Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 5, 2019 Taliban fighters have killed six Afghan police officers at a checkpoint in the province of Kapisa to the northeast of Kabul, Afghan officials say. According to provincial councilors Mohammad Hussain Sanjani and Mohammd Mahfooz Safi, three police officers were also wounded during the Taliban’s overnight attack in the
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 1, 2019 KABUL – At least 11 Afghan police officers were killed in Balkh province in northern Afghanistan when the Taliban attacked police checkpoints Monday night, according to the governor’s spokesman, Monir Ahmad Farhad. However, he rejected the Taliban’s claim it had captured the district. Balkh police spokesman Adil Shah
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 2, 2019 Local officials say at least 10 Afghan police officers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a checkpoint in central Daikundi Province. Governor Anwar Rahmati also reported that 15 policemen were wounded in the August 2 attack in the district of Pato. He said the Taliban militants
Press TV August 1, 2019 A bomb blast, claimed by the Taliban militant group, has killed at least two policemen at a checkpoint in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The fatalities took place early on Thursday when a bomb placed close to a police check post in the Panjsad-Family district of Kabul was detonated, according
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 18, 2019 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban militants have stormed the police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance of the compound. Baheer Ahmadi, a spokesman for Kandahar’s provincial governor, told RFE/RL that several gunmen entered the compound
Tolo News: A group of twelve women candidates who launched a three-month sit-in camp to protest what they called fraud and corruption in last year’s parliamentary elections, said police “blackmailed” them to make public their photos after they confiscated their cells phones following a brawl on Wednesday evening. The sit-in camp of the protesting candidates was
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2019 ISLAMABAD — A Taliban suicide car bomb-and-gun attack against a provincial police headquarters in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 13 security personnel and injured more than 55 other people. Afghan officials said the assault in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, began around midday Sunday with a Taliban
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 25, 2019 An Afghan official says at least nine police officers have been killed by a Taliban ambush on their convoy in the country’s west. Abdul Samad Salehi, a member of the provincial council in Farah Province, said the ambush took place in Anardara district as the convoy was heading
By Ron Synovitz & Khan Mohammad Seend Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2019 KABUL — A female Afghan lawmaker who slapped and cursed a police officer during a Kabul traffic stop is defending her actions, telling RFE/RL the officer first struck her with his fist, pushed her, insulted her, and smashed the butt of
Tolo News: A number of gunmen attacked police district-6 (PD6) headquarters in Herat city in the west of Afghanistan on Friday evening, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. The Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the attack and said security forces have started operation to clear the area of attackers. Herat governor’s spokesman Jailani Farhad said