Seven militants have been killed in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrike in southern Helmand province, the Grishak district police chief said on Thursday. Col. Umar Jan Haqmal told Pajhwok Afghan News that ISAF targeted militants’ hideout on…
Highly capable and increasingly professional, Afghan forces are winning the war against the Taliban said on Wednesday. “Right up front, the Afghan forces are winning, and this is a hugely capable fighting force that has been holding their ground…
KABUL on Friday, the alliance said. Violence in the country has lately escalated as the International Security Assistance Force prepares to draw down from Afghanistan in 2015. A statement from the multinational force said the death occurred during a non-combat…
KABUL) service member has been killed by an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, the alliance said on Tuesday. A brief statement from the NATO on Monday. ISAF said it continued to train, advise and assist Afghan forces and did not…
KABUL army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif in the garrison town of Rawalpindi on Monday. The military leaders conferred on the ongoing military offensive in North Waziristan Agency near the Afghanistan border, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. A statement…
KABUL) changed hands at a well-attended ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday. A former US infantry officer and Special Forces commander, Gen. John F. Campbell took charge of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan from Gen. Joseph Dunford. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the…
KABUL on Wednesday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither disclosed the victim’s nationality nor the exact location of the incident. Mainly American and British troops are fighting Taliban insurgents in eastern provinces…
KABUL if the new president did not sign an agreement on foreign forces’ continued presence. "Soon we will have to take tough decisions because if there isn't a legal basis for our continued presence in Afghanistan, we will have to…
KABUL) deputy commander said on Saturday. The incident would not affect NATO, Lt. Gen. Carsten Jacobson told newsmen in Kabul. The shooting happened at an officers’ academy at Camp Qargha in Kabul, where a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform…
A suicide bomber in a car attacked a vehicle carrying International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) personnel in the Zheri district of southern Kandahar province on Friday, only killing himself, an official said. Dawan Khan Minapal, the governor’s…
Suffering grievous injuries in a mysterious incident, an Australian soldier succumbed to injuries in the capital Kabul, an official said Wednesday. Australia Defence force chief Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin on Wednesday announced one of its special force soldier…
KABUL Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the electoral process and preparations for power transfer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said on Friday. During their talks on the sidelines of NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels on June 25,…
KABUL shot down a helicopter which crashed in southern Kandahar province yesterday, killing five British military personnel. The crash of the Lynx aircraft in the Takht-i-Pul district was the third greatest single loss of life among British troops since the…
A suicide bomber on Monday targeted a convoy of international troops in the Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said. The incident took place at around 3:00pm, the governor’s spokesman, Dawal Khan Minapal, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL. “These reports are not correct. United States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) does not provide or intend to provide any such equipment, including MRAPs, from Afghanistan to Pakistan.” Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the International Security Assistance Force commander, said: “Our…
KABUL and children. The commander of the NATO-led force said: "I express my deepest sympathies to the victims and families of those wounded and killed in last night's attack on the Serena Hotel." In a statement, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford…
KABUL. “I find it difficult to envision success in the region without cooperation of Pakistan and without an effective relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan,” Gen. Dunford told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on Wednesday. Encouraged on a couple of fronts,…
KABUL announced on Friday. In a statement, the allaince said the attack happened on Friday, but did not provide the service member's nationality or any other details about the attack. Five members of the US-led international coalition have died in…
KABUL) Joint Command, on Saturday pledged support for the April 5 presidential and provincial elections. Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, who replaced his fellow American Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, said: "The immediacy is supporting the elections and earlier fighting season and…
Three Danish soldiers were hospitalised on Thursday with injuries sustained in a suicide attack in southern Helmand province, officials said. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomber attacked the foreign troops in the Yakhchal…
KABUL and Afghan officials on Sunday differed over the planning and conduct of an Afghan forces-led operation that resulted into civilian deaths in central Parwan province last week. In a statement, ISAF said the Wednesday’s operation was requested by the…
