KABUL, the alliance said on Monday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither gave the soldier’s nationality nor the exact location of the blast. However, mostly US troops are stationed in the east.…
KABUL military spokesman Gen. Gȕnter Katz said on Monday. He told Pajhwok Afghan News during an exclusive interview that President Hamid Karzai’s decree barring Afghan forces from seeking air support should not be misunderstood. He said the president had called…
KABUL) made a hard landing in central Logar province on Sunday, but there were no casualties, the alliance said. In a brief statement, ISAF stressed that there were no casualties, and no indication of insurgent activity in the area at…
KABUL (PAN): Six people were killed and 37 others wounded on Thursday when an explosives-laden car ploughed into a convoy of foreign military convoy in Kabul, officials and witnesses said. The suicide attack happened close to the residence of a…
JALALABAD/ KABUL): Seventeen insurgents were killed during a joint clearing operation by Afghan and foreign forces in the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, an official said. The operation is still in progress in Daud Kala, Rashid Kala…
KABUL could take the issue to the United Nations. The fire exchange that involved light and heavy weaponry began at around 8:30am after Pakistani forces started reconstructing a security gate that was razed in the previous border skirmish in the…
KABUL official said on Monday. Kabul pledged at Kabul, Chicago and Tokyo Conferences to hold credible polls, fight graft and uphold the constitution and enforce the rule of law. The Afghan government’s efforts to meet the commitments would allow the…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN) commander in the northern zone has said Afghan security personnel have the capacity to secure the 2014 elections on their own. Addressing a news conference in Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday evening, Maj. Gen. Jörg Vollmer said 2014 would be…
KABUL on Thursday said that local security personnel were capable of conducting independent operations and maintaining security for the upcoming elections. Speaking at a change-in-command ceremony in at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Gen. Josef Dunford said the security situation…
KABUL, the US military said on Wednesday. The militants were killed by Afghan forces during operations in the Gilan district of Ghazni province over the past 24 hours, the military said in a statement from the Bagram Airbase. According to…
KABUL on Tuesday, the alliance said. The service members’ deaths were announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither revealed the victims’ nationalities nor the exact location of the bomb attack. Improvised explosive device (IED) attacks, a…
WASHINGTON (PAN and US support to emerge as a strong force in the next few years, a top American general has said. “Admittedly, Afghan air force capacity is still very limited, and it will need continued assistance from NATO to…
KABUL on Tuesday, the alliance said. In line with its policy, the NATO-led force neither revealed the service-members’ nationalities nor the exact location of the attack. Mostly US troops are fighting against the militants in eastern Afghanistan, where they had…
BRUSSELS (PAN): Focused on how to end the war in Afghanistan, an important meeting involving foreign ministers of NATO and ISAF nations began in Brussels on Tuesday. The alliance and its international partners will deliberate on how to support Afghan…
HERAT CITY (PAN commanders and local officials, the Italian-led command said on Wednesday. The visit by the international consultants in security, development and administration sectors from ISAF troop contributing nations was aimed at strengthening NATO) even after the conclusion of…
HERAT CITY (PAN): A civilian was killed and another injured when the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers opened fire on a civilian vehicle in western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Wednesday in the…
KABUL over the past 12 years. New Zealand, ending its decade-long military mission, promised to continue supporting Afghanistan well beyond the withdrawal of its troops. Visiting Minister of Defence Jonathan Coleman held out the assurance at a joint press conference…
KABUL): Two Australian soldiers were wounded in a bomb blast in southern Helmand province on Sunday, the Defence Department in Sydney said. An improvised explosive device hit a patrol in the southern province, injuring the two Australians, a coalition soldier…
KABUL) said. Blamed for obtaining improvised explosive devices and other weapons and distributing them to multiple militant commanders, the detainee allegedly led a number of fighters in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. A Taliban-led force said. In neighbouring Helmand…
KABUL) said on Friday. In Nahr-i-Saraj district of southern Helmand province today, Afghan and coalition forces arrested a senior Taliban-led force said. “The leader is believed to exercise operational control over multiple insurgent cells throughout Helmand province, committing multiple attacks…
“The sequestration will not affect the Army’s mission in Afghanistan,” stated Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III during a town hall discussion with soldiers, March 26, 2013, in Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Chandler, the…
KABUL) said. The death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that neither gave the soldier’s nationality nor the exact location of the blast. However, mostly British, Canadian and US troops are stationed in the south. With…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN) said on Tuesday. Afghan security personnel would gin complete control across the country by the end of this spring, said Gunter Katz, spokesman of the NATO-led force. Following the 2014 end to its combat mission, ISAF would train…
KABUL (PAN): The US military ceded full control of its main detention facility to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence in central Parwan province on Monday, ending a bitter row between the allies. At a long-awaited transition ceremony, the top US and…
