AlQa'dah 10, 1434, Sep 16, 2013, SPA -- A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died early Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain.
Sub-Inspector Negar, who like many Afghans goes by one name, was (...)
AlHijjah 23, 1433, Nov 8, 2012, SPA -- At least three Afghan policemen were
killed Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden
motorbike at a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, dpa quoted an official
as saying.
"The (...)
AlHijjah 18, 1433, Nov 3, 2012, SPA - A police commander was killed Saturday in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, an
official said.
"Rahmatullah, the police chief for Dand district of Kandahar province, was going to investigate a (...)
AlHijjah 4, 1433, Oct 20, 2012, SPA -- An Afghan police officer and cook poisoned their colleagues at a checkpoint in an assault coordinated with insurgent fighters that left six dead in the country's south, officials said Saturday.
The police (...)
AlQa'dah 29, 1433, Oct 15, 2012, SPA - Three Afghan boys were killed by a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, while Taliban killed three civilians in the south-central region, officials said Monday, DPA reported.
"The NATO air force identified (...)
AlHijjah 28, 1432, Nov 24, 2011, SPA -- Airstrikes by NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan killed nine people including six children and two insurgents, Afghan officials said Thursday according to dpa.
Two girls were also injured in the (...)
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA -- Thirteen Afghans died Saturday in two separate road accidents in southern Afghanistan, as dpa reported.
"Both the incidents took place in Nah-e-saraj District of Helmand Province. Thirteen people, including (...)
AlQa'dah 5, 1432, Oct 3, 2011, SPA - Two civilians were killed and 19 injured by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan, police said Monday.
"The explosion happened this morning and the target was Assadullah
Khalid, minister of border and tribal (...)