by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 22, 2017 | World
The international Medecins Sans Frontiers in Afghanistan on Saturday reopened a small medical clinic in northern Kunduz province where nearly two years ago an airstrike destroyed their hospital, killing over 40. The new facility, which has one doctor and five nurses,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 27, 2017 | World
An air strike has killed a senior Afghan Taliban commander who twice oversaw the capture of a strategic northern city and who has been declared dead several times in the past, officials said Monday. Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund, the Taliban shadow governor in Kunduz...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 8, 2016 | World
The United Nations has pledged to conduct an investigation into US airstrikes carried out during an operation against the Taliban in the Kunduz province of Afghanistan. 32 civilians were killed in the troubled province last week as a result, and the UN said that any...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 3, 2016 | World
Two U.S. service members were killed and two others wounded Thursday during operations against the Taliban around the northern Afghan city of Kunduz and more than 30 civilians were killed in air strikes called in to protect Afghan and U.S. troops, officials said....
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 3, 2016 | World
Taliban insurgents launched an assault on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, triggering intense fighting and forcing residents to hide in their homes, exactly one year after the militants briefly seized the strategic city. Government helicopters were...
