Tag: insurgents

KABUL, Afghanistan — The last major city in northern Afghanistan fell to the Taliban on Saturday night, marking the complete loss of the country’s north to the Taliban as the insurgents appear on the verge of a full military takeover.The collapse of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province and ...

Kabul: A bombing attack that targeted Afghanistan's acting defense minister killed at least eight people and wounded 20, authorities said Wednesday. The deputy minister was not hurt in the attack claimed by Taliban insurgents. The blast went off late Tuesday in a heavily guarded upscale neighborhood of the capital ...

Six years after Pakistan’s last attempt to try and embrace estranged Baloch leaders failed, or was foiled, the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a fresh move aimed at Baloch reconciliation but critical questions will need to be answered before such an initiative can get off the ground.A ...

The Taliban said "it's too early" to determine whether insurgents would attack withdrawing U.S. forces, which are scheduled to fully depart Afghanistan before September 11 following a decision by President Joe Biden, according to the Associated Press.The Taliban signed a deal with former President Donald Trump in 2020 that ...

A group of militants attacked a security post in a former Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed four troops and four insurgents, the country's military said Friday.The overnight attack took place in Makeen, a border town in the former tribal region of South ...

Author: Associated PressID: 1612381063460986300Wed, 2021-02-03 19:35 MULTAN: Pakistani security forces and police acting on intelligence Wednesday raided suspected militant and separatist hideouts, triggering shootouts that killed seven insurgents and two soldiers. Kamran Hussain, an official with Pakistan’s counter-terrorism department, said in a statement the first raid took place in the district ...

KABUL, AfghanistanAmid stalled peace talks with the Taliban, Afghanistan on Sunday issued a list of at least 1,100 insurgents killed in ongoing clashes during the past 25 days.According to the Interior Ministry, scores of key Taliban commanders and foreign militants have been killed by Afghan forces in this period ...

KABUL, AfghanistanAmid stalled peace talks with the Taliban, Afghanistan on Sunday issued a list of at least 1,100 insurgents killed in ongoing clashes during the past 25 days.According to the Interior Ministry, scores of key Taliban commanders and foreign militants have been killed by Afghan forces in this period ...

A fierce gunbattle on Sunday left four Indian soldiers and three insurgents dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir, an Indian army official said.The fighting in Kupwara district started at around 1 a.m. after the Indian paramilitary soldiers spotted the rebels around 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) into India’s side of the cease-fire ...