Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 30, 2016 Fifteen Afghan security troops have been killed in fighting with Taliban militants in southern Uruzgan Province. A local district police chief said the fighting took place late on March 29 during an operation to reopen an important highway. He said that for four days the Taliban blocked the
Press TV March 16, 2016 Afghan security officials say more than two dozen people have been killed and several others injured as government forces and members of the Taliban militant group engaged in fierce clashes in the country’s central province of Uruzgan. Aminullah Khaliqi, governor of Deh Rawood district, said on Wednesday that at least 10
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 1, 2016 Afghan security forces have pulled back from more Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan, continuing a withdrawal that began in February when they abandoned two districts in Helmand Province after months of heavy fighting. Dost Mohammad Nayab, the spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan Province, said on March 1
Press TV / February 13, 2016 At least six Afghan security personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks carried out by Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan. According to officials, the double attacks targeted a checkpoint outside a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand. Four policemen were killed and seven others were injured.
AOPNEWS | February 9, 2016 Baghlan: Afghan security forces said today that the Taliban have suffered heavy causalities in Baghlani-e Markazi – 8 insurgents have been reported killed, and a dozen wounded. A military base was also recaptured. One Afghan policeman was reported injured. A resident reported that two children and a woman were wounded
Press TV | February 4, 2016 Human rights groups have denounced the use of child soldiers in Afghanistan, after the recent murder of a pre-teen boy by the Taliban militants in the southern part of the country. Wasil Ahmad rose to fame for fighting the Taliban alongside his uncle and other fighters to break a
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
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Officials in Afghanistan say a policeman suspected to have links to the Taliban killed 10 fellow officers Tuesday in the central province of Uruzgan. The pre-dawn violence happened at a security post in the Chinarto district. The rogue policeman drugged his colleagues before shooting them dead, said a
Press TV / January 19, 2016 Security officials in Afghanistan say at least nine police officers have been killed by assailants in police uniforms in the country’s volatile central province of Uruzgan. Dost Mohammad Nayab, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the incident took place at a police checkpoint on Sunday evening, explaining that