SECURITY
Key members of a terrorist group killed in Kunar airstrike
KUNNAR: At least two key members of a terrorist group were killed in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan national army in the East said the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Watapur district. Khaama, Pajhwok
Deadly airstrikes target Taliban insurgents in Helmand leaving several dead
HELMAND: A series of airstrikes targeted the Taliban insurgents in at least two districts of the restive Helmand province in the South, leaving several fighters of the group dead. A spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Corps of the Afghan Army in the South General Nawab Zadran confirmed the airstrikes were carried out in the outskirts of Lashkargah city and in Nawa district. Gen. Zadran further added at least 6 militants were killed and 7 others were wounded in the first airstrike carried out in Bolan area of Lashkargah city. Khaama, Pajhwok , Tolo News
4 Uzbek ISIS militants blown up by own explosives in North of Afghanistan
JAWZJAN: At least four foreign insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khorasan were killed in an explosion in Qosh Tapa district of Jawzjan province of Afghanistan. Khaama
13 killed, 19 injured in Helmand car bomb attack
HELMAND: At least 13 were killed and 19 others, mostly civilians, were wounded when a suicide car bomber struck an Afghan army convoy in southern Helmand province. The attack took place in Dwa Pula area of Nawa district. Pajhwok
Delaram police chief, guard killed in Taliban ambush
NIMROZ: The police chief for Delaram district of southwestern Nimroz was killed along with one of his bodyguards by Taliban insurgents. Pajhwok
POLITICAL
Noor calls Hekmatyar ‘Butcher of Kabul’ amid heightened HIA, Jamiat tensions
The provincial governor of the northern Balkh province and chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata Mohammad Noor while speaking during a public gathering in Samangan province of Afghanistan called the Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar the ‘Butcher of Kabul’ as he renewed his stance against the latest upheavals, mainly involving the heated exchange of words between the two prominent political parties. Khaama , Tolo News
