Japan Times: President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a “thorough investigation” into institutionalized sexual abuse of children by police, after it was revealed the Taliban are using child sex slaves to launch deadly insider attacks. There has been international condemnation of pedophilic “bacha bazi” — literally “boy play” — which has been exploited by the Taliban to mount
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 22, 2016 Afghan officials say a roadside bombing in an eastern provincial capital killed a police officer and a civilian on June 22. Abass Sadat, the deputy police chief of Nangarhar Province, said the explosion in the city of Jalalabad also wounded two civilians. Sadat said the bomb was probably
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2016 An Afghan official says eight policemen have been killed by a colleague who turned his gun on them in the southern province of Zabul. Ghulam Jalani Farahi, the province’s deputy police chief, said the incident occurred at a checkpoint in the provincial capital, Qalat. He said the perpetrator
SHARAN, Afghanistan, May 17 (Xinhua) — An Afghan district police chief had been killed along with five police personnel following a Taliban ambush attack in the country’s eastern province of Paktika, a local police official said on Tuesday. “The police Chief of Khoshamand district, Kahko Shinwari, and five Afghan National Police members died following an
FARAH, Afghanistan, May 16 (Xinhua) — Four Afghan police died following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack in the country’s western province of Farah on Monday, the provincial government spokesman said. “Four police personnel martyred following an IED attack in Lash-wa-Juwayn district. The unit was on routine patrol when their vehicle touched off the IED
Khaama Press: According to reports, Gen. Zadran was appointed as the provincial police chief based on a formal letter issued by the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan. Gen. Zadran was reportedly dismissed and was replaced by provincial security chief Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai following a delegation’s visit to Paktika from Kabul on Tuesday. The appointment and hasty dismissal
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: At least 17 people kidnapped by Taliban militants have been rescued by police forces in western Herat province of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the Taliban militants abducted the civilians from Zindjan district of Herat as they were on their way for weekend break. Click here to read more (external link).
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 24 (Xinhua) — About seven police personnel were killed in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar overnight, an official said on Thursday. “Seven personnel of Afghan Local Police (ALP) died after three ALP members turned their guns against them at a security checkpoint in Arghandab District at around
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 21 (Xinhua) — One police was killed and nine people were wounded after a clash flared up in a local bazaar in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand on Monday, police said. “The gun firing took place after militants fired by silenced weapons on police at a checkpoint in Tirikh Nawar locality