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Afghan Taliban raid in Kabul kills 3 Islamic State members
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An overnight raid by Taliban forces in Afghanistan's capital killed three members of the extremist Islamic State group, a Taliban spokesman said on Wednesday. The regional affiliate of the Islamic State group — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province —...
Veterans testify of 'catastrophic' impact of Afghan collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) — Active-service members and veterans provided firsthand testimony Wednesday about the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing detail the carnage and death they witnessed on the ground while imploring Congress to help the allies left behind. ...
Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks in separate operations by the Taliban security forces, a Taliban spokesman said Tuesday. Taliban forces killed Qari Fateh, the regional IS intelligence and...
Taliban raid kills 2 IS; embassy in Tehran changes control
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban security forces killed two militants from the Islamic State group and detained a third in an overnight raid in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday. The regional affiliate of the Islamic State group — known as...
Pakistan defense minister in Kabul over shut border crossing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's defense minister was in Afghanistan on Wednesday, meeting with officials there in an effort to resolve this week's closure by the Taliban administration of a key border crossing between the two neighboring countries, officials said. Defense Minister...
Virginia woman teaches English remotely to Afghan students
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — On their first day of class, the students showed up bright and smiling, dressed their best and eager to learn. Their teacher, Susan Micari, was immediately charmed — though from afar, as the medium was Zoom. Micari was sitting at her computer in the upstairs...
GOP opens another investigation of Afghanistan withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Biden Cabinet members, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, received a letter Friday from House Republicans as they launched the second investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the chairman...
Taliban: Former Afghan female lawmaker’s killer arrested
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Security forces have arrested a man allegedly behind the killing of former Afghan female lawmaker Mursal Nabizada, a Taliban spokesman said Friday. Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the capital Kabul's police chief, claimed that the arrested man had “confessed to his...
Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A rare public show of division within the ranks of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban emerged in recent days when Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, a powerful government figure, gave a speech seen as implicit criticism of the movement’s reclusive supreme leader. ...
Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul, an official said Tuesday. The raid on a residential building targeted IS militants who organized recent attacks in the...
