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'Tactical Retreat' Preceded Fall of Nerkh District: Officials  Following reports about the fall of Nerkh district of Maidan Wardak province to the Taliban, Afghan security officials said that the security forces made a "tactical retreat" from the district. Maidan Wardak's governor said that the security forces retreated from the district as part of a "conspiracy," without further elaborating. He said the district is currently under Taliban control. However, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) has rejected any kind of "conspiracy" and said that reinforcements have been sent to recapture t...

'Civilians Killed' in Maidan Wardak Airstrike, Mortar Attack A provincial council member in Maidan Wardak, Sharifullah Hotak, said that civilians were killed in a mortar attack on a house in Sayed Abad district and an airstrike in Jalriz district in the province. “At least eight members of one family were killed in an airstrike in Zorlang village in Jalriz district,” Hotak said. “In another incident in Sayed Abad district, four members of one family were killed and three more were wounded when a mortar hit their house.” Former president Hamid Karzai in a statement condemned civilian...

Taliban Fast Facts Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib, which means student. Most members are Pashtun, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. The exact number of Taliban forces is unknown. The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence from the country. Timeline 1979-1989 – The Soviet Union invades and occupies Afghanistan. Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, fight back. 1989-1993...

Taliban Fast Facts Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib, which means student. Most members are Pashtun, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. The exact number of Taliban forces is unknown. The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence from the country. Timeline 1979-1989 – The Soviet Union invades and occupies Afghanistan. Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, fight back. 1989-1993...

Afghanistan: Weekly Humanitarian Update (18 – 24 January 2021) Format South: Fighting reportedly displaced over 10,000 people in Hilmand Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state armed group (NSAG) continued in Hilmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces. In Kandahar, fighting continued mainly in Arghandab, Zheray and Panjwayi which is creating problems for farmers who cultivating the crops. Also, the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and illegal checkpoints on main roads connecting Kandahar to Hilmand and the western part of the country are hind...