Farah

Oct- 2019 -

9 October

Afghan Special Security Forces and U.S. Special Operations Forces await exfiltration after night raids on compounds used by Taliban irreconcilables to plan and facilitate attacks in western Balkh province

1

US airstrikes on Afghanistan drug factories killed at least 30 civilians, UNAMA finds

US airstrikes on drug-production centers in Afghanistan's Farah province led to the deaths of at least 39 civilians and the facilities are not lawful targets.

Sep- 2019 -

6 September

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

2

Afghanistan: Taliban launch ‘massive’ assault on key Farah city

The Taliban launched an offensive against Farah city in western Afghanistan, the latest in a surge of attacks as the US pushes to remove troops

Jul- 2019 -

31 July

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Dozens of Afghans killed in roadside bomb blast on road to Farah

Dozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan when the bus they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb

Nov- 2018 -

26 November

Asia Pacific

Afghan National Police march during an ANP graduation

Staff Writer With AFP

1

Taliban kill 22 Afghan police in Farah province ambush

At least 22 police were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan in another blow to forces already suffering record casualties

5 November

Asia Pacific

Kandahar police chief General Abdul Raziq

Staff Writer With AFP

Taliban seek to exchange body of police chief killer for Afghanistan Army helicopter crash victims

The Taliban is demanding the body of a man who shot dead Afghan police chief General Abdul Raziq in return for the remains of 13 people killed in an army helicopter crash

Oct- 2018 -

31 October

Asia Pacific

Joanne Stocker

Afghanistan army helicopter crashes in Farah, killing all 25 on board

An Afghan Army helicopter crashed in Farah province killing all 25 people on board, local officials said.

Sep- 2018 -

15 September

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

1

Afghan military helicopter crash in Farah province kills at least four

An Afghan military helicopter carrying weapons and ammunition burst into flames during an "emergency landing" in western Afghanistan's Farah province, killing at least four people

Jul- 2018 -

31 July

Commentary

Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) propaganda video of the battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan

Pawel Wojcik

19

Turning east: the rise of Islamic State’s Khorasan Province

ISKP’s growth in Afghanistan coincides with its losses in Iraq and Syria, but the US and Taliban are fighting back, Paweł Wójcik writes

May- 2018 -

25 May

Asia Pacific

Kajaki dam in Helmand Province of Afghanistan

Shadi Khan Saif

3

A war over water: Fall of Farah exposes a new proxy front in Afghanistan’s conflict

Iran is seen to recognize western Afghanistan as its ‘area of influence’ where it identifies development activities such as the building of dams as competition rather than cooperation

15 May

Asia Pacific