KABUL, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — Five Taliban insurgents, including a local leader, were killed after Afghan army launched an operation in the southern province of Uruzgan, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. “A Taliban local leader named Bismillah along with four insurgents were killed during a military operation in Dihrawud district on Saturday,” the ministry
TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — The government forces, after three days of fierce fighting and killing some 80 militants, have foiled Taliban attempts to overrun Uruzgan’s provincial capital Trinkot, a key city in Afghanistan’s southern region, provincial police chief Wali Jan Sarhadi said Wednesday. “Operations against Taliban rebels which begun three days ago have
Press TV September 19, 2016 At least eight police officers have been killed in US airstrikes in Afghanistan’s embattled central province of Uruzgan, officials say. A military commander said Monday one officer was killed in an initial airstrike targeting police checkpoint in the Saki area of Tirin Kot while seven others were killed in a follow-up strike.
Khaama Press: The provincial police chief of southern Kandahar General Abdul Raziq has said he will not return to Kandahar until Tarinkot city is fully cleared of Taliban insurgents. Tarinkot city is the provincial capital of southern Uruzgan province which witnessed heavy clashes last week as the Taliban insurgents launched a coordinated to capture its control. Click
Tolo News: Taliban fighters have been pushed back in the ongoing battle with Afghan security forces in Trinkot city in Uruzgan province, local officials said Friday. Reports indicate that the Trinkot war is being led by Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq after he entered the province with his troops on Thursday. Click here to read more
Press TV September 8, 2016 Taliban militants have reportedly entered the capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan in an attempt to take control of the city and free fellow militants from a prison there. “The Taliban have entered the city and are fighting to take over police and NDS (intelligence agency) headquarters, and we
Press TV September 7, 2016 The capital of Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan is on the brink of falling into militants’ hands in the wake of an advance by Taliban, who have taken position within a few kilometers of the city. Abdul Karim, the head of Uruzgan provincial council, on Wednesday warned of the collapse of
July 17, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A local official in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan warned that the entire province is in danger of falling to Taliban militants. Mohammad Zaher Naderi, member of Uruzgan provincial council, said the province is on the verge of collapse with extensive assaults by the Taliban. The Taliban are tightening
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
TRINKOT, Afghanistan, June 27 (Xinhua) — Unknown armed men gunned down a former chief of government-backed peace body, the High Peace Council (HPC), in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province on Sunday, spokesman for provincial government Dost Mohammad Nayab said Monday. “The former HPC chief in Uruzgan province Abdul Baqi was in a shop in the provincial