Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Afghanistan

The Taliban killed seven Afghan soldiers and four policemen in attacks across the country. Security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters in an airstrike in Helmand and five more fighters in Ghazni.



Afghanistan

The Taliban killed 10 construction workers and a policeman in an attack on a camp in Herat, and five civilians in an IED attack in Helmand. Seven Taliban fighters and two policemen were killed in clashes in Badakhshan. A suicide bomber killed three Afghans in Farah.





Afghanistan

Security forces killed 17 Taliban fighters in Baghlan, six fighters in Kunduz, and five more in Herat, and detained 49 suspects in Wardak. The Taliban wounded 15 people in a suicide attack in Kandahar.






Afghanistan

The Taliban offerred to free a female member of parliament and two other civilians who have recently been kidnapped in Ghazni in exchange for eight Taliban fighters currently in prison. Security forces killed a Taliban commander in Badakhshan province.





Afghanistan

The Taliban kidnapped and then executed eight civilians in the Muqur district in Ghazni, and killed two civilians in Uruzgan, a government official in Kandahar, and a tribal leader in Jawzjan. The Interior Ministry said that 14 Taliban fighters were killed in operations across the country.





Afghanistan

Pakistani Al-Qaeda and Haqqani Network Pose Threat to Afghanistan: Security Officials







Afghanistan

The Taliban killed 14 women and children in a bombing at a graveyard in Nangarhar. President Karzai said the Taliban should open a political office in Afghanistan.


Afghanistan

The Taliban killed four civilians in an IED attack in Kandahar. The NDS captured 52 Pakistanis in Afghanistan over the past four months. The Taliban denied that two senior commanders were killed during recent fighting in Nangarhar.



Egypt

Excerpts from Washington Post interview with Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi