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5 of family attacked with acid in Kunduz

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Five members of a family were attacked with acid by gunmen after they entered a house in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Wednesday.   The incident happened three days ago in the Bolk-i-Bala area in…

Daily Security Brief: November 22, 2011

BAGHLAN: Five family members of a family were wounded when unidentified assailants lobbed a hand grenade into their house in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the Joyee Bori area of Nehrin district…

Top militant commander killed in Ghazni

GHAZNI CITY (PAN) official said on Monday. Mullah Abdul Wakeel, killed in the Shalez area on the outskirts of the provincial capital, led a group of insurgents, provincial spy chief, Syed Amir Shah Sadat, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Wakeel had…

Daily Security Brief: November 17, 2011

BAGHLAN: Two people were killed during a clash between militant groups in the Nahrin district of northern Baghlan province, officials said on Thursday. The gunbattle resulted from personal enmity, Col. Noor Gul, the district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…

Militia commander killed in militant attack

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN ambush in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Wednesday. Commander Nasim was ambushed late on Tuesday in the Kanam area on the outskirts of Kunduz City, provincial police chief said. Maj. Gen. Samiullah Qatra told Pajhwok…

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.…

Afghan soldier injures 3 Australian, 2 Afghan comrades

TRINKOT (PAN): Three Australian and two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were wounded after their Afghan comrade opened fire on them at a military base in central Uruzgan province on Tuesday, officials said. The Australian servicemembers were in a critical…

One policeman killed, five injured in Baghlan attack

PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): One local policeman was killed and his five colleagues injured in a suicide and gun attack in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province on Monday, a day after seven policemen, including a commander, were killed in a…

ISAF soldier dead in insurgent attack

KABUL, the alliance said on Friday. The servicemember died following an insurgent attack on Thursday, the NATO-led force said in a brief statement. In line with its police, ISAF does not reveal the soldier's nationality. Mostly US, British and Canadian…

4 dead in Waziristan drone strike

ISLAMABAD (PAN border, an official said on Tuesday. The people were killed when the unnamed aircraft struck a vehicle and a house in the Mir Ali area at around 8pm on Monday, local official Daftar Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News.…

US, UN condemn Kandahar attack

WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States and the United Nations on Monday condemned the attack on a UN office in southern Kandahar province, vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice. A group of suicide assailants, armed with heavy and light weapons,…

A dozen civilians injured by mortar shell

MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Sunday. Partially damaging the mosque, the shells were fired late on Saturday in Daimirdad district, where people attended a Quran recitation ceremony, Shahidullah Shahid, the governor's spokesman, told…

Daily Security Brief: October 19, 2011

JAWZJAN: Two militant groups joined the government's peace process in northern Jawzjan province, officials said on Wednesday. Operating in Faizabad district, the fighters surrendered as a result of efforts by their group leaders, Mullah Borhan and Mullah Mohammad Nabi. Faqir…

7 killed, 16 injured in Pukhtunkhwa rocket attacks

ISLAMABAD (PAN’s northwestern Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, an official said on Wednesday. Five rockets struck the worship place late on Tuesday in the Kalanga area of Bara sub-district of the Khyber tribal region, killing five worshippers, Zarin Shinwari, a local official,…

30 dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attacks

ISLAMABAD (PAN’s northwestern Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, local officials said on Tuesday. The gunbattle took place late on Monday after the rebels ambushed a convoy of the paramilitary force in the Akakhel area of Bara sub-district, Fayyaz Gul, a local official,…

Foreign soldier perishes in Taliban attack

KABUL on Friday, the alliance said. The soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in the Taliban-led force said. A day earlier, the multinational force announced the death of five servicemembers in different parts of the country. In line with…

Militants attack ISAF logistics convoy in Wardak

KABUL) in central Maidan Wardak province on Thursday, an official said. The incident took place on main Kabul-Kandhar highway in Salar area of Syedabad district late in the afternoon, the governor's spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, told Pajhwok Afghan News. However, no…

10 ISAF fuel tankers torched; 4 injured

ISLAMABAD (PAN's Sindh province, an official said on Monday. At least 10 tankers were destroyed as unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy in the Khairpur town, about 260 miles northeast of Karachi, police official Ghulam Manzar told Pajhwok Afghan News. Six…

8 private guards, 5 Taliban killed in Ghazni

GHAZNI (PAN were killed in a firefight in the Larma village of the Maqur district of southern Ghazni province late Saturday, a local official said on Sunday. Col. Baraktullah, the Maqur district police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…

UN denounces Logar hospital attack

KABUL (UNAMA) on Saturday denounced in the strongest terms a suicide attack on a public hospital in central Logar province. More than 30 people were killed and dozens others injured when a car loaded with explosives was driven into the…

UN denounces Logar hospital attack

KABUL (UNAMA) on Saturday denounced in the strongest terms a suicide attack on a public hospital in central Logar province. More than 30 people were killed and dozens others injured when a car loaded with explosives was driven into the…

Afghan border police target Pakistani checkpoints

JALALABAD (PAN Wednesday night in response to recent artillery attacks from the other side of the border, an official said.  According to Eastern Zone Border Police Commander Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, Pakistani troops have fired 15 artillery shells across the…

Afghan border police target Pakistani checkpoints

JALALABAD (PAN Wednesday night in response to recent artillery attacks from the other side of the border, an official said.  According to Eastern Zone Border Police Commander Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, Pakistani troops have fired 15 artillery shells across the…

Afghans workers with US troops injured in attack

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Six Afghans working for international troops in central Logar province were injured in a militant attack on Wednesday, police said. The six were travelling in a bus when gunmen attacked them in the Khadir area on the outskirts…

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