Explosion on the border between Iran and Afghanistan
ISWNews Analysis Group: Several tankers carrying gas and oil materials exploded following a fire at the Islam Qala crossing in Kahsan district, Herat province, which borders Iran.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Several tankers carrying gas and oil materials exploded following a fire at the Islam Qala crossing in Kahsan district, Herat province, which borders Iran.
153 Taliban were killed and 23 others were wounded in the last 24 hours as a result of security operations in Kandahar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Zabul, Wardak, Khost, Konduz and Helmand provinces, according to the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense.
ISWNews Analysis Group: 3 IED attacks targeted Kabul city killing at least 3 people including Mohammadzai Kochi, police chief of Kabul’s PD5.
ISWNews Analysis Group: 4 employees of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Bagh-e-Daud area of Kabul’s PD5.
1- Qandahar– In the Army and Taliban conflict in districts of Arghandab, Dand and Khakriz 31 killed, 3 injured and 17 mines and booby traps were neutralized.– General Yasin Zia, Afghanistan chief of staff, visited Qandahar bases and ordered to strengthen the 205th corps.– Imam of a mosque was assassinated by armed individuals in the […]
Behsud is an area in west of Maidan Wardak province in the center of Afghanistan neighbouring Bamyan, Ghazni and Kabul. Most of the northern and western inhabitants of the province are Hazaras and other tribes like Pashtuns (Kochis and Wardakis) and Tajiks are minorities. The area is a main discord point between Kochi people and Hazaras.
ISWNews Analysis Group: 34 Taliban members, including the head of the military committee and two field commanders, were killed during a security operation by the Afghan forces in the district of Nawa.
ISWNews Analysis Group: In an operation by Afghanistan special forces 22 people including 15 civilians were released from Taliban captivity in Charkh district and also three Taliban militants were arrested.
1- Kandahar:During the Army operation in Arghandab area, 38 Taliban members were killed and 5 hideouts, 2 trenches and a large amount of their weapons were destroyed by the army, and 17 roadside bombs were discovered and defused. (image) 2- Farah:Eight Taliban members were killed and five others were wounded in an airstrike by the […]
ISWNews Analysis Group: Afghan Army Special Forces released 27 civilians from a Taliban prison in Nahre Seraj.
1- QandaharFollowing heavy conflict between the Army and Taliban in fronts of Arghandab, Panjwai and Maiwand 27 of Taliban members killed and 12 injured. A position and some equipment of Taliban destroyed in the conflict.– Due to Taliban and the army conflict in Nahre Seraj town 12 of Taliban militants killed. 2- HelmandMuhammad Zaher Haqyar, […]
Taliban attacks have intensified in the southern provinces of Afghanistan and government forces have been severely weakened, and the Kandahar and Helmand provinces are likely to fall in the coming months if the Afghan government does not take serious measures in these areas.