Tolo News: Afghan Policeman Lost His Life To Save Others In Pakistan Consulate Attack – An Afghan police officer from Jalalabad was the hero of the day in last week’s attack on the Pakistani consulate after he physically prevented a suicide bomber from getting close to the consulate’s gate. Click here to read more (external link). Khaama
VOA News Ayaz Gul January 20, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghan officials say a suicide car bomb attack near the Russian Embassy in the capital Kabul has killed at least four people, including three women. Health ministry director Mohammad Ismail Kawasi told VOA at least 28 other people were wounded in the blast Wednesday. No one has claimed
Press TV / January 20, 2016 At least three people have lost their lives in a US assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor, said the aerial assault targeted a vehicle as it was traveling in the Achin district of the province, which is located 120 kilometers
VOA News / January 19, 2016 Jeff Seldin U.S. military officials insist Afghan forces are carrying the burden when it comes to securing and stabilizing the country, but there are questions as to whether U.S. special forces could soon be playing an increasingly active role. “There hasn’t been any signaling of that yet,” a U.S.
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
Xinhua: Afghan border police personnel take part in the police graduation ceremony in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2016. Click here to view photos (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 19, 2016 Reports from southwestern Afghanistan say the Taliban is threatening on January 19 to capture three key strategic districts in Helmand Province. The fierce fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces has stoked concerns about recent gains by the militants in their traditional homeland. The provincial police chief, Abdul
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 17, 2016 During a surprise visit to the Afghan capital, Kabul, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced his country will increase its troop commitment to Afghanistan. Turnbull said on January 18 that his country will add 20 troops to its security mission in Afghanistan, bringing its total presence to
KABUL, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — At least two people were injured after militants fired two rockets towards Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday night, sources said. The rockets struck near Italian Embassy, injuring two security guards, a security source told Xinhua anonymously. The rockets landed in Shashdarak, a locality which also homes to several diplomatic
VOA News / January 17, 2016 Officials in eastern Afghanistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least 13 people and wounded 14. A spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial government said the bomber detonated his device Sunday morning in Jalalabad at the residential compound of Obaiduallah Shinwari, a prominent member of Nangarhar’s provincial council. Shinwari