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Seven NATO troops killed in bloody Afghan attacks
By: Alize Ahmed | 5th May 2013 Seven NATO troops killed in bloody Afghan attacks A roadside bomb killed five US troops Saturday in Afghanistan and two other NATO soldiers were shot dead in an “insider attack”, a week after the Taliban launched their spring offensive. The bomb killed five soldiers in a...
Insurgent attacks kill six NATO personnel in Afghanistan
By: Fawad Khan | 6th April 2013 Insurgent attacks kill six NATO personnel in Afghanistan KANDAHAR: Six NATO personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said, in the deadliest day for foreign forces this year. The strikes came as the top US military officer General Martin Dempsey arrived in...
US begins Afghan pullout through Pakistan route
By: Alize Ahmed | 11th February 2013 US begins Afghan pullout through Pakistan route ISLAMABAD: The US has started using the land route through Pakistan to pull American military equipment out of Afghanistan as it draws down its troops in the country, US and Pakistani officials said Monday. The US moved 50...
US General Dunford takes charge of NATO in Afghanistan
By: Majid Siddique | 10th February 2013 US General Dunford takes charge of NATO in Afghanistan KABUL: US General Joseph Dunford assumed command of NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, taking over from General John Allen as the coalition prepares to withdraw the bulk of combat troops by next year, an AFP reporter witnessed....
Suicide car bomber targets Afghan NATO airbase
By: Fawad Khan | 13th December 2012 Suicide car bomber targets Afghan NATO airbase KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec 13, 2012 (AFP) – A suicide car bomb exploded near a NATO airbase in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, wounding at least 10 civilians and three foreign soldiers, Afghan officials said. “The suicide bomber detonated his...
People in parts of Afghanistan prefers Taliban rule: Report
By: AP | 12th December 2012 People in parts of Afghanistan prefers Taliban rule: Report MARJAH, Afghanistan — Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces opened the biggest operation of the war to clear insurgents, foster economic growth and set a model for the rest of Afghanistan, angry residents of Helmand province say they...
NATO expected to clear Turkey missile deployment
By: Fawad Khan | 4th December 2012 NATO expected to clear Turkey missile deployment NATO foreign ministers are expected Tuesday to approve Turkey’s request for deployment of Patriot missiles to counter a threat from Syria as Washington bluntly warned Damascus against the possible use of chemical weapons. “Today, I want to make...
Man wearing Afghan police uniform kills two NATO officials
By: Reuters | 30th October 2012 Man wearing Afghan police uniform kills two NATO officials KABUL: A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot dead two members of Afghanistan’s NATO-led force in the south of the country on Tuesday, the force said. An Afghan police official in the southern province of Helmand said a...
Afghanistan: NATO base targeted in suicide attack, several injured
By: Fawad Khan | 17th October 2012 Afghanistan: NATO base targeted in suicide attack, several injured A suicide truck bomb attack on a joint NATO-Afghan army base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday caused several casualties to Afghan forces, the International Security Assistance Force said. Reports by Afghan officials of the number of soldiers wounded...
80 percent of Afghanistan free of violence: NATO general
By: Alize Ahmed | 30th September 2012 80 percent of Afghanistan free of violence: NATO general KABUL: A senior NATO commander says that 80 percent of Afghanistan is free of violence but warned an insurgency still rages in the south and east, fuelled by fighters coming from neighbouring Pakistan. “About 80 percent of Afghan...
Afghan insider attack kills NATO soldier, contractor
By: Majid Siddique | 30th September 2012 Afghan insider attack kills NATO soldier, contractor KABUL: A NATO soldier and a civilian contractor have been killed in a suspected insider attack in eastern Afghanistan, the latest in a series described by a top US general as “the signature attack” of the Afghan war....
NATO airstrike kills 8 Afghan women
By: Majid Siddique | 16th September 2012 NATO airstrike kills 8 Afghan women MIHTARLAM: Eight women were killed and eight women wounded in a NATO air strike shortly before dawn on Sunday in a remote area east of Kabul, an Afghan official said. NATO’s US-led International Security Assistance Force said it...
Six US fighter jets destroyed in Taliban attack
By: Majid Siddique | 16th September 2012 Six US fighter jets destroyed in Taliban attack KABUL: Six US fighter jets were destroyed and two significantly damaged when insurgents stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed on Friday, a NATO spokesman said. Three coalition refuelling stations were also destroyed...
