GHAZNI CITY (PAN): The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says it is investigating how three civilians, including a female doctor, were discovered killed following a clash between insurgents and international troops. The doctor’s husband was also injured in the incident,…
ASADABAD (PAN) helicopter crashed in the eastern province of Kunar on Monday, officials and the alliance said. As coalition rescue forces approached the crash site, they came under enemy fire, ISAF said in a statement. “Coalition forces returned fire, with…
PARAKH (PAN-led American troops to Afghan forces on Sunday, officials said. A ceremony marking the security transfer, attended by Afghan, US and ISAF officials, was held in the provincial capital, Parakh, the police chief said. Governor Kiramuddin Karim welcomed the…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN-led German troops to Afghan forces on Saturday. The Balkh governor, ministers of defence and mines, and International Security Assistance Force official participated in a ceremony marking the transition at the 209th Shaheen Military Corps headquarters. Dr. Ashraf Ghani,…
HERAT (PAN): Security responsibility for the western city of Herat is being handed to Afghan forces, an official said on Thursday. Asil Din Jami, the deputy governor, told Pajhwok Afghan News that there will be two ceremonies to mark the…
FARAH: Two Taliban fighters were killed during a cleanup operation by Afghan National Army (ANA) and police on Monday in the Khake Safed district of western Farah province. Also in Farah, two of 30 residents of the Tot region who…
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN-appointed district chief, were killed and 18 others wounded during a clash with police in the Azra district of central Logar province, an official said on Saturday Three policemen were also killed and two others injured in the clash,…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a joint security operation that allegedly resulted in the deaths of six civilians in southeastern Khost province on Wednesday. ISAF said it has initiated a joint incident assessment team to assess…
BAGHLAN: A roadside blast ripped through a car carrying officials of a private bank in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of northwest Baghlan province, injuring two occupants, an official said on Thursday. The blast occurred at 11:30 am in front of the…
KHOST CITY (PAN and children were killed and two others injured during a joint operation in the southeastern province of Khost, residents and officials said on Thursday. Thousands of people protested against the operation and carried the dead bodies to…
WASHINGTON, DC (PAN commander said. “No doubt there is still a huge amount of challenges out there in Afghanistan in the field of security, as well as in governance and development, but we are on a good way towards irreversible achievements for Afghanistan,”…
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN airstrike in central Logar Province, officials said on Tuesday. But ISAF denies reports of civilian casualties. The strike occurred late Monday, around midnight, in the Azra district of the province. Foreign soldiers bombarded Moalavi Rasul's and a neighboring…
KABUL): French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Kabul for an unannounced five-hour visit on Tuesday, the French presidential palace announced. He will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and US commander General David Petraeus, and French soldiers in…
KABUL employees in Panjshir yesterday, killing them both, according to an ISAF statement. The shootout took place Saturday in the Hesay-e-Dowum district of the province, provincial council chief Ata Mohammad Amiri told Pajhwok Afghan News. The NDS member stopped each…
KABUL airstrike, officials said. Governor Abdul Jabbar Naeemi gave Karzai more information about an ISAF air strike that struck a civilian home Wednesday in the Kamal Khel area of the Domanda district, the presidential palace said in a statement. 2nd…
KABUL has launched a joint investigation with the Afghan Interior and Defence Ministries into reports of civilian casualties resulting from a coalition airstrike in Ghazni province Tuesday night, according to a statement delivered to Pajhwok Afghan News Thursday. Residents say…
CHARIKAR) helicopter crashed on Thursday in central Parwan province, officials and ISAF said. The helicopter crashed at around 7:00 am after experiencing technical problems while flying over the Barikabad area of Bagram, the district chief, Hafizullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
KABUL, ISAF said in a statement on Tuesday. Three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb and another killed in an insurgent attack, the ISAF media office said in a statement delivered to Pajhwok Afghan News. ISAF did not give…
FARAH: A dozen Taliban operation in the Bala Baluk district of western Farah province deputy police chief Col. Mohammad Ghaus Malyar said Tuesday. One policeman was killed and four others injured in the operation, he said. The offensive was carried…
KABUL soldier who went missing two days ago was found dead yesterday, ISAF said in a statement sent to Pajhwok Afghan News. ISAF has not disclosed the identity of the soldier, but the UK Defence Ministry announced late Monday that…
JALALABAD (PAN): At least 16 Waziri militants were killed during an operation conducted by combined Afghan and international forces in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. The operation was launched late on Sunday in the Balalkhel area of the…
KHOST: One insurgent was killed, three insurgents injured, and three civilians injured when insurgents attacked a civilian home in the southeastern province of Khost, according to a statement from the provincial media office. On Saturday night in the Ganda Khola…
KABUL and children, in the Shamulzai district of southern Zabul province on Saturday. In a statement, ISAF said that initial reports indicate a civilian vehicle carrying Afghan refugees from Pakistan struck an improvised explosive device in the area, killing nearly…
KABUL and children, in the Shamulzai district of southern Zabul province on Saturday. In a statement, ISAF said that initial reports indicate a civilian vehicle carrying Afghan refugees from Pakistan struck an improvised explosive device in the area, killing nearly…
