RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 28, 2018 Afghan officials say at least five police officers have been killed and 30 other people abducted in two separate incidents in the south of the country. Dost Mohammad Nayab, the spokesman for Oruzgan Province’s governor, told RFE/RL that the incidents occurred on a highway linking Kandahar and Oruzgan
KABUL, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Two Taliban militants were killed and four others wounded during an ongoing operation conducted by Afghan security forces in southern province of Uruzgan, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. “A joint cleanup operation supported by Afghan army’s artillery and air force is continuing in Charchino district, Uruzgan province. Two armed
KABUL, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Five Taliban insurgents, including a local leader, were killed after Afghan army launched an operation in the southern province of Uruzgan, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “A Taliban local leader named Bismillah along with four insurgents were killed during a military operation in Dihrawud district on Saturday,” the ministry
TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — The government forces, after three days of fierce fighting and killing some 80 militants, have foiled Taliban attempts to overrun Uruzgan’s provincial capital Trinkot, a key city in Afghanistan’s southern region, provincial police chief Wali Jan Sarhadi said Wednesday. “Operations against Taliban rebels which begun three days ago have
Press TV September 19, 2016 At least eight police officers have been killed in US airstrikes in Afghanistan’s embattled central province of Uruzgan, officials say. A military commander said Monday one officer was killed in an initial airstrike targeting police checkpoint in the Saki area of Tirin Kot while seven others were killed in a follow-up strike.
Khaama Press: The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar General Abdul Raziq has said he will not return to Kandahar until Tarinkot city is fully cleared of Taliban insurgents. Tarinkot city is the provincial capital of southern Uruzgan province which witnessed heavy clashes last week as the Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated to capture its control. Click
Tolo News: Taliban fighters have been pushed back in the ongoing battle with Afghan security forces in Trinkot city in Uruzgan province, local officials said Friday. Reports indicate that the Trinkot war is being led by Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq after he entered the province with his troops on Thursday. Click here to read more
Press TV September 8, 2016 Taliban militants have reportedly entered the capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan in an attempt to take control of the city and free fellow militants from a prison there. “The Taliban have entered the city and are fighting to take over police and NDS (intelligence agency) headquarters, and we
Press TV September 7, 2016 The capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan is on the brink of falling into militants’ hands in the wake of an advance by Taliban, who have taken position within a few kilometers of the city. Abdul Karim, the head of Uruzgan provincial council, on Wednesday warned of the collapse of
July 17, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A local official in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan warned that the entire province is in danger of falling to Taliban militants. Mohammad Zaher Naderi, member of Uruzgan provincial council, said the province is on the verge of collapse with extensive assaults by the Taliban. The Taliban are tightening