
The Taliban member who rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol near Bagram Air Base in southern Afghanistan Monday, killing six U.S. troops, passed through Afghan security before carrying out the suicide bomb attack, CNN reports.
by Edwin Mora24 Dec 2015, 1:25 PM PST0

Russia is cooperating with the Taliban to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Afghanistan, Interfax news agency reports, citing a senior Russian diplomat.
by Edwin Mora24 Dec 2015, 11:37 AM PST0

At least 70 members of the U.S.-trained and equipped Afghan security forces handed over their weapons and equipment, purchased with American taxpayer funds, and surrendered to the Taliban in the restive district of Sangin in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province along the Pakistan border.
by Edwin Mora16 Nov 2015, 9:46 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon lacks a reliable system to gauge whether the Afghan security troops are an effective fighting force capable of holding its ground against the enemies of Afghanistan, such as the Taliban and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), reports a congressionally appointed watchdog agency.
by Edwin Mora3 Nov 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is expanding its presence in Afghanistan, recruiting followers in nearly 75 percent of the country’s 34 provinces, according to a United Nations report.
by Edwin Mora28 Sep 2015, 8:34 PM PST0

Taliban terrorists attacked a jail in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, freeing more than 350 inmates and killing four policemen.
by Edwin Mora14 Sep 2015, 7:03 PM PST0

The Afghan security forces suffered a record number of casualties in the first six months after the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan ended last December.
by Edwin Mora23 Jul 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

In an effort that is being seen as undermining U.S. officials’ assurances that security forces were holding their own, Afghanistan is forming local militias and urging old warlords to provide military assistance in response to a fierce Taliban offensive in the northern part of the country, The New York Times reports.
by Edwin Mora25 May 2015, 4:39 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. and Afghan governments lack accurate data on the Afghan security forces’s manpower, capability, and payroll, making it difficult to assess Afghanistan’s ability to fight the Taliban and prevent other terrorist groups from using the country to stage new attacks, according to a specially-appointed congressional watchdog agency.
by Edwin Mora29 Apr 2015, 8:02 PM PST0