Suspected policeman kills 4 NATO troops in Afghanistan
By: Majid Siddique | 16th September 2012 Suspected policeman kills 4 NATO troops in Afghanistan KABUL: A suspected policeman on Sunday killed four NATO troops in Afghanistan, the US-led military said, the second apparent attack in which Afghan security forces have killed their Western allies in two days. Sunday’s deaths took to 51...
2 NATO troops die in helicopter crash: Afghanistan
By: Fawad Khan | 30th August 2012 2 NATO troops die in helicopter crash: Afghanistan KABUL: The international military coalition in Afghanistan says two international service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in the country’s south. NATO forces said in a statement that they had no reports of enemy activity in the area where...
Afghan militant attacks up 11 percent: NATO
By: Majid Siddique | 27th July 2012 Afghan militant attacks up 11 percent: NATO KABUL— The U.S.-led coalition says insurgent attacks in Afghanistan during the past three months were up 11 percent, compared to the same period last year. The latest statistics also say that the number of attacks in June was the highest for any...
3 NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
By: Majid Siddique | 22nd July 2012 3 NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan KABUL: Three NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks in eastern Afghanistan at the weekend, the International Security Assistance Force said. Two died in a roadside bomb explosion early Sunday and another was killed in an insurgent attack...
Roadside bombs kill 14 in Afghanistan: police
By: Majid Siddique | 8th July 2012 Roadside bombs kill 14 in Afghanistan: police KANDAHAR: Roadside bombs killed 14 civilians traveling in two vehicles in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province close to the Pakistan border Sunday, police said. “This morning a tractor and small truck hit roadside bombs in Arghistan district, killing 14...
NATO supply issue to be discussed in CDC meeting today
By: Zuhaeb Nazir | 2nd July 2012 NATO supply issue to be discussed in CDC meeting today ISLAMABAD: Cabinet’s Defence Committee (CDC) has been called on Tuesday in order to discuss the re-opening of NATO supply routes. Other strategic talks with respect to peace within the region would also be discussed within the meeting. According...
16 insurgents killed, 14 detained in Afghanistan: gov’t
By: Alize Ahmed | 13th June 2012 16 insurgents killed, 14 detained in Afghanistan: gov’t KABUL: Afghan police and army, backed by NATO-led coalition forces, have killed 16 Taliban insurgents and detained 14 other suspects within the past 24 hours, the country’ s Interior Ministry said Wednesday. “Afghan police, army and coalition forces...
NATO orders restrictions on Afghan air strikes: US
By: Majid Siddique | 11th June 2012 NATO orders restrictions on Afghan air strikes: US WASHINGTON: NATO has issued orders to restrict air strikes on insurgents hiding in residential homes in Afghanistan after an allied raid that left up to 18 civilians dead, a top US general said Monday. The head of the...
Pak-US vital negotiations to restart from tomorrow
By: Zuhaeb Nazir | 7th June 2012 Pak-US vital negotiations to restart from tomorrow ISLAMABAD: Talks with respect to untying tension between Pakistan and the USA have been reported to restart from tomorrow. Reports have indicated that formal negotiation process would start in Islamabad from Friday. Both the countries have been reported...
NATO airstrike kills eight civilians: Afghan officials
By: Alize Ahmed | 27th May 2012 NATO airstrike kills eight civilians: Afghan officials KABUL: A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, in their home in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia, Afghan officials said on Sunday. “Eight people, a man, his wife and six of their children,...
Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit raucous, peaceful
By: Alize Ahmed | 20th May 2012 Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit raucous, peaceful CHICAGO: Hundreds of demonstrators staged raucous protests against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget cuts and other economic issues on the eve of the NATO summit, but police said there were few arrests and only minor clashes. The crowds...
Low Morality & Double Standards
By: Zuhaeb Nazir | 19th May 2012 Low Morality & Double Standards Huge grunts and roars for a formal apology over the Salala camp incident seem rubbish and bogus as 4 NATO containers made their way in to Afghanistan, past the Pakistani border on Saturday.  This movement past the “Durrand...
NATO supply routes to be opened after consultation: Gilani
By: Zuhaeb Nazir | 17th May 2012 NATO supply routes to be opened after consultation: Gilani ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday said the NATO has sent an “unconditional” invitation to the President to attend the Chicago summit and supply routes will be opened after talks of various ministries conclude. Talking to...
 
 
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