Nerkh District News Today

In Afghanistan’s hinterlands, the main battlegrounds of America’s longest war, Afghans view the United States primarily through the prism of conflict, brutality and death.

Taliban capture district on outskirts of Afghan capital AFP, KABUL The Taliban have seized a district from Afghan government forces on the outskirts of Kabul, ahead of a three-day ceasefire agreed between the warring sides, officials said. Nerkh District is about 40km from the Afghan capital in neighboring Wardak Province, which has long been used by militants as a gateway to reach the city and launch deadly attacks. “Security and defense forces made a tactical retreat from the police headq...

The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads 12-year-old Bilal survived a December 2018 night raid on his madrassa in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province, during which 12 other boys were massacred. “There were Americans in the corridor,” Bilal told The Intercept. “We could hear them speaking.” Photo: Andrew Quilty/Agence Vu12-year-old Bilal survived a December 2018 night raid on his madrassa in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province, during which 12 other boys were massacred. “There w...