Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban says shot down U.S. C-130 plane
The Taliban on Friday claimed to have shot down a C-130 U.S. military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with NATO confirming that 11 people including six U.S. soldiers were killed in the crash. NATO did not confirm the cause of
Asia’s largest film festival kicks off in S. Korea
Stars from Asia and beyond gathered in South Korea’s second largest city on Thursday for a Bollywood-flavored launch of the 20th Busan International Film Festival. The event styles itself as the most influential of its kind in a region enjoying
Afghan forces retake control of Kunduz from Taliban
Afghan forces retook control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday after a three-day Taliban occupation that dealt a stinging blow to the country’s NATO-trained military. The fall of the provincial capital, even temporarily, highlights the stubborn insurgency’s
Afghan forces fight to retake Kunduz from Taliban
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Kunduz on Tuesday as the government launched an operation to retake the centre of the northern city, the first provincial capital to fall to the insurgents since their movement was toppled 14 years
Taliban forces enter key Afghan city Kunduz
The Taliban on Monday seized partial control of a major Afghan city, an AFP journalist and two tribal elders said, the first time they have done so since the US-led invasion of 2001. The Islamist group was driven out of
Attack on Afghan soccer match kills 9, wounds over 50
A suicide attack at a football match in southeast Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50, Afghan officials said. The attack took place in southeastern Paktika province, on the border with Pakistan. Details were
‘ISIS fighters’ attack Afghan police posts
Self-proclaimed fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group (ISIS) have for the first time launched coordinated attacks on police checkpoints in an eastern Afghan province, officials said Sunday. The raids on eight to 10 police posts began
ISIS gaining ground in Afghanistan
The ISIS group is making inroads in Afghanistan, winning over a growing number of sympathizers and recruiting followers in 25 of the country’s 34 provinces, a U.N. report said Friday. The militant group, which controls large areas of Syria and
Afghan Taliban say ‘no peace’ until foreign troops leave
The Taliban’s new leader told Kabul on Tuesday it must cancel a security deal with the United States and expel all foreign troops if it wants peace in Afghanistan. Mullah Mansour made the demand in his first message marking the
Taliban’s Mullah Omar died of natural causes in Afghanistan, son says
Mullah Omar, founder of the Afghan Taliban, died of natural causes in Afghanistan, his son said in a statement calling for unity and quashing rumours about his father’s mysterious death amid a leadership dispute. The dispute within the Taliban threatens
Hundreds of prisoners escape as Afghan Taliban storm jail
Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in the central Afghan city of Ghazni early on Monday, killing police and releasing hundreds of prisoners, police said. A Reuters reporter at the scene saw the bodies of two men who appeared to be
‘ISIS’ militants claim attack on Pakistan-Afghan border post
Pakistan militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said on Sunday they had attacked a paramilitary checkpoint along the Afghan border, in the first such assault claimed by a former faction of the Taliban
Air strike kills ISIS commander in Afghanistan
A senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) commander has been killed by an air strike in eastern Afghanistan, intelligence officials said on Saturday, the fourth high-ranking member of the militant group to be killed in the area in
Drone strikes target ISIS fighters in eastern Afghanistan
Two drone strikes targeted militants loyal to Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing between 25 and 49 insurgents, according to differing estimates by Afghan and foreign officials. An increasing number of militants are pledging
Explosion, gunfire rock Afghan parliament
A Taliban attack on the Afghan parliament Monday ended after all seven militants were killed, the government said. “The attack has ended now. Seven attackers were involved — one detonated a car near the parliament building and six were killed
Afghan Taliban offer govt workers ‘hotline’ number to defect
The Afghan Taliban have announced a 24-hour telephone “hotline” and email addresses for any government employees wishing to defect to them, as the tech-savvy militants try to bolster public support. “The Islamic Emirate will provide safety to anybody who defects
Pakistan says airstrikes kill 20 militants by Afghan border
Pakistan’s military says airstrikes have killed 20 suspected militants in a troubled northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border. A statement Saturday said the strikes killed insurgents in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. The military gave no other
War in Afghanistan since 2001 has killed 100,000 people
War in Afghanistan since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion overthrew the Taliban regime and sparked an insurgency has killed almost 100,000 people, and wounded the same number, according to a new report from Brown University. The study, called Costs of War
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