Battles Intensify Amid Efforts For Peace
As the new war season inches closer, battles have intensified between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in different parts of the country at a time that the group just wrapped up 16-day talks with US negotiators to find a political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan.
Heavy battles were reported in the past two days in southern and western parts of the country which inflicted casualties to both sides.
Badghis has been a volatile province in the northwest of the country over the past 10 days after a group of Taliban attacked government forces outposts in Bala Murghab district in the province – which shares border with Turkmenistan.
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Slain Journalists Families Urge Warring Parties to End Violence
On this day in 2018, 9 Afghan journalists, including TOLOnews cameraman Yar Mohammad Tokhi, were killed in a deadly attack in Kabul. Tokhi had worked for TOLO TV and TOLOnews for 12 years.
The blast happened when the journalists were at the scene to report on an early explosion.
Yar Mohammad Tokhi, Ghazi Rasuli, Shah Marai Faizi, Freshta Mahram Durani, Abdullah Hananzai, Sabawoon Kakar, Mohammad Salim Talash, Nawroz Ali Rajabi and Ali Salimi were the nine journalists who lost their lives in the incident.
Tokhi’s mother and relatives of other victims of the incident said they urge the warring parties to end violence and make efforts for enduring peace in the country.