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4 civilians dead in Kapisa airstrike, official claims

MAHMUD RAQI (PAN): Four civilians were killed as a result of an airstrike by foreign troops in the central province of Kapisa, officials claimed on Sunday. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) air raid happened on Friday night in the…

2nd phase of security switch to cover Kapisa

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…

4 civilians killed in Kapisa operation

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Four civilians were killed during a search operation by Afghan forces in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province, officials said on Friday. Two girls, a woman and a child were among the dead, a provincial council…

India-donated wheat for 4,000 Kapisa families

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Tonnes of India-donated wheat was distributed to more than 4,000 needy families in the drought-hit central Kapisa province on Friday, officials said. The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock handed out the food grains to the families…

French troops withdraw from Tagab camps

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN province, officials said on Saturday. Several French troops had withdrawn from the two camps in the district, where a man wearing Afghan National Army uniform shot dead four French soldiers and injured 17 others on Dec. 29,…

French soldiers deny killing civilians

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Officials in the central province of Kapisa on Wednesday said French soldiers had denied killing and wounding civilians in a rocket strike earlier in the week. Six people were killed and three others wounded on December 3,…

6 civilians killed in Kapisa rocket strike

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Six civilians were killed and three others wounded when a rocket hit a civilian house in the central province of Kapisa, a senior official said on Saturday. The incident took place in the Haibatkhel area of Tagab…

3 boys killed in Kapisa grenade attack

MEHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Unknown gunmen overnight lobbed hand grenades into a house in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province, killing three young boys and injuring as many others, an official said on Monday. The youth had gathered in a…

ISAF chopper damaged in Taliban attack

KABUL) helicopter was slightly damaged in an insurgent attack in central Kapisa province, the alliance said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday afternoon when militants fired at the copter supporting Afghan security forces in Ala Sai district, the…

Taliban monitoring schools in Kapisa

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN in three insecure districts of central Kapisa province, officials said on Tuesday. Created a week back, commission members visit schools in Alasai, Nijrab and Tagab districts to check textbooks and absenteeism among teachers and students, the Tagab…

Policemen among 15 killed in clashes with Taliban

MOHMUD RAQI/PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Thirteen insurgents and two policemen were killed and 17 others were injured in two separate operations in central Kapisa and Logar provinces, officials said on Saturday. One clash erupted late on Friday night and lasted Saturday noon…

Daily Security Brief: July 27, 2011

GHAZNI: Four Taliban rebels were killed during a combined operation by Afghan and international forces in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Wednesday. The offensive was conducted late on Tuesday in the Shakoor Qala area of Giro district, Col. Daud…

Daily Security Brief: July 21, 2011

BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN: Four people were killed and 11 others wounded in a remote-controlled blast targeting a vehicle of the state-owned Oil and Gas Development Corporation Ltd.(OGDCL) in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday. The remote-controlled bomb exploded in the Dera…

Woman shot dead by coalition troops

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Coalition troops opened fired at a civilian car, killing one woman and injuring five others in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, a public representative said on Tuesday. The incident took place in the Sherkhel area of…

Daily Security Brief: July 5, 2011

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…

NATO spy plane crashes in Kapisa

MEHMOOD RAQI (PAN claimed to have shot down the aircraft. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF told Pajhwok Afghan News that the drone was carrying no important equipment at the time of the crash. The Tagab district chief, Abdul Hakim…

NATO spy plane crashes in Kapisa

MEHMOOD RAQI (PAN claimed to have shot down the aircraft. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF told Pajhwok Afghan News that the drone was carrying no important equipment at the time of the crash. The Tagab district chief, Abdul Hakim…

School hit in rocket attack, principal killed

MAHMUD RAQI (PAN): A rocket struck a school in central Kapisa province, killing the principle, and injuring two teachers and five students, officials said on Sunday. The rocket landed on Wahdat High School at 11am during a clash between Taliban…

School hit in rocket attack, principal killed

MAHMUD RAQI (PAN): A rocket struck a school in central Kapisa province, killing the principle, and injuring two teachers and five students, officials said on Sunday. The rocket landed on Wahdat High School at 11am during a clash between Taliban…

Blast kills Chechen in Kapisa

MEHMOOD RAQI (PAN): A Chechen fighter was killed and two of his Afghan associates were wounded in a mortar shell explosion in central Kapisa province on Monday, police said. The incident took place in the Tatarkhel area of Tagab district…

Taliban arrested, civilians injured in Kapisa

KABUL-led soldiers in the central province of Kapisa on Thursday, an official said. The clash occurred in the Tatarkhel area of Tagab district at about 1:00pm, district police chief, Pacha Gul Bakhtiar, told Pajhwok Afghan News. The wounded child was…

Girl killed as rocket hits house in Kapisa

MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): A young girl was killed and her six family members were wounded when a rocket hit their house in central Kapisa province on Sunday, an official said. The incident happened in Ghazikhel area of Tagab district during…

Nine dead in Kapisa violence

MAHMUD RAQI (PAN fighters and two tribal militia commanders have been killed in separate incidents of violence in the central province of Kapisa, officials said on Saturday. Gunmen loyal to two commanders, Ashraf and Lala Jan, fought each other in…

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