Afghan forces News

In late June the Afghan government resurrected militias with a reputation of brutal violence to support the beleaguered Afghan forces The Interior Ministry issued a statement Saturday saying the defeats were temporary although it was not clear how they would regain control Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the fall of the districts and said most were without a fight

The ministry said that the increase in the number of surrenders is due to ramped-up military operations by the forces. In the last two weeks, over 615 ISIS terrorists and their family members have surrendered.

The incident occurred on Sunday night when Afghan forces raided a house that the officals said was being used by the Taliban to train suicide bombers, but during the attack a wedding venue situated adjacent the target came under fire.

Members of Special Afghan Security Forces on Sunday eliminated all four terrorists who stormed the upscale Intercontinental Hotel here late on Saturday and took hundreds of foreign guests and staff hostage for several hours.

NATO will increase its training mission in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 16,000 troops

The Taliban have confirmed capturing Mirzawalang but said it did so alone. It has also denied allegations it had killed civilians.

The insurgents captured Taywara district in Ghor province after days of fighting, the latest victory by the resurgent militants.

The Pentagon plans to send almost 4,000 additional United States troops to Afghanistan, according to reports.

Insurgents have killed at least 13 Afghan security forces in separate attacks, officials said on Sunday, as the country struggles to contain a long-running Taliban insurgency and combat a growing threat from a local Islamic State affiliate.

Afghan forces fought to regain control of the northern city of Kunduz on Monday after Taliban fighters pushed into the centre of the provincial capital they had briefly captured almost exactly a year ago in their biggest success in 15 years of war.

The Taliban attack, in one of the country's top opium-producing areas, has exposed how thinly stretched Afghan security forces have become as they try to contain Islamist insurgents in other areas of the country.

Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, shooting dead the last of a group of attackers who struck hours after a separate suicide bombing killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilians.

Explosions and gunfire rocked the university when it came under fire from militants. No one has immediately claimed responsibility.

The Afghan security forces on Tuesday cleared militants from a restive district on the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Baghlan province.

The one U.S. trooper killed and two wounded in Afghanistan`s southern Helmand province.

Latest reports say that there are three more terrorists hold-up in an adjacent building. 

 Afghan forces backed by US air support clashed with Taliban fighters in Kunduz on Tuesday in a bid to retake the centre of the northern city, the first provincial Afghan capital to fall to the insurgents since their movement was toppled 14 years ago.