Afghan South

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 16 days ago
Reuters - Unidentified gunmen shot dead the most senior woman police officer in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 16 days ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead the most senior woman police officer in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, witnesses said. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 2 days ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban militants preparing to attack the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said on Sunday. ...

Source: en.wasalive.com --- 32 days ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of a U.S. security firm in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, killing two people and wounding six, the provincial governor's spokesman said. ...

Source: tvnz.co.nz --- 43 days ago
US-led coalition and Afghan troops killed more than 220 suspected Taliban militants in an operation in southern Afghanistan last week, the US military said ...

Source: www.rferl.org --- 2 days ago
Afghan and NATO-led forces have killed 65 Taliban militants preparing to attack the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman Daud Ahmadi said. ...

Source: globalnewsblog.com --- 21 days ago
Afghan defense chief seeks joint military force to operate both sides of border with Pakistan (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) WASHINGTON - Afghanistan wants to set up a joint military force that would have the power to operate on both sides of the border with Pakistan. Nepal govt will soon decide on Tibetans issue (Asia News [...] ...

Source: www.wordforge.net --- 40 days ago
---Quote--- KABUL, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the U.S.-led Coalition forces have killed more than 220... ...

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 2 days ago
More than 100 Taliban militants were killed in clashes in the South of the country, an Afghan official said on Sunday. ...

Source: topics.nytimes.com --- 13 days ago
An Afghan police officer opened fire on on U.S. soldiers in a police station South of Kabul, killing one. The American troops fired back, killing the police officer. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 7 days ago
Eight Taliban militants and six policemen were killed in South Afghanistan, while a suicide bomber died in an attack on an Afghan army convoy in the west, officials said Sunday. ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 4 days ago
Kabul - A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan killed two Afghan officials and wounded three others, while 46 militants were killed in clashes with Afghan and foreign troops in the country's South, officials said Friday. The suicide bomber targeted ... ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 9 days ago
Kabul - Eight Taliban militants and six policemen were killed in South Afghanistan, while a suicide bomber died in an attack on an Afghan army convoy in the west, officials said Sunday. Five of the Taliban died when they attacked the house of police ... ...

Source: www.kansas.com --- 13 days ago
A missile strike by a suspected U.S. drone killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials said Wednesday. American forces recently ramped up cross-border operations against Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Pakistan's wild border zone, a possible hiding place for Osama bin Laden. The attacks have drawn stiff protests from Islamabad, an uneasy ally in Washington's seven-year war on terror, particularly since a highly unusual Sept. 3 raid by U.S. ground troops in the South Waziristan region. The two intelligence officials said the missiles struck the home of a local Taliban commander before midnight Tuesday near Mir Ali, a town in the North Waziristan region. The officials, citing reports from their field agents, said six people were killed. Both officials asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media. They said a U.S. drone aircraft - not Pakistani forces - fired the missiles. They did not identify any of the victims. ...

Source: www.democracynow.org --- 6 days ago
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Source: www.kentucky.com --- 13 days ago
The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he needs more troops and other aid "as quickly as possible" in a counterinsurgency battle that could get worse before it gets better. Gen. David McKiernan said it will take more than adding troops to stabilize Afghanistan - including efforts to strengthen the Afghan government, improve the economy and build its military and police forces. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, the head of NATO forces in Afghanistan said there has been a significant increase in foreign fighters coming in from neighboring Pakistan this year - including Chechens, Uzbeks, Saudis and Europeans. And he said he needs the more than 10,000 additional forces he has requested, in part, to increase his military campaigns in the South and east where violence has escalated. "The additional military capabilities that have been asked for are needed as quickly as possible," he said, adding that he is hoping to get units that will be able to both fight the insurgents and serve as trainers for the Afghan Army and police. McKiernan, who is scheduled to meet with President Bush late Wednesday, said he was encouraged by recent Pakistani military operations against insurgents waging cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. But he also said that it is too soon to tell how effective they have been. ...

Source: www.moldova.org --- 3 days ago
Nine Taliban and al-Qaida militants were killed in Afghanistan in two separate operations by U.S.-led coalition forces, officials said Saturday. Among those killed in the Friday raids were two commanders who were believed to have led militant activities against Afghan government and coalition forces, coalition officials told CNN.There were no reported coalition casualties in the clashes. The al-Qaida and Taliban commanders were known weapons and foreign fighter facilitators, officials said.One of the operations targeted terrorist networks in Ghazni province South of the capital, Kabul, while the other happened in the southern province of Kandahar when a patrol came under small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire, CNN reported. ...