New Zealand Heard: Credible sources are emerging to cast doubt on NZ Defence Force denials civilians were killed during an NZSAS “revenge” raid in Afghanistan. As calls for an inquiry into claims in Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson’s new book Hit & Run grow, the NZ Defence Force has refused any comment or interviews beyond a
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 19, 2017 ISLAMABAD — At least three American soldiers were wounded Sunday when an Afghan solider opened fire at them in southern Afghanistan. The incident happened during a training exercise at a military base in the Helmand province. The U.S. soldiers are receiving medical care, said NATO’s Resolute Support mission in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 17, 2017 An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing near an army base in eastern Afghanistan has killed one soldier and wounded several others. Akbar Zadran, a district chief in the eastern province of Khost, said that the Taliban detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in front of the military base
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 15, 2017 An Afghan official says authorities have arrested 24 people, including an army general, on charges of neglecting their duties over a recent attack on the country’s largest military hospital. General Helaludin Helal, the deputy defense minister, spoke on March 15, revealing the findings of a preliminary investigation into
Press TV March 14, 2017 The administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to roll back limitations that tie the Pentagon’s hands in carrying out lethal drone strikes around the world, officials say. Trump’s experts are in the final stages of reviewing Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG), a series of strict rules on targeted killing
Press TV March 13, 2017 A powerful explosion has struck a bus in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding eight others. Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, said that the explosion destroyed the bus, which was carrying employees of one of the country’s biggest telecoms firms, in downtown
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 9, 2017 Afghan officials say the death toll in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul has risen to 49. Salim Rassouli, director of Kabul hospitals, said on March 9 that 49 people were killed in the attack on the Sardar Mohammad Khan military hospital on March 8, and
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Armed insurgents disguised as doctors attacked Afghanistan’s largest military hospital in the capital, Kabul, Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more, the Defense Ministry said. Afghan security forces quickly surrounded the facility, killing all the assailants to end the hours-long siege. Witnesses said the
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 5, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan’s troubled northern Kunduz province say an overnight insurgent attack has left at least six national security force personnel dead. Provincial police chief General Abdul Hamid Hamid told media Sunday a large group of insurgents stormed a security outpost near the provincial capital, also called
Press TV March 4, 2017 At least eight Afghan civilians, including four children, have been killed and 22 more injured in a suspected airstrike in the Bala Boluk district of western Farah Province. Families of the victims said the civilians were hit by an airstrike on Saturday, contradicting a report by the provincial governor spokesman