KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, March 31 (Xinhua) — Six Taliban militants including a group commander were killed outside Kunduz provincial capital on Thursday, army spokesman in the province Nasrullah Jamshidi said. “The operations which covered some villages including Serahi Hajji Alam in the outskirt of Kunduz city claimed the lives of six Taliban rebels including a group
VOA News Ayaz Gul March 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD—The new commander of the U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologized to residents of Kunduz for a U.S. airstrike on a hospital that killed 42 people. U.S. Army General John Nicholson met in Kunduz with representatives of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders and family members of the
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, March 19 (Xinhua) — Two Bangladeshi nationals have gone missing in the northern Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital, 250 km north of Kabul, provincial government spokesman, Abdul Wasi Basil said Saturday. “Two nationals of Bangladesh along with an Afghan colleague and their driver were on their way from Kunduz to
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