG
Afghan government: A ceasefire agreement was reached between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban in talks in Kabul
Taliban have decided to dissolve a number of key institutions in Afghanistan, including @AfghanistanIHRC , an A-Status National Human Rights Institution, that lost 7 of its employees to violence & terrorism (most directly attributed to the Taliban) since its establishment
US expected to spend approx. $19.5 billion to support its counterterrorism in #Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES) - in FY 2022, @DeptofDefense comptroller tells @DoD_IG Joint HQ in #Doha has abt 100 personnel, per report
2 year ago"The Taliban have arrested two Iranian political refugees named Mohammad Mehdi Homayoon Zarean and Kamal Khaki in Karta-e-Naw, Kabul
2 year ago2 NRF Andarab fighters of Commander Khair Mohammad Khairkhah last night attacked the Taliban Red Unit / Sara Kheta around the Pol-e Hesar city, Andarab and as a result of the offensive operation more than 10 Taliban militants were killed or wounded
2 year agoTaliban militants raided a consultative meeting held by members of Shiite scholars council today in Kabul. The meeting aimed to discuss the demands/rights of Shiite community under the TBs but sources shared the video say that TBs attacked & abused the members
Canadian PM: It is 'completely atrocious' that Taliban is targeting Afghans who worked for Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, it is "heartbreaking and horrific" to hear of Afghans being tortured by the Taliban as they wait for resettlement to Canada
Today, Afghan women in Kabul protested Taliban's new burqa decree. They held signs calling for justice despite threats from Taliban. "It was terrifying. They told us if we move one step forward, they will fire 30 rounds at us," one women said
2 year agoState Dept's Ned Price on Monday said the US has "noted that the Taliban continue to adopt policies oppressing women & girls, in many ways as a substitute for addressing the acute economic crisis & the need for incl govt & we have called for an end to these restrictive measures
2 year agoVideo - A new convoy of Taliban fighters arrived in Panjshir & headed to Dara district after a short stop in Bazarak. More than 20 Taliban fighters have been killed & 6 others captured in clashes in Dara district over past 2 days. 7 of their armored vehicles were also destroyed
2 year agoLocal sources reported that 12 Taliban members were killed and three others were wounded in a clash between Taliban and National Resistance Front on Sunday night May 08, in Versaj district of Takhar province
Report: A Taliban member was shot dead last night in Almar Faryab
2 year agoTaliban supreme leader orders women to wear all-covering burqa in public: decree
"Drones have been flying over Ghazni province since last few days. A drone strike was carried against GHAZNI PRT." Residents in GHAZNI city tells
2 year agoReport: Senior Taliban intelligence member assassinated in Ghazni city on Monday
2 year agoSources say that the Taliban have killed a former security forces member named Asid Sultani in Herat province
2 year agoFollowing the explosion of two power pylons by unknown individuals in Salang district of Parwan province, officials at the Parwan Electricity Authority say repairing the power pylons will cost more than $ 160,000
2 year agoFamilies of victims of the blast that targeted a mosque in PD6 of Kabul city called for the perpetrators to be held accountable
Khamenei: Today the usurping government's biggest supporter, the U.S., has suffered consecutive defeats: in Afghanistan, in its maximum pressure policy against Iran, in trying to control world's economy & in its domestic management & the deep rift inside the U.S. establishment
US @DeptofDefense confirms an estimated $7.12 billion worth of military equipment provided to the Afghan security forces prior to their collapse "remains in Afghanistan in varying states of repair" Total of $18.6 billion had been provided to Afghan forces from 2005-2021
2 year agoNine killed, 13 wounded in Mazar-e-Sharif blasts. Two explosions went off in Afghanistan's northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, on Thursday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding 13 others, police said
2 year agoExplosion in Mazar city, Balkh
2 year agoTwo Taliban members were wounded in a hand grenade blast in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar. The blast took place in front of the Intelligence management of the mentioned district
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an IED attack targeting rival Taliban militants in District 12 of the Afghan capital Kabul that allegedly inflicted 10 casualties
2 year agoISKP just claimed an assassination of a Taliban member in gun attack in Taloqan, Takhar
Eyewitnesses in Sar-e-Pul province reported a blast at a school. Details are not available and officials have yet to comment
