Afghan Police Vs. Private Security Guards in Afghanistan
Region: Afghanistan
I spent almost three months in Afghanistan over the past summer. People, more than ever, had lost hope in government. Security was worse than it had been over the last 8 years. Parts of the country where I lived, where there had been no previous signs of the Taliban, had actually been attacked several times. The government was always was too late to respond. Often authorities also failed to investigat... more
Views: 8166 killed 32 sustained injuries in north and southeast Afghanistan.
Region: Afghanistan
Five insurgents and a civilian killed , three security forces, twenty eight civilians and an insurgent were injured in fresh violence of Afghanistan, officials said Friday 2010-09-24. At least one civilian child was killed and twenty eight including women were wounded in northern Balkh province when a suicide attacker detonated his car full of explosives near a convoy of ISAF (international Security Assistance forces)... more
Views: 914Two blasts leave two killed nine injured in western Afghanistan.
Region: AfghanistanTwo blasts leave two killed nine injured in western Afghanistan. Five afghan civilians and three afghan national army personals were injured by a mine blast in western Farah province today. Farah police chief M.Faqeer Askar told media that a remote control mine hit a vehicle of ANA in Balal Bluk district injuring three soldiers and five civilians. On the other hand Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousuf (Ahmadi... more
Views: 731Pentagon: Afghanistan Could Be 'Saudia Arabia of Lithium'
Region: AfghanistanThe New York Times reported today that an internal Pentagon memo details the discovery of over $1 trillions in mineral deposits in Afghanistan, including cobalt, copper, gold, iron and lithium. The report suggest that Afghanistan could become the "Saudi Arabia of lithium," and that "the potential is so great that officials and executives in the industry believe it could attract heavy investment even before min... more
Views: 2147Afghanistan Crime Wave Alarms Balkh Residents
Region: Afghanistan
Surge in kidnappings and murder has worried locals in what has been a relatively peaceful province. The recent killing of a local security officer’s young son is the most gruesome of a spate of violent crimes that has unsettled residents of this usually calm region. The shocking death of 10-year-old Nasir Ahmad, the son of a Mazar-e-Sharif traffic police official, is one of 20 cases of murder and kidnappin... more
Views: 153612 Afghan civilians killed in NATO's operation Mushtarak
Region: Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan:The NATO force claims the responsibility for killing 12 Afghan civilians in the ongoing operation against Taliban insurgents. The NATO force claimed the responsibility for the killing of 12 Afghan civilians in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, when a rocket missed its target, (ISAF) said in a statement. The rockets were launched at a system, (HIMARS) High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, fired... more
Views: 2537THREE NATO SOLDIERS DIE IN AFGHANISTAN
Region: AfghanistanThe NATO Forces Office in Kabul has released a news of killing of three NATO soldiers in SOUTHERN Afghanistan.it is said by ANA General Abur Rahman that three Amirican soldiers were killed in a suiside attak in Kandahar . more
Views: 1131Gen. McChrystal: Taliban's participation in future government may be part of solution in Afghanistan
Region: AfghanistanGeneral McChrystal, the Nato Commander in Afghanistan, said that negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban may be part of the solution, in an interview with the Financial Times published Monday. He said, “I think that clearly, [negotiating with the Taliban is] in the purview of the government of Afghanistan…, but I believe that a political solution in all conflicts i... more
Views: 2257Kabul under attack
Region: Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan: The Afghan capital came under heavy attack by the taliban insurgents today. Some 20 Taliban insurgents attacked the Afghan capital from different directions in the morning when some memebrs of Afghan cabinet were being sworn in. There are reports of heavy gunfight bewteen the Afghan army and Taliban assailants from Kabul, that have attacked the Presidential palace and other sensitive buldings of t... more
Views: 1466Obama Plan Draws Afghan Skepticism
Region: AfghanistanAfghan analysts and some senior officials not convinced by new Obama military strategy. By Hafizullah Gardesh in Kabul American president Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and talk of a United States withdrawal starting in 18 months time has drawn a skeptical response in the country itself. Afghan foreign minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta told a news conference in Kabul that Obama... more
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