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Arabs killed in Wardak raid

MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN) in central Maidan Wardak province, officials said on Tuesday. The air raid was conducted at 2 am in the Dandoki area on the outskirts of Syedabad district, eliminating the newly arrived Arab nationals, Shahidullah Shahid, the governor’s…

NATO airstrike kills 9 insurgents in Paktia

BAGRAM AIRFIELD (PAN troops during an operation in the Zazai Aryub district of southeastern Paktia province, the alliance said on Wednesday. A statement from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed that the nine militants were killed and their remains…

US, NATO admit killing civilians

KABUL forces acknowledged on Saturdat that their recent airstrikes had killed and injured several Afghan civilians, with the coalition taking full responsibility for the trageci incidents. In a joint statement, the US forces and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said…

13 Taliban perish in airstrike, gunbattle

LASHKARGAH/LAGHMAN (PAN insurgents were killed in an airstrike and a gunbattle in southern Helmand and eastern Laghman provinces, officials said on Friday. Eleven fighters were killed by helicopter-borne troops on Thursday night when they tried to attack security checkpoints in…

Taliban bomb maker killed in Baghlan airstrike

KABUL-led force said on Friday. The precision airstrike that took place after the two militants were spotted emplacing roadside bombs -- a pressure plate device and a remote-controlled mine, the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) said. After the raid in…

3 militants killed in Nangarhar airstrike

KABUL’s lawless tribal region of Khyber, officials said on Friday. The insurgents were killed in a joint Afghan-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operation late on Thursday night, a spokesman for the 201st Selab Military Corps told Pajhwok Afghan News.  …

4 bomb planters killed in ISAF airstrike

JALALABAD (PAN): Four mine planters were killed in an airstrike by international troops in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Sunday. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) aircraft targeted the men on Saturday night when they were planting roadside…

Karzai calls emergency session of Parliament

KABUL by US soldiers, an official said on Wednesday. At least eight people were killed and 21 others wounded as protests over the incident continued across Afghanistan for a second day on Wednesday. Wolesi Jirga (lower house) Speaker Abdur Rauf…

11 militants killed in Faryab airstrike

MAIMANA (PAN) air raid in northwestern Faryab province, the Afghan military said on Friday. The airstrike was conducted in the Atta Khan Khwaja area of Pashtun Ismail, the Taliban chief for Sabz Posh district, and local rebel commander Qari Feroz…

Investigators seek end to civilian casualties

KABUL-led airstrikes, saying mere apologies and condolences were no more acceptable to the people. Investigations by the teams appointed by President Hamid Karzai show 15 civilians, including women). Seven people of a family were killed in the Sawkai district of…

Karzai orders probe into Kapisa airstrike

KABUL forces-led airstrike that killed eight children in central Kapisa province, his office said. The airstrike by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops struck the Giao village in Nijrab district on Thursday, killing eight children. A statement issued from…

A dozen militants killed in Helmand operations

LASHKARGAH (PAN-led soldiers in the southern province of Helmand, officials said on Tuesday. At least one fighter was arrested as a result of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrike on a rebel hideout in the Ishaqzai area of Sangin…

Karzai phones Gilani, condoles Pak soldiers’ deaths

ISLAMABAD (PAN-led airstrike in the Mohmand tribal region. Saturday's predawn attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and injured 13 others near the border, prompting Pakistan's future in Germany. Soon after the incident, Pakistan stopped supplies to Afghanistan-based foreign troops through the…

Probe into airstrike on Pak posts underway: ISAF

KABUL) on Tuesday said an investigation into an airstrike that killed several Pakistani troops in the Mohmand tribal region was yet to be completed. The predawn attack on Saturday killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and injured 13 others near the border…

Would-be bomber among 10 killed in Helmand strikes

LASHKARGAH (PAN-led forces in southern Helmand province on Thursday, officials said. Seven Pakistani insurgents were targeted by an ISAF aircraft in Khoshkawi area on the outskirts of Lashkargah, the provincial capital, before they could enter the city, an advisor to…

16 dead in Waziristan drone strike

KABUL, on Wednesday, an official said. Hideouts of militants loyal to Abu Nasir and Maulvi Khaleswere were targeted in the Sara Rogha area at around 9:30am, killing 16 insurgents, a government official told Pajhwok Afghan News on condition of anonymity.…

Kunar airstrikes leave 6 insurgents dead

ASADABAD (PAN in eastern Kunar province, officials said on Friday. The air strikes took place in Narai and Asmar district, where the insurgents planned to attack foreign military bases, a statement from the NATO-led force said. It gave no further…

11 militants killed in Zabul airstrike

QALAT (PAN) in the Shahr Safa district of southern Zabul province, officials said on Friday. The overnight raid was conducted in an area between Malezo and Khatunak villages north of the district centre, where the Taliban were meeting to plan…

14 civilians killed in Helmand air strike

KABUL and children were among 14 civilians killed in airstrike by international troops in the southern province of Helmand, officials claimed on Sunday. The raid was conducted late on Saturday when militants attacked a base of US marines in the…

4 Taliban killed in ISAF airstrike

KANDAHARCITY (PAN fighters were killed as a result of an airstrike by international troops in the southern province of Kandahar, officials said on Thursday. Based on an intelligence tip, the overnight raid was conducted in the Spina Ghbarga area of…

Rebel commander among 4 killed in ISAF raid

SHARAN (PAN): Four militants, including their commander, were killed and as many others injured during an airstrike by foreign troops in southeastern Paktika province on Tuesday, an official said. Mullah) troops in the Mullah Bagh area of Yahyakhel district, the…