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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a “Meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL: Joint Plenary Session” at the State Department in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Sharbat Bibi
‘Mona Lisa of Afghan War’ Returns back Home
Islam abad -A Pakistani judge ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, “Afghan Girl” whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country’s wars. The police official said the girl known by her greens eyes was arrested after she was...Caption:
Members of the Afghan security forces take position during an operation against Taliban fighters in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, 02 June 2016. Reports on 31 May said 50 Afghan security officials were killed and several others were wounded over two days of clashes with Taliban militants in Helmand province. Since late 2015, insurgents control some areas of Lashkargah, capital of the strategic Helmand province and almost one third of the Afghan territory, according to a report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. EPA/WATAN YAR
Afghan Officials Sound the Alarm as Taliban Gain in Helmand Province
The hardline Taliban group is currently tightening its grip around the capital of disputed Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, said residents and local officials. Security officials and local leaders offered conflicting assessments of the risk of the city of...Caption:
Smoke billows from the scene of a gun battle between Afghan security forces and militants as militants attack on several government buildings in Helmand province, Afghanistan, 09 March 2016.
60 Afghan Prisoners Freed from Taliban – A Special Forces Raid
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan- According to officials, more than 60 prisoners held captive by Taliban were freed by Afghan Special Forces, noting that the prisoners were kept in a house in the southern province of Helmand. Large parts of Helmand were seized and controlled...Caption:
A student looks between security officials as UNHCR assistant High Commissioner George Okoth-Obbo speaks to Afghan elders at an Afghan refugee camp school in Kalabat