Security
Helmand: The Cobra Strikes of the Afghan Special Forces killed 4 Taliban militants during an operation in southern Helmand province. The statement further added that the Special Forces killed 4 Taliban militants during the operation. Khaama
Faryab: The security forces inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants during separate clashes which took place in three districts of Faryab. The security forces inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants during separate clashes which took place in three districts of Faryab. Khaama
Kunar: The Special Forces of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) stormed the compound of a Taliban commander in eastern Kunar province. The National Directorate of Security in a statement said the NDS Special Forces conducted the operation in Dangam district.The statement further added that the Special Forces killed Ahmadshah, Taliban commander who was in charge of a group of 20 militants. Khaama
Kunduz: The security forces carried out a series of airstrikes in Helmand, Kunduz and Uruzgan killing at least 7 Taliban militants. The informed military sources said Monday that an airstrike in Dishu district of Hlemadn killed 2 Taliban fighters and wounded 1 other. The sources further added that an airstrike in Charah Darah district of Kunduz killed 1 Taliban fighter. Furthermore, the security forces conducted airstrikes in in Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province which killed 3 Taliban fighters. Khaama
Logar: The Afghan Special Forces killed or detained dozens of Taliban militants during separate raids conducted in Logar and Paktika. The informed military sources said that the Special Forces killed 27 Taliban militants during the operation in Pul-e Alam district of Logar. The sources further added that the Special Forces also arrested 5 Taliban militants during the same raid. Furthermore, the sources said the Special Forces killed 4 Taliban militants during a raid in Sharan district of Paktika. Khaama
Farah City: Four policemen and 12 Taliban have been killed during militants’ attacks on police check-posts in western Farah province. Pajhwok
Zaranj: Unidentified gunmen have shot dead deputy head of the Attorney General Office (AGO) internal and external security in southwestern Nimroz province. Pajhwok
Lashkargah: Nearly 60 Taliban militants have been killed and several others wounded during clearing operations in southern Ghazni and Helmand provinces. Pajhwok
Kandahar City: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police officer in southern Kandahar province. Pajhwok
Pul-I-Alam: Seven civilians have been killed and six others wounded in an airstrike in central Logar province. Pajhwok
Socioeconomic
Afghanistan: The U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week and could wipe the country ‘off the face of the earth’ in ten days. However, he said he did not want to kill ten million people, suggesting that Pakistan could play a vital role to ‘help the U.S. out.’ Khaama, Tolonews
KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad will travel to Afghanistan and Qatar from July 22-August 1, to facilitate a peace process that ends the conflict in Afghanistan. Pajhwok, Tolonews, Khaama
