KHOST CITY (PAN, an ISAF commander said on Tuesday. Khost governor spokesman Baryalay Rawan told Pajhwok Afghan News that ISAF peace council head Maj.Gen. Smyth-Osbourne with number of peace council members visited southeastern Khost province. Osbourne met with Khost…
KABUL, the alliance said on Tuesday. The two servicemembers were killed following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led troops said in a brief statement. In line with its policy, ISAF neither revealed the nationality of…
BRUSSELS (PAN and the United Kingdom would meet in London to discuss Afghan’s peace process, an official said on Monday. Afghan diplomatic, speaking on anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the foreign ministers of the three countries would meet on…
KABUL militants’ attack on Jalalabad airport, currently NATO’s base, was the second biggest attack on the coalition troops. On Sunday morning a group of heavily armed Taliban group launched a brazen attack, backed by suicide bombers, mortars and small…
BRUSSELS (PAN would boost a strong air force to support their ground forces until 2016. During a joint video conference with Maj. Gen. Jim Ferron, the deputy commander of NATO training mission in Afghanistan, the Gen. Zahir Azimi told journalists…
KABUL) crashed in the southeastern province of Paktika, the multinational troops said on Saturday. The aircraft crashed on Friday in a remote part of Zarghun Shahar district of the province due to a mechanical failure and was later intentionally destroyed…
KABUL militants were killed in various security operations across in eastern Kunar and central Uruzgan provinces. A statement from the ministry said that in the last 24-hour military operations conducted by Afghan military troops and the International Security and Assistance…
WASHINGTON (PAN. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved Dunford’s nomination with a voice vote along with those of some 285 other pending military nominations. The committee approved the military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, including…
WASHINGTON (PAN) would be able to meet the nation’s security requirement after the withdrawal of foreign troops in 2014. He said: “I believe, based on a trajectory of development of the Afghans since we started this effort, through 2014, and…
WASHINGTON (PAN forces. “Senators, I have not been included in those conversations,” Dunford told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, when asked about the war recommendations prepared by Gen Allen. The suggestions will be submitted to the White House…
KABUL) US Central Intelligence Agency Director and former commander of International Security Assistance Force David H. Petraeus resigned from his post on Friday, citing an extramarital affair. In a statement to CIA employees posted on the spy agency's website, Petraeus…
KABUL from any attack carried out by a foreign country. Addressing a press conference in Kabul on Monday, ISAF spokesman Brig. Gen. Günter Katz, said: “in our mission against terrorism in Afghanistan, it is not mentioned by the UN (United…
KABUL, the alliance said on Thursday. The death was announced in a brief statement that did not reveal the nationality of the soldier. But mostly US soldiers are stationed in the eastern provinces of the country. With the latest fatality,…
KABUL) tank was destroyed in a bomb attack in northern Kunduz province on Friday, the insurgents claimed. A Taliban-led soldiers aboard the military vehicle were killed during the bombing in Chardara district. While acknowledging the improvised explosive device (IED) attack,…
KABUL) patrol in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, the alliance said on Friday. The ISAF unit, Task Force Arrowhead, observed a number of insurgents loading three men, bound and blindfolded, onto a trailer towed by a tractor. The…
KABUL): A young boy has managed to escape from insurgents attempting to use him as a suicide bomber in the Nawa district of southern Helmand province, the alliance said on Wednesday. The orphaned boy aged between 10 and 12 years…
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN) service-members were killed in a suicide attack in central Logar province on Wednesday, officials said. The attack took place around 11 am in the Onisyedan village, three kilometres from Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital, deputy police chief Col. Rayees…
KABUL to build its own future. A statement attributed to Dominic Medley, spokesperson for the alliance senior civilian representative, said that Gass, who had completed his assignment in Afghanistan, told his final press conference that NATO and the international community…
GARDEZ (PAN leader believed to be behind the Nov. 10, 2011 suicide attack, were arrested during a joint operation in southeastern Paktia province, contradicting claims that a civilian had been killed and others arrested. An ISAF statement said the Thursday’s…
KABUL, an issue of deep concern for all member states. “We are looking carefully into each one. And we are doing everything we can, together with our Afghan partners, to reduce the risks as much as we can,” Anders Fogh…
KABUL (PAN): Four Australian soldiers were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) ripped through their vehicle in the central province of Uruzgan, the Australian Defence Force announced on Saturday. The soldiers with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were conducting…
GARDEZ (PAN): A security guard shot injured a foreign engineer in the Shawak district of southeastern Paktia province on Thursday, an official said. Deputy police chief Col. Mohammad Zaman told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place at the Shawak…
KABUL over the past 24 hours, the Bagram-based military said on Tuesday. One the insurgents was killed during an engagement with Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces in the Nari district of eastern Kunar province, the troops said in…
KABUL earlier in 2013 than planned, with Prime Minister John Key saying the move was not prompted by the deaths this month of five New Zealand soldiers. New Zealand troops have been stationed in central Bamyan province, where August’s deaths…
