BRUSSELS (PAN Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday inaugurated a meeting of defence and foreign ministers from member states in Brussels on security transition to Afghan forces. Afghanistan’s ministers are also attending the two-day meeting that will discuss funding…
KABUL, the alliance said Tuesday. In a brief statement, ISAF said the soldier died in a non-battle related injury in southern part of the country, said to be a Taliban stronghold. In line with its policy, ISAF neither disclosed the…
KABUL on Thursday, the alliance said. The incident took place during a security operation early this morning, ISAF said in a brief statement that gave no further details. While ruling out insurgents’ involvement, the NATO-led force said all crewmembers had…
KABUL and Pentagon said on Monday. Hoping the strategic deal would be inked before the Chicago summit in May, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Kabul that leading the raids and taking control of all prisons were major Afghan…
MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): The central province of Kapisa would be included in the second phase of security transfer from foreign soldiers to Afghan forces, a senior official said on Saturday. Security Transition Commission Chairman Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai said this during…
ISLAMABAD (PAN. The supply line was closed immediately after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrike in the Mohmand tribal region in November. Relations between Islamabad and Washington plummeted to a new low after…
KABUL) soldier was killed in a roadside boming in the troubled south, the alliance said on Friday. The servicemember’s death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither revealed the victim’s nationality nor the exact location…
KABUL): The International Security Assistance Force commander on Thursday condemned the improvised explosive device attack in Maimana, the capital of northern Faryab province. Three ISAF servicemembers, four Afghan security personnel and six Afghan civilians were killed in Wednesday’s attack. The…
KABUL, the alliance said on Wednesday. Two of the soldiers died in roadside bomb blasts in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while a third was killed following an insurgent attack in the eastern part of the country the same…
KABUL, the alliance said on Tuesday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the ISAF media office, which did not revealed the soldier’s nationality. Mostly American troops are deployed to the eastern provinces. So far during the current…
KABUL-led troops are slated to leave the country, a spokesman for the alliance said on Monday. ISAF spokesman Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson told journalists in Kabul it would be premature to give a specific number of the soldiers who would…
KABUL) official said on Monday. Personal grudges, battle stress and domestic concerns were the major reasons behind Afghan security personnel’s attacks on their foreign counterparts, a spokesman for the NATO-led force said. ISAF spokesman Carsten Jacobson told a news conference…
KABUL, the alliance said on Sunday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that did not give the servicemember’s nationality. Although the statement did not reveal the nationality of the soldier, most of the foreign…
HERAT CITY (PAN. Speaking at a ceremony that marked the change of command at the Italian provincial reconstruction) office, Di Paola said his country would stay committed to Afghanistan until the mission of their soldiers was completed. The outgoing Italian…
GARDEZ (PAN): Afghan forces are ready to take security control from international soldiers in the southeastern province of Paktia, a senior official said on Friday. Security Transition Commission Chairman Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai said night raids by foreign soldiers in the…
KABUL’s southern and western regions, the alliance said on Sunday. One soldier died following an improvised explosive device (IED) strike in southern Afghanistan, while the other was killed in an insurgent attack in the country’s western part, brief statements from…
WASHINGTON (PAN): Funding the Afghan security forces post 2014, when the international forces are scheduled to withdraw from the country, is going to be a shared international resposibility, a Obama administration official said on Thursday. Details of financing Afghan forces…
WASHINGTON (PAN told American lawmakers on Thursday. “I have not, sir,” International Security Assistance Force commander Gen. John Allen said when asked by Senator John McCain: “Have you seen any change in the ISI relationship with the Taliban and the…
KABUL, the alliance said on Thursday. The deaths were announced in brief statements from the NATO-led force that neither disclosed the soldiers’ nationalities nor the exact locations. One servicemember died as a result of a non-battle-related injury in the east…
KABUL, the alliance said on Thursday. The death was announced in a brief statement that neither disclosed the soldier's nationality nor the exact location of the incident. Mostly American and British soldiers are based in the Taliban soldiers were killed…
KABUL (PAN): An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) official said on Sunday that only one coalition soldier had been involved in last week’s civilian massacre in the Panjwai incident of southern Kandahar province. If evidence of other soldiers’ involvement was…
Kabul): The Turkish embassy expressed profound sympathy over its 12 military personnel and two Afghan nationals who perished in a helicopter crash on Friday morning outside Kabul. “We have learned with great sadness the martyrdom of 12 Turkish military personnel,…
KABUL, the alliance said on Friday. In a brief statement, ISAF said the soldier was injured in a roadside bomb blast but it did not reveal the exact location and the time of the incident. Mostly American soldiers are stationed…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A parliamentary probe team on Thursday said up to 20 American troops were involved in Sunday’s killing of 16 civilians in southern Kandahar province. The probing delegation includes lawmakers Hamidzai Lali, Abdul Rahim Ayubi, Shakiba Hashimi, Syed…
