Press TV August 18, 2016 Two mortar attacks have killed two people and wounded dozens more in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar. The mortar shells targeted a market in Asad Abad, the provincial capital of Kunar, Abdul Ghani Musamim, the spokesman for the Kunar provincial governor, said on Thursday. The people had gathered in the
KABUL, April 21 (Xinhua) — Two police personnel were killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghan province of Kunar on Thursday, police said. “Two Afghan Local Police (ALP) members died following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Marawra District Thursday morning,” provincial police Chief Gen. Abdul Habib Sayyedkhel told Xinhua. The government established the
ASADABAD, Afghanistan, April 13 (Xinhua) — Taliban group as part of its yearly spring offensive launched coordinated attacks on several districts of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday morning but fled the area after leaving 13 bodies behind, provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhil said. “Taliban fighters launched coordinated attacks on security checkpoints in Shigal,
Khaama Press: Hailing the Pakistani nation for supporting Afghans during the Jihad times, the former president said the Afghan nation remains tolerant and patient regarding the cross-border incursions but warned that the Pakistani authorities should not mistake it for the weakness of the Afghan people. The reaction by Karzai followed days after the Pakistani air force violated
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD—A suicide bomber attacked Afghan security forces near the Defense Ministry building in Kabul Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 13 others, said police officials. That followed an earlier bombing in Kunar province that killed at least 13 and wounded more than 40 others Witnesses in
AOPNEWS | February 10, 2016 Baghlan: Local officials announced today that over 130 Taliban militants have been killed and 95 have been wounded as a result of Afghan military operations against them through out the province. The provincial governor, Abdul Sattar Bariz, said that so far 2 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 6 have
VOA News Zia-U-Rahman Hasrat February 8, 2016 JALALABAD—Islamic State has started cutting down trees in some parts of eastern Afghanistan in a timber-smuggling operation to neighboring Pakistan, according to Afghan officials and tribal leaders. Locals in the Afghan province say the terror group has imported tree-cutting machines and has been cutting trees in the Achin,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 7, 2016 Afghan officials say three health workers involved in vaccinating Afghan children against polio have been killed in the eastern Kunar Province. Local government spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said on February 7 the bodies of the health workers were found in Kunar’s Ghaziabad district late on February 6, almost
AOPNEWS | February 2, 2016 Badakhshan: Twenty-one Taliban fighters have been captured in Tishkan district, Afghan security officials said today. Badghis: An insider attack in Qadis district left 4 policemen dead, according to government officials. The attackers were 9 fellow policemen who, after shooting their fellow officers, took their weapons, abandoning their check post. Helmand:
AOPNEWS | January 31, 2016 Baghlan: Dozens of militants, including Pakistanis were killed in recent clearing operations, according to government officials. The provincial governor, Abdul Sattar Bariz said that two Taiban commanders, Muhammad Omar and Juma Din were among those killed. Meanwhile, officials from Dand-e Ghori are expressing their regret at a “peace deal” signed