(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 3:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday: KANDAHAR – Gunmen shot dead a member of the parliament outside his house late on Friday in the southern province of Kandahar, the government said.
Read More »U.S.-led air raid kills 22 Afghan civilians
ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Twenty-two civilians, including women and children, were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led forces on Friday in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nuristan, an official said. The attack happened on a road in Want district while the noncombatants were traveling in two vehicles, the district chief, …
Read More »Suicide blast hits foreign forces in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops on Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, police said. The attack happened on a road leading to Spin Boldak, a town near the border with Pakistan, said border police commander Abdul Razaq, adding he had no information about casualties …
Read More »U.S.-led force helicopter shot down in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A helicopter belonging to U.S.-led coalition troops was shot down by small-arms fire south of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, but there were no serious injuries to the people on board, the U.S. military said.
Read More »NATO and Pakistan troops kill Taliban on Afghan border
KABUL (Reuters) – NATO troops in Afghanistan and Pakistani soldiers together killed a number of militants along the rugged border, the NATO force said on Tuesday, in a rare show of close cross-border military cooperation.
Read More »Pakistan must stop cross-border attacks: Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Pakistan must stop militants crossing the border to attack targets in Afghanistan, otherwise the Kabul government will take action, Afghanistan’s presidential spokesman said on Tuesday.
Read More »Germany plans to boost Afghan troop limit by 1,000
BERLIN (Reuters) – Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said on Tuesday that Germany planned to increase the number of troops it can send to Afghanistan by 1,000 later this year.
Read More »Air strikes kill 14 Taliban in Afghan east
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police backed by NATO air strikes killed 14 Taliban insurgents after the militants attacked a small town in eastern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Read More »Taliban jail break wrong-footed Afghan army
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces knew Taliban militants were planning an offensive near the southern city of Kandahar last week but were distracted by a mass prison break, a senior army officer said on Saturday.
Read More »FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan
(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 6:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday: KANDAHAR – An improvised explosive device (IED) killed four U.S.-led coalition soldiers and wounded two more in the southern province of Kandahar, the U.S. military said.
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