Press TV March 19, 2016 Human rights campaigners have denounced the US military’s decision not to file criminal charges against officers involved in a disastrous bombing raid on a hospital in Afghanistan, saying it was an insult to the victims. US military officials said Thursday that more than a dozen military personnel were punished over
Antiwar.com: US defense officials say that around a dozen US troops were “disciplined” over last year’s US attack on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, an attack which killed 42 civilians. Officials declined to identify any of the troops, except to say it included both officers and enlisted personnel, and no generals. No criminal
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 7, 2016 DUSHANBE — Tajik officials say one of the country’s border guards and a suspected terrorist have been killed in an ongoing security operation along the border with Afghanistan. Muhammad Ulughojaev, a spokesman for Tajikistan’s border guard service, told RFE/RL on March 7 that the operation had started on
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) — Six militants and one civilian were killed as clashes erupted in Dasht-e-Archi district of the northern Kunduz province on Monday, a local official said. “The clash flared up in the wee hours of Monday in Pul-e-Momin area and lasted for a while, leaving six militants and one civilian dead,”
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Air strikes against Taliban hideouts in the northern Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital 250 km north of Kabul claimed lives of 10 militants Saturday night, provincial police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangal Bagh said Sunday. “The Aerial operations were conducted in Khan Abad district late Saturday night,
Tolo News: Officials said that a large-scale military operation has been launched in Kunduz and that up to 3,000 militants, including about 200 foreigners, are currently active in the province. They said that militants have expanded their activities to the outskirts of Kunduz city, the center of the province. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) in northern Baghlan province said Thursday insurgents have blown up another pylon and destroyed circuits in Baghlan and Kunduz respectively. This time the power from Tajikistan to Kabul has been disrupted. This comes after the recent blast that targeted a pylon in Dand-e-Shahabuddin in Baghlan. Click here to
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
AOPNEWS | February 8, 2016 Badakhshan: Afghan officials say that 5 Pakistani spies who were pretending to be doctors have been arrested. The provincial police chief said that 2 men and a woman were detained in Kisham district, and a woman and a man were arrested in Baharak district. An Afghan pulic health official said
Tolo News: Head of exports department in the Chamber of Commerce and Industries office in Kunduz, Massoud, said the move has affected the interest of businessmen to visit Shir Khan Bandar – one of the main ports that connects Afghanistan with Tajikistan. “This move [closure of Tajikistan consulate in Kunduz] has badly affected businessmen’s activities,” he