Taliban Behind Recent Targeted Killings: Andarabi
2020-12-30 افغانستان در یک سال٬ شاهد هژده هزار و دوصد رویداد تروریستی بوده است
Kabul (BNA) Minister of Interior Massoud Andarabi on Tuesday while speaking to the Afghan senate about the security situation in the country and particularly in Kabul, said that the Taliban is behind the “targeted killings.”
“The Taliban had major plans to overrun more areas in the provinces including Helmand, but they were prevented, causing the group to focus on targeted killings in Kabul,” Andarabi said.
Taliban Behind Recent Targeted Killings: Andarabi
He believes that attacks in the country have increased in Afghanistan since the US and Taliban signed the peace agreement in February this year in Doha.
Afghan Army Pilot Shot and Killed in Kandahar
Officials at the 205th Atal Corps confirmed that Massoud Atal, a military pilot, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in PD14 of Kandahar city on Wednesday afternoon.
The officials did not provide further details except to say that an investigation is ongoing.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Targeted killings
Interior Affairs Minister Massoud Andarabi on Tuesday, while speaking to the Afghan senate about the security situation in the country and particularly in Kabul, said that the Taliban is behind the targeted killings.
“The Taliban had major plans to overrun more areas in the provinces including Helmand, but they were prevented, causing the group to focus on targeted killings in Kabul,” Andarabi said.
Taliban behind 99 percent attacks this year, Afghan intelligence says 2 minutes read
Kabul, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- The Taliban are behind 99 percent of the terror attacks carried out within the past year in Afghanistan, including a recent wave of almost daily targeted killings that have rocked the country, the principal intelligence agency of the country said on Tuesday.
In 2020 “out of 18,200 attacks, 99 percent were directly carried out by the Taliban and remaining one percent were carried out by other groups including Daesh (Islamic State),” Zia Saraj, director of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), told the upper house of the parliament.
The figures include armed attacks against military bases and checkposts manned by security forces, suicide bombings, explosions through improvised explosive devices and targeted assassinations in urban areas.
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طلوعنیوز برنامههای گونهگون، مانند گفتمانها و نیز گزارشهای اقتصادی، منطقهیی و جهانی را ارائه میکند. Taliban Is Behind Targeted Killings : Andarabi
Interior Affairs Minister Massoud Andarabi on Tuesday while speaking to the Afghan senate about the security situation in the country and particularly in Kabul, said that the Taliban is behind the “targeted killings.”
“The Taliban had major plans to overrun more areas in the provinces including Helmand, but they were prevented, causing the group to focus on targeted killings in Kabul,” Andarabi said.
He believes that attacks in the country have increased in Afghanistan since the US and Taliban signed the peace agreement in February this year in Doha.
“The Taliban is seeking leverage in the peace efforts by putting pressure on the government with IED bombings in Kabul and by launchi
Taliban movement involved in attacks in Afghanistan, minister says
Taliban movement involved in attacks in Afghanistan, minister says
29 de diciembre de 2020, 15:13Kabul, Dec 29 (Prensa Latina) Afghan Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi on Tuesday accused the Taliban movement of being deeply involved in certain killings recently in the country. Taliban had major plans to invade more areas in several provinces, including Helmand, but fortunately these were prevented, thus causing this group to focus on some other killings in Kabul, Andarabi said while reporting the Senate on domestic security situation in the country, particularly in this capital.
Massoud Andarabi warned that attacks have increased in Afghanistan since the United States and the Taliban movement signed the peace agreement in February, in Doha, Qatar.