KABUL (PAN): Six civilians were killed and nearly a dozen others, including two policemen, injured in two separate explosions in southern Helmand province on Tuesday, an official said.
WASHINGTON (PAN): A US marine who was found in a YouTube video urinating on corpse of Taliban fighter, will now face court martial, the Pentagon has said.
KABUL (PAN): Three Georgian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed today when insurgents attacked their position in southern Afghanistan with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, the alliance said on Tuesday.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): A suicide bomber was blown up by his own explosives before he could reach a Georgian military base in southern Helmand province, officials said on Monday.
FARAH CITY (PAN): Two sacked border police officers were referred to the prosecutor’s office on Monday for failing to stop some Afghans from crossing into neighbouring Iran from northwestern Farah province.
PUL-I-KHUMRI/CHAGHCHARAN (PAN): Up to 253 Afghan Local police (ALP) recruits have completed their training and would be deployed to insecure areas of northern Baghlan and western Ghor provinces, officials said on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): Confirming the release of four Turkish engineers they had kidnapped last month in central Logar province, the Taliban on Monday promised the remaining hostages would be freed soon.
KABUL (PAN): Eight individuals were convicted on drug-trafficking charges and awarded different jail sentences of by the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Monday.
