Awwal 25, 1432 / April 29, 2011, SPA -- Three NATO service members were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, where attacks have stepped up against coalition troops and others aligned with the government, the alliance said Friday.
NATO said (...)
Awwal 21, 1432, April 25, 2011, SPA -- Around 475 prisoners escaped from a Prison in Kandahar city last night through a long tunnel of hundreds of meters length.
This was disclosed by the Prison Director in Afghanistan's second-largest city, (...)
Awwal 20, 1432, April 24, 2011, SPA -- An Afghan tribal leader was killed in the southern province of Helmand, officials said Sunday.
Haji Abdul Zaheer Aryan was shot Saturday night in a shop in the
provincial capital Lashkar Gah, the governor's (...)
Awwal 20, 1432, April 24, 2011, SPA -- A roadside bomb killed two NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a local peace council official in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.
The coalition said the service members were killed (...)
Awwal 19, 1432 H/April 23, 2011, SPA -- Insurgents shot down a NATO helicopter Saturday in a mountainous area of eastern Afghanistan where fighting has intensified, and one foreign service member was killed, AP quoted the alliance as saying.
The (...)
Awwal 19, 1432, April 23, 2011, SPA -- A coalition helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, but both crew members have been recovered alive, NATO said.
No further details have been disclosed about the crash, which is under (...)
Awwal 19, 1432, April 23, 2011, SPA -- An Afghan civilian and two police officers were killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan, officials said.
One civilian was killed and another injured when a bomb exploded on Saturday in northern province of (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan has killed five Afghan border policemen while an insurgent attack elsewhere in the country left one NATO service member dead, as AP reported.
Gen. Abdul Raziq, chief (...)
Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- Afghan and NATO-led troops have captured the suspect leader of a terrorist Movement of Uzbekistan in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the military alliance said Friday.
The target, who was not (...)
Awwal 17, 1432 H / April 21, 2011, SPA -- Three policemen were killed and six injured Thursday when a bomb exploded on a bus in eastern Afghanistan, an official said.
The policemen were travelling from Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, (...)
Awwal 14, 1432, April 18, 2011, SPA -- An Afghan army soldier opened fire in the Defence ministry on Monday, killing two ministry personnel and wounding seven others, a ministry spokesman said.
Spokesman Zaher Azimy also said a suicide bomber who (...)
Awwal 14, 1432, April 18, 2011, SPA -- An Afghan official says six policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan.
Ghazni province Police Chief Gen. Zirawer Zahid says the Afghan policemen were on patrol on Monday (...)
Awwal 13, 1432, April 17, 2011, SPA -- Three NATO soldiers were killed in two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan, the military alliance said Sunday, bringing the weekend total of foreign troops killed to eight.
The International Security (...)
Awwal 13, 1432, April 17, 2011, SPA -- The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan announced Saturday a joint commission to promote peace and stability on their shared border.
Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Hamid Karzai (...)
Awwal 12, 1432, April 16, 2011, SPA -- A suicide attacker detonated his explosive vest in an army base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least four soldiers, officials said.
"There has been an explosion in the army base that killed (...)
Awwal 12, 1432, April 16, 2011, SPA -- Peace talks with the Taliban, trade and security are topping the agenda of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's talks with high-ranking officials from neighboring Pakistan.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani (...)
Awwal 12, 1432, April 16, 2011, SPA --A roadside bomb in the western province of Farah killed two civilians, including a child, officials said Saturday.
"A roadside mine hit a civilian rickshaw in Pasht Road district of Farah province," the (...)
Awwal 10, 1432 / April 14, 2011, SPA -- Four suicide bombers attacked a training area for the new U.S.-backed village defense force on Thursday, killing two trainees and a member of the Afghan National Police, officials said.
The Taliban claimed (...)
Awwal 09, 1432, April 13, 2011, SPA -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a tribal council meeting Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 10 people, including tribal elders, police said.
Seven people were injured in the attack in Asmaar (...)
Awwal 09, 1432, April 13, 2011, SPA -- An Afghan civilian was killed and two others were wounded Wednesday morning when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside mine in central Afghanistan, Interior Ministry said.
The incident happened in Qala-E-Wazir (...)
Awwal 06, 1432, April 10, 2011, SPA -- An Afghan government official says a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan has killed three tribal elders who were on their way to a meeting with other tribal representatives.
Farah province's deputy provincial (...)
Awwal 5, 1432, April 9, 2011, SPA -- A suicide bomber blew himself up on Saturday near an Afghan military vehicle in Kabul, injuring six people, a police spokesman said.
The attacker died. Three soldiers and three civilians were among the (...)
Awwal 02, 1432, April 06, 2011, SPA -- Seven suspected militants were killed by Afghan and foreign soldiers as they attacked a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan,
officials said Wednesday.
The militants used small-arms fire and rocket-propelled (...)
Akhir 30, 1432, April 04, 2011, SPA -- NATO says a person wearing an Afghan police uniform has shot dead two of its service members inside a compound in northern Afghanistan.
The international military coalition says it's still investigating the (...)
Akhir 28, 1432, April 02, 2011, SPA -- At least 27 people were arrested over a mob attack on a United Nations office in northern Afghanistan, officials
said Saturday.
Seven foreign UN staff and five Afghans were killed on Friday after a protest (...)