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Wahidi: Pakistan attacks Kunar again

ASADABAD (PAN): Pakistani forces once again fired missiles on Afghan territory in the eastern province of Kunar, the provincial governor said on Monday. They fired 15 long-distance missiles, which landed in Sonu and Chawgam areas of the Shultan valley in…

Polio vaccination drive begins in east

JALALABAD (PAN): A three-day polio eradication campaign aimed at 722,000 children under five years of age got under way in eastern provinces on Sunday, officials said. The campaign is an initiative of the Ministry of Public Health in eastern Kunar,…

Hundreds rally in Kunar against Pakistani attacks

ASADABAD (PAN. Pakistani forces have been firing rockets, missiles and artillery shells into villages in Kunar. So far a number of people have been killed and wounded and hundreds more displaced by the shelling. Around 300 residents of Asadabad, the…

Kidnappers set free Ghaziabad district chief

ASADABAD (PAN): The Ghaziabad district chief, Musafir Qayumzai, has been released by his captors a day after he was seized along with his son and two bodyguards in eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Sunday. Syed Fazlullah Wahidi told…

103 militants killed in Kunar offensive: governor

ASADABAD (PAN insurgents were killed in a joint operation by Afghan and foreign troops in the Wata Pur district of eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Saturday. Launched last week, the clearing offensive that concluded late on Friday night…

103 militants killed in Kunar offensive: governor

ASADABAD (PAN insurgents were killed in a joint operation by Afghan and foreign troops in the Wata Pur district of eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Saturday. Launched last week, the clearing offensive that concluded late on Friday night…

Daily Security Brief: June 29, 2011

KANDAHAR: A tribal elder, a policeman, and a government official have been killed in three separate targeted killings in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Wednesday. Unknown gunmen shot and killed the elder near his home in the troubled Zheri…

Daily Security Brief: June 29, 2011

KANDAHAR: A tribal elder, a policeman, and a government official have been killed in three separate targeted killings in southern Kandahar province, officials said on Wednesday. Unknown gunmen shot and killed the elder near his home in the troubled Zheri…

NATO pilot-less aircraft crashes in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN-led troops has crashed in the Khas Kunar district of eastern Kunar province, witnesses and the western military alliance said on Tuesday. Abdullah, who claims to have witnessed the crash, said the aircraft went down at around 2pm in…

NATO pilot-less aircraft crashes in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN-led troops has crashed in the Khas Kunar district of eastern Kunar province, witnesses and the western military alliance said on Tuesday. Abdullah, who claims to have witnessed the crash, said the aircraft went down at around 2pm in…

5 killed, 15 injured in latest Pakistani shelling

JALALABAD (PAN, an official said on Monday. Pakistani soldiers targeted the Shonkri and Khadikhel areas of the Sargano district in their nighttime attack, Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, the eastern zone border police commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Amarkhel said that…

5 killed, 15 injured in latest Pakistani shelling

JALALABAD (PAN, an official said on Monday. Pakistani soldiers targeted the Shonkri and Khadikhel areas of the Sargano district in their nighttime attack, Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, the eastern zone border police commander, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Amarkhel said that…

MPs urge retaliation against Pakistan

KABUL and called on the Karzai administration to retaliate. For about three weeks Pakistani forces have been firing missiles, rockets and mortar shells into Afghanistan's eastern Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Afghan security officials say more than 500 artillery shells have…

MPs urge retaliation against Pakistan

KABUL and called on the Karzai administration to retaliate. For about three weeks Pakistani forces have been firing missiles, rockets and mortar shells into Afghanistan's eastern Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Afghan security officials say more than 500 artillery shells have…

Afghan border police target Pakistani checkpoints

JALALABAD (PAN Wednesday night in response to recent artillery attacks from the other side of the border, an official said.  According to Eastern Zone Border Police Commander Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, Pakistani troops have fired 15 artillery shells across the…

Afghan border police target Pakistani checkpoints

JALALABAD (PAN Wednesday night in response to recent artillery attacks from the other side of the border, an official said.  According to Eastern Zone Border Police Commander Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, Pakistani troops have fired 15 artillery shells across the…

Nine injured in attacks in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN, children and security men, were injured in separate incidents of violence in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Wednesday. Suspected militant fired rockets at a joint base of Afghan and NATO-led troops in the Asmar district on…

Nine injured in attacks in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN, children and security men, were injured in separate incidents of violence in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Wednesday. Suspected militant fired rockets at a joint base of Afghan and NATO-led troops in the Asmar district on…

Shelling from Pakistan displaces hundreds in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN have displaced hundreds of families in eastern Kunar province, the provincial council said, calling on the Afghan government to prevent the shelling. For the past two weeks, Pakistani forces have been shelling villages on the Afghan border. So…

Shelling from Pakistan displaces hundreds in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN have displaced hundreds of families in eastern Kunar province, the provincial council said, calling on the Afghan government to prevent the shelling. For the past two weeks, Pakistani forces have been shelling villages on the Afghan border. So…

Brig. Gen. Naziri: Let us attack Pakistan’s border

JALALABAD (PAN): The police chief of eastern Kunar province has called on President Karzai to let police respond with force to Pakistani attacks on the Afghan border, officials said on Tuesday. Ten people were killed and two children injured last…

Brig. Gen. Naziri: Let us attack Pakistan’s border

JALALABAD (PAN): The police chief of eastern Kunar province has called on President Karzai to let police respond with force to Pakistani attacks on the Afghan border, officials said on Tuesday. Ten people were killed and two children injured last…

6 Afghans dead in new cross border attack in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN): Six civilians have been killed in a new cross-border attack by Pakistani forces on a village in eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Monday. A number of rocket and mortar shells fired from Pakistan struck civilian homes…

6 Afghans dead in new cross border attack in Kunar

ASADABAD (PAN): Six civilians have been killed in a new cross-border attack by Pakistani forces on a village in eastern Kunar province, the governor said on Monday. A number of rocket and mortar shells fired from Pakistan struck civilian homes…

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