A Pakistani helicopter has crash-landed in the central Logar province of Afghanistan earlier today, the provincial council officials said. That reported by www.khaama.com. A member of the provincial council Dr. Abdul Wali Wakil said the helicopter crash-landed in the restive Azra district and all 6 on board were captured by the militants. Provincial governor’s spokesman Salim […]

President Barack Obama, calling Afghanistan’s security situation precarious, said on Wednesday he will keep U.S. troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year’s end as previously planned. Obama, in a statement at the White House, said the role of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will […]

For the first time since the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the AAF has engaged in live combat using modern-day fixed-wing combat aircraft. In April, the Afghan Air Force (AAF) reached a major milestone in its development. For the first time since the end of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the AAF has […]

Afghanistan today said three of the four multirole Mi-35 helicopters that India donated to it last month have been assembled and are now fully operational to combat terrorism in the war-torn country. According to the Defense Ministry, the helicopters will be used in the ongoing Helmand battle for the first time. “We have always been […]

In a major shift in position, India is discussing the transfer of attack helicopters to Afghanistan when Afghan National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar visits New Delhi this weekend (November 7-8) for meetings with NSA Ajit Doval, highly placed officials confirmed to The Hindu. The visit by Mr. Atmar, who will be accompanied by Deputy Foreign […]

The Ministry of Defence confirms a UK military vehicle was struck by an IED in Kabul this morning in an attack aimed at foreign troops. A spokesman said: “We can confirm that at approximately 9.10am this morning a convoy of UK military vehicles on a routine road move as part of the NATO Resolute Support […]

Russia will sign contract on Mi-35 deliveries to Afghanistan in October. The Afghan government intends to buy Mi-35 attack helicopters from Russia in a bid to boost the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force. The Afghan Air Force received the first six Armed MD-530s last month with the NATO Train, Assist, Advise Command-Air and 438th […]

Taliban’s shadow governor for Badakhshan Qari Fasihudin and 40 insurgents were killed as a result of an air strike conducted in Baharak district of Badakhshan, the Afghan ministry of interior said in a press release on Friday night. The attack was carried out at around 6:50 pm in an area located in Baharak district killing […]

Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban. An operation launched overnight saw forces recapture government landmarks and inflict heavy casualties on the militants, officials said. But the Taliban has insisted it still controls large parts of the city. The city’s capture on Monday […]

Taliban Show Off Growing Strength, Photos Of Taliban Special Forces . The Taliban  is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. After the September 11 attacks, the Taliban were overthrown by the American-led invasion of Afghanistan. Later it regrouped as an insurgency movement to fight the American-backed Karzai administration and theNATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The […]