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#Afghanistan#Nangarhar#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021

Taliban shoot at crowds of protesters in Jalalabad

19/08/202129/03/2022

Members of the Taliban opened fire on a group of protesters on Wednesday in the provinces of Khost and Nangarhar, witnesses said. Crowds of people in the provinces attempted to hoist the Afghan flag. The Taliban have replaced the official flag of Afghanistan with the white […]

#Afghanistan#Assassinations#Children#Conflict#Coronavirus#Daesh#Latest#Nangarhar#Taliban#Violence Against Women#Women

Killing of female polio vaccinators puts Afghan eradication campaign at risk

23/04/202123/06/2021

Gul Meena Hotak was on her regular rounds, going door-to-door giving polio vaccinations in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, when she heard gunshots. The 22-year-old’s immediate concern was for the safety of her friend Negina and other colleagues nearby. […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Daesh#Features#ISIS#Nangarhar

Uzbekistan’s ISIS problem: persecution at home may be radicalising young Muslims – The National

22/03/202015/04/2020

Shirzad, the 37-year-old militant sitting in a dimly lit interview room at Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, tries to excuse his decision to join one of the most brutal terror groups in the world. “I immigrated [to Afghanistan] from my country [Uzbekistan] […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Nangarhar#Taliban

US and Afghan soldiers shot by uniformed gunman – The National

09/02/202015/04/2020

Two US soldiers and three Afghan commandos were killed on Saturday when a man in an Afghan military uniform opened fire. At least six other American soldiers were wounded in the incident during a joint operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Economy#Nangarhar#Profile#Taliban

Death of a doctor who turned ‘deserts into gardens’- The Hindu

21/12/201915/04/2020

Few other foreign nationals have perhaps received as much love and admiration from the Afghans as Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who dedicated his life to improving healthcare, water availability and agriculture in Afghanistan over the last four decades. Affectionately referred to […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Daesh#ISIS#Kabul#Nangarhar#Peace Process

Is Daesh posing an existential threat to the Taliban? – TRT World

27/08/201915/04/2020

As the Taliban nears a peace deal with the US, the increasing presence of Daesh in the country makes the Afghan militant group jittery.

#Afghanistan#Conflict#ISIS#Nangarhar

Blasts mar Afghanistan’s independence centenary – The National

19/08/201915/04/2020

Afghanistan’s centenary Independence Day celebrations on Monday were marred by explosions in the eastern city of Jalalabad, which wounded scores. The attacks came as Afghans were still reeling from the brutal ISIS attack on a wedding celebration in Kabul two […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Daesh#ISIS#Nangarhar

ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in strike, spy agency says

26/08/2018

Saad Arhabi killed with 10 other fighters in Nangarhar overnight, security officials say

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Daesh#Nangarhar

ISIS forcing universities to close in eastern Afghanistan

08/08/201826/08/2018

The closures come amid reports of imminent offensive by Taliban fighters against ISIS

#Afghanistan#Archive#Conflict#Daesh#ISIS#Nangarhar#Religion

A blow to the last vestiges of pluralism

14/07/201831/10/2018

For many within Afghanistan’s once-thriving Sikh and Hindu communities, the attack in Jalalabad city on July 1, claimed by the Islamic State (IS), came as a final blow to the plurality of the Afghan society. Fourteen of their compatriots were […]

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