GARDEZ (PAN): As many as 1200 trainees passed out on completion of a two-month military training in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. The passing-out parade was held at the Regional Training Centre of the 203rd Thunder Military…
KABUL): Four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and 16 others injured in separate incidents of violence in the country, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday. The casualties occurred during operations over the past 24 hours in Paktia,…
WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States is trying to get the Afghan National Army (ANA), which is growing in strength, to assume more combat responsibilities, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said. "We're trying to get the Afghan army and police…
GARDEZ (PAN): A four-year-old girl was killed when an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier opened fire at a car in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, on Monday, police and residents said. The incident took place in the Bagh…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): As many as 1,400 Afghan army recruits completed a two-month basic training in southern Kandahar province on Thursday, an official said. The graduates would be deployed to Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan, said Big. Gen. Abdul Hamid,…
KABUL): At least three people were injured when a suicide bomber on foot targeted a convoy of Afghan army personnel in Kabul city on Saturday, officials said. The blast took place in the Ahmad Shah Baba Mina area in the…
