Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 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 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 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: Kabul

Doctors Without Borders leaves Afghan city after air strike

The U.S. and Afghan governments vowed on Sunday to jointly investigate the attack on a hospital in Kunduz that killed 22 people, as street-by street battles continued between government forces and Taliban fighters and officials warned of a looming humanitarian

Three hospital staff killed in bombing in Afghan city

An air strike Saturday left three Doctors Without Borders staff dead and dozens more unaccounted for in the embattled Afghan city of Kunduz, the medical charity said, with NATO saying U.S. forces may be behind the attack. The MSF hospital

6 US airmen among 11 dead in crash claimed by Taliban

But the US said it was a crash that happened shortly after midnight Thursday at Jalalabad air field, 125 km from the capital, Kabul. An unknown number of people on the ground were also killed, said US Air Force Maj.

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

Attack on Afghan soccer match kills 9, wounds over 50

Afghanistan

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

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

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

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

Taliban claim attack on Kabul guesthouse

Afghan policemen

Four Taliban insurgents armed with assault rifles and a grenade launcher stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital overnight and held out for hours until they were killed by government forces early on Wednesday, officials said.

ISIS is recruiting, but not operational in Afghanistan: NATO general

John F. Campbell

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is recruiting fighters in Afghanistan, the commander of foreign forces in country has said, but they are not yet operational. There have been fears of ISIS making inroads in Afghanistan since

Eleven Afghan police get year in jail over mob killing of woman

Eleven Afghan policemen were Tuesday sentenced to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman who was lynched by a mob after being falsely accused of blasphemy, following a landmark fast-track trial. The verdict comes after four Afghan

U.S. Embassy: American citizen killed in Afghanistan attack

The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says one U.S. citizen has been killed in an attack on Kabul guesthouse. The embassy said in an email statement issued Wednesday that it can confirm reports a U.S. citizen was killed in the attack

Nineteen kidnapped Afghans released, 12 more could be freed soon

Nineteen Afghan men from among 31 kidnapped by gunmen from a bus in February were freed on Monday by their captors, and the rest could be released soon, officials said. The men are Hazaras, members of a largely Shi’ite Muslim

U.S. defense chief silent on Mosul attack timing

New U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday he would not telegraph the precise timing of an upcoming Iraqi offensive to retake the city of Mosul from ISIS militants, after a U.S. military briefing caused an uproar. Two influential

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