Afghan Police

Source: au.rd.yahoo.com --- 26 days ago
Twenty Taliban have been killed in combat with Afghan and international security forces, while a bomb has destroyed a Police vehicle, killing five policemen. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 28 days ago
Reuters - Afghan Police have begun a crackdown on child sex abuse in the north of the country after several offenders were arrested recently, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. ...

Source: abcnews.go.com --- 17 days ago
7,000 Afghan Police blanket Kabul streets as US military warns of threats. ...

Source: www.cnn.com --- 18 days ago
Security was tightened in and around Kabul Sunday with 7,000 additional Police officers deployed ahead of Monday's 89th observance of Afghanistan's independence from Great Britain. ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 18 days ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Ten Police were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, Police said on Sunday, in one of the deadliest recent attacks by insurgents amid rising violence in the country. ...

Source: www.salon.com --- 18 days ago
Scores of Police manned checkpoints around Afghanistan's capital Sunday after authorities ordered more than 7,000 officers to secure Kabul ahead of the country's Independence Day, an indication of how militants pose a growing threat to the capital. The rest of the country saw a surge in v... ...

Source: www.chron.com --- 30 days ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An official says Police have killed five Taliban fighters in a gunbattle in southern Afghanistan. Abdullah Khan, who is the deputy Police chief of Kandahar province, says the militants ambushed a Police patrol in Panjwayi district Monday. Khan says officers fired back and killed five of the attackers. He said no Police were wounded. ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 18 days ago
KABUL, Afghanistan — Scores of Police manned checkpoints around Afghanistan's capital Sunday after authorities ordered more than 7,000 officers to secure Kabul ahead of the country's Independence Day, an indication of how militants pose a growing threat to the capital. The rest of the country saw a surge in violence. Officials said several clashes in Afghanistan's south and east killed 73 Taliban fighters and five private security guards, while a roadside blast killed 10 policemen. The Interior Ministry said the beefed-up Police force in the capital would search buildings as well as cars to "create an environment of trust and prevent any disruptive actions by the enemy." The security increase comes a day before the country celebrates the 89th anniversary of its independence from Britain. Any breach of security during the celebration would be an embarrassment for President Hamid Karzai's government. In April, gunmen fired on Karzai at a military parade in Kabul, killing three people, including a lawmaker. Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said more than 5,000 extra Police had been drafted for what he described as the biggest operation of its kind in Kabul since 2001, when U.S.-led forces ousted the Taliban government. Teams of Police stopped vehicles at checkpoints around the city. Kabul so far has been spared the drumbeat of violence that has afflicted other parts of the country, though it suffered spectacular bomb attacks this y ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 26 days ago
Friday, August 08, 2008 KABUL: Afghan Police have begun a crackdown on child sex abuse in the north of the country after several offenders were arrested recently, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. ...

Source: www.aawsat.com --- 26 days ago
HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) - Twenty Taliban were killed in combat with Afghan and international security forces while a bomb destroyed a Police vehicle, killing five policemen, authorities said Saturday. A ...

Source: www.freerepublic.com --- 34 days ago
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2008 – Afghan National Police, with support from coalition forces, detained almost a dozen insurgents yesterday in Afghanistan’s Paktika province after finding evidence they were roadside-bomb facilitators, military officials reported. After separate attacks on coalition and Afghan National Army vehicles, informants provided information that led to seven individuals who were responsible for the bombs. Traces of explosives were found in the detainees’ vehicle, officials said. In other news, local sources in the province’s Ahmed Kheyl district pinpointed the location of several insurgents responsible for setting up illegal checkpoints used for stealing goods from local travelers. Four suspects... ...

Source: www.startribune.com --- 18 days ago
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