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‘Insider Attacks’ on Afghan Forces Increased by 82%, US Agency Reports

30th April, 2021 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 30, 2021 A new quarterly U.S. report has documented a staggering 82% increase in “insider attacks” on Afghan government security forces in the first quarter of 2021, resulting in 115 personnel killed and 39 wounded. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported Thursday to the U.S. Congress that

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Insider Attack |
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Taliban Kills 12 In Attack On Security Forces In Western Afghanistan

16th January, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 16, 2021 A group of Taliban militants has killed 12 members of the local security forces in the country’s western Herat Province, in what provincial police on January 16 described as an insider attack. Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada said the attack was carried out by at least two

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Army, Afghan Police, Insider Attack |
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Insider Attack Kills 25 Afghan Security Forces

14th December, 2019 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News December 14, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Afghanistan said Saturday Taliban infiltrators have killed at least 25 government security forces in the eastern volatile Ghazni province. The overnight insider attack happened in the Qarabagh district where a group of seven security personnel Friday night turned their guns on fellow soldiers at

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni, Insider Attack |
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Afghan Opens Fire On Fellow Police, Kills Seven

5th August, 2019 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 5, 2019 At least seven police were killed when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in the southern Kandahar Province on August 4, officials say. The Taliban has claimed the attack. The attack, which occurred in the Tor Kotal area in the Shah Wali Kot district, was

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Insider Attack, Kandahar |
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Afghan Soldier Kills Two U.S. Troops In Kandahar Province

30th July, 2019 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 30, 2019 An Afghan soldier has shot and killed two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, officials say. A spokesman for the Afghan military said on July 30 that the two soldiers were killed when a member of the Afghan National Army opened fire on troops inside a

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Insider Attack, Kandahar |
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Servicemember Slain In Afghanistan Identified As Mayor Of U.S. City

4th November, 2018 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 4, 2018 U.S. politicians and media are reporting that the servicemember killed in an apparent insider attack in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, was the 39-year-old mayor of a city in the state of Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune and other media reported on November 3 that North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Insider Attack |
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NATO says US soldier killed in insider attack in Afghan capital

3rd November, 2018 · admin

Press TV November 3, 2018 A service member of the US armed forces has been killed and another one sustained wounds in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in an apparent insider attack, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in the war-torn country reports. “Initial reports indicate the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Defense

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Insider Attack |
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NATO Soldier Killed, Two Wounded By Afghan Insider Attack

23rd October, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2018 A soldier in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission was killed and two others wounded on October 22 by an apparent insider attack in the western province of Herat. A statement from the NATO mission’s headquarters in Kabul said: “Initial reports indicate the attack was committed by a member

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Posted in NATO-Afghanistan, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Insider Attack |
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Mattis: Afghan Forces Boost Vetting After Insider Attacks

12th September, 2018 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 11, 2018 The Afghan military has increased its vetting of local forces working with U.S. troops in order to minimize insider attacks, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon on September 11 that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani brought up the issue when the two met

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Posted in Security, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Insider Attack |
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Afghan policeman kills 8 fellow officers, burns their bodies

7th September, 2018 · admin

Press TV September 6, 2018 An Afghan policeman has killed and burned the bodies of eight fellow officers before taking their weapons to join the Taliban militants. The insider attack took place in Takhar province, northeastern Afghanistan, on Thursday morning, provincial police spokesman Khalil Asir said. The policeman, he said, had opened fire on his colleagues

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Police, Insider Attack, Takhar |
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