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Afghan soldier suspected of killing Australian shot dead

KHOST CITY (PAN) said in a statement on Monday. The soldier, Shafiullah, had been on the run since May 30, when he allegedly shot 25-year-old Lance Corporal Andrew Jones four times at a patrol base in the Chora Valley. He…

Afghan soldier suspected of killing Australian shot dead

KHOST CITY (PAN) said in a statement on Monday. The soldier, Shafiullah, had been on the run since May 30, when he allegedly shot 25-year-old Lance Corporal Andrew Jones four times at a patrol base in the Chora Valley. He…

Airstrike in Balkh, attempted land mine attack thwarted in Kabul

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN-led troops in northern Balkh province, an official said on Sunday. The air raid was carried out in the Qazal Kenat area of Sholgar district late on Saturday, Sayed Niamatullah Masab, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News. ISAF…

Airstrike in Balkh, attempted land mine attack thwarted in Kabul

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN-led troops in northern Balkh province, an official said on Sunday. The air raid was carried out in the Qazal Kenat area of Sholgar district late on Saturday, Sayed Niamatullah Masab, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News. ISAF…

14 die of cholera in Zabul

QALAT (PAN): Fourteen people have died of cholera and roughly 70 others have been infected in southern Zabul province, officials confirmed on Saturday. The recent epidemic spread within days, Deputy Governor Mohammad Jan Rasulyar said. He said health) to provide…

14 die of cholera in Zabul

QALAT (PAN): Fourteen people have died of cholera and roughly 70 others have been infected in southern Zabul province, officials confirmed on Saturday. The recent epidemic spread within days, Deputy Governor Mohammad Jan Rasulyar said. He said health) to provide…

2 ISAF soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan

KABUL on Saturday, ISAF said in a statement. The soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, the Taliban heartland, according to a brief statement the ISAF media office in Kabul delivered to Pajhwok Afghan News. ISAF did not…

2 ISAF soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan

KABUL on Saturday, ISAF said in a statement. The soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, the Taliban heartland, according to a brief statement the ISAF media office in Kabul delivered to Pajhwok Afghan News. ISAF did not…

Border police: 8 children killed by Pakistani missiles in past week

ASADABAD (PAN, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night when missiles fired from Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency landed on residents’ houses in Shunkrai area of the Sarkani district, provincial governor Syed Fazlullah Wahidi told Pajhwok Afghan News.…

Border police: 8 children killed by Pakistani missiles in past week

ASADABAD (PAN, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night when missiles fired from Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency landed on residents’ houses in Shunkrai area of the Sarkani district, provincial governor Syed Fazlullah Wahidi told Pajhwok Afghan News.…

New offensive launched in Nangarhar

JALALABAD (PAN): A new clearing operation, involving Afghan and international forces, was launched near the Pakistani border in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday, officials said. As part of the offensive, the border police personnel were deputed on mountain…

New offensive launched in Nangarhar

JALALABAD (PAN): A new clearing operation, involving Afghan and international forces, was launched near the Pakistani border in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday, officials said. As part of the offensive, the border police personnel were deputed on mountain…

ISAF commander promises civilians’ protection

TIRINKOT (PAN) commander in central Uruzgan province said on Sunday. At a change of command ceremony in Tirinkot, outgoing ISAF commander, Jim Creighton, said he would remember the 10 months he had spent in the province. He thanked Uruzgan residents…

ISAF, US condemn insurgent attacks

KABUL) and the US embassy in Kabul condemned on Saturday deadly attacks in Kandahar, Khost and Laghman provinces. Fifteen Afghans were killed and one wounded when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Arghandab district of Kandahar. Four…

Roadside bombing injures ISAF soldiers

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN-led soldiers were wounded in a roadside bombing in central Logar province, officials said on Tuesday. The attack targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the Yad Khwab area of Barak-i-Barak district, the district chief, Mohammad Rahim Amin, told…

ISAF concerned about civilian deaths: Gen. Blotz

KABUL) said on Monday. "We are doing our best to curb civilian deaths, which have been reduced this year, compared to 2010," Gen. Josef Blotz told a press conference in Kabul.    Reports issued by human rights organisations and the UN…

9 rebels killed in ISAF operations

KABUL insurgents were killed in separate operations in central Maidan Wardak and southern Ghazni provinces, authorities said on Monday. Six fighters were killed and three others detained by ISAF troops in the Gulab Khel area of Sayed Abad district in…

Afghans turning against insurgents: ISAF

WASHINGTON (PAN) official has said.   It was reflected in information being given by Afghans against the extremist groups, ISAF Joint Command Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Michael Krause said on Wednesday. There had lately been a significant increase…

4 foreign troops killed in east

KABUL, the American military said on Wednesday. The deaths happened on Saturday, the US military said in a statement that gave no further details. In line with its policy, it deferred casualty identification procedures to the Department of Defense. Also…

ISAF supply trucks torched in Balochistan

QUETA (PAN's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, an official said. The attack took place at 7am in the Wada area on the Quetta-Karachi highways, police officer Ghulam Ghaus told Pajhwok Afghan News. Some motorcyclists opened fire at the trucks before…

Karzai to ISAF: Don’t be an occupying force

KABUL-led international forces would become occupation troops if they did not stop nighttime raids that caused civilians casualties, President Hamid Karzai warned on Tuesday. The multinational force killed 14 civilians, including five girls, seven boys and two women, and injured…

ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths

KABUL) on the emotive issue. Fourteen people, including women and children, were killed in an airstrike in Helmand province on Saturday and dozens of civilians and policemen in a similar raid in the remote eastern province of Nuristan. "Such raids…

President gives ISAF final warning over civilian deaths

KABUL-led troops over civilian deaths on Sunday -- hours after 14 non-combatants were killed in a new airstrike in southern Helmand province. The fatalities resulting from the raid in Nawzad district included women and children, said the governor's spokesman Daud…

Suicide car bomber hits ISAF vehicle

ASADABAD (PAN): A suicide attacker crashed his explosives-laden car into an empty vehicle of foreign troops in eastern Kunar province on Saturday, an official said. Only the attacker was killed in the bombing. The ISAF vehicle was parked in front…

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