Zabihullah Ghazi

Afghan Refugee Opens Store in Texas to Keep Culture Alive

Ajmal Zazai, who fled after Kabul fell to the Taliban, sells traditional clothes and carpets

Thousands Flee Homes as Fighting Intensifies in Kunar

Thousands of families fled their homes in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province as the fighting has intensified and the Taliban took control of Nari and Ghaziabad districts.

Thousands Flee Their Homes in Afghanistan as Taliban Offensives Intensify 

About 6,000 families have fled since the Taliban captured a district in Laghman province and launched an assault on its capital 

Thousands Flee Homes as Fighting Rages in Afghanistan's Laghman Province

Fighting started after the Taliban overran Dawlat Shah district last week, capturing security outposts near Mehtar Lam

Dozens of IS, Taliban Inmates Escape After Militants Attack Nangarhar Prison

Afghan officials said Tuesday that dozens of Islamic State and Taliban prisoners were able to escape from a prison in eastern Nangarhar province after it was attacked by militants. IS took responsibility for the attack. VOA’s Zabiullah Ghazi reports from Jalalabad.

Living as a Prisoner: Accounts of a Taliban Member and Afghan Soldier in Prison

The prisoner swap deal between the government and the Taliban started earlier this year as a confidence-building measure in the US-Taliban peace agreement

Locals Unsatisfied with Afghan Taliban COVID Awareness Campaign

Afghan Taliban have launched public awareness campaign about coronavirus in areas under their control in eastern province of Nangarhar, but locals want them to do more

Hundreds of IS Fighters, Families Surrender to Afghan Forces

About 250 Islamic State fighters have surrendered to Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, a traditional IS stronghold. Dozens of women and children have surrendered as well. Officials told VOA they would work toward deradicalizing those of Afghan origin and eventually would unite them with their families. The Kabul government has yet to determine the fate of the non-Afghan detainees. VOA's Zabihullah Ghazi reports.

Hundreds of IS Fighters, Families Surrender to Afghan Forces

About 250 Islamic State fighters have surrendered to Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, a traditional IS stronghold. Dozens of women and children have surrendered as well. Officials told VOA they would work toward deradicalizing those of Afghan origin and eventually would unite them with their families. The Kabul government has yet to determine the fate of the non-Afghan detainees. VOA's Zabihullah Ghazi reports.

Afghan Soldier Gets Married a Year After Family Buried Him

A year ago, a family was devastated to hear the news of a son's death, but now they are celebrating Nematullah Bakhtyar’s wedding

Family Buried Him, Yet Afghan Soldier Gets Married a Year Later

After Nematulah Bakhtyar’s family was told he had been killed, his father received a phone call from his son, saying it had been a case of mistaken identity

IS Still Active in Ravaged Eastern Afghan District

District, also known as Deh Bala, today is blanketed in despair as war against IS has reduced it to wasteland without any significant improvement in security

Afghanistan's Eastern District Wrecked by IS War

Once an important economic center for Afghans living in eastern Nangarhar province near the Pakistani border, Haska Mena has been reduced to a wasteland by the war against the Islamic State.  VOA's Zabiullah Ghazi reports from the region.

Afghanistan's Eastern District Wrecked by IS War

Once an important economic center for Afghans living in eastern Nangarhar province near the Pakistani border, Haska Mena has been reduced to a wasteland by the war against the Islamic State group. VOA's Zabiullah Ghazi reports from the region.

Schools in Afghanistan's Haska Mena in Rubble Due to IS War

Determined to seek an education, Afghan students in the Haska Mena district of eastern Nangarhar province study under the ruins of schools destroyed fighting with Islamic State militants.  VOA's Zabihullah Ghazi reports from the region. 

Schools in Afghanistan's Haska Mena in Rubble Due to IS War

Determined to seek an education, Afghan students in the Haska Mena district of eastern Nangarhar province study under the ruins of schools destroyed fighting with Islamic State militants. VOA's Zabihullah Ghazi reports from the region.

Freed Taliban Suspect Finds Son Killed Fighting for Afghan Army

Afghan man imprisoned by government for allegedly collaborating with Taliban is now mourning death of his son who had joined Afghan army and was killed by Taliban insurgents

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Having spent 2½ years in a government prison for collaboration with the Taliban in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, Abdul Wares, 42, now mourns with his family for his son, who was killed while fighting alongside the Afghan army against the Taliban. Zabihullah Ghazi reports for VOA.

Freed Taliban Suspect Finds Son Killed Fighting for Afghan Army

Taliban-IS Clashes Displace Hundreds of Afghan Families

Fighting between Islamic State militants and Taliban insurgents has displaced more than 450 families in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province. Officials tell VOA that more families are expected to flee their homes as the fighting continues. VOA's Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat and Zabihullah Ghazi report from Nangarhar.