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Security, Crime & Accidents Five rockets fired at Jalalabad airport JALALABAD (PAN): Suspected militants fired several rockets into the eastern city of Jalalabad Tuesday morning, but no one was hurt in the attack, police said. Nine prisoners freed from US detention centre KHOST CITY (PAN): Nine Afghan prisoners, who spent three to 23 months at a US detention facility at the Bagram Airbase in central Parwan province, were released to their families in southeastern Khost on Tuesday. Militancy threatens poll in three northern provinces MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Polling stations in a number of areas in three northern provinces would stay shut due to security concerns, Afghan and international security officials said on Tuesday. Five policemen wounded in roadside blast JALALABD (PAN): Five policemen were wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, an official said. Arrest of Haqqani network facilitator confirmed KABUL (PAN): NATO confirmed on Tuesday the capture of a Haqqani network facilitator, whose primary role is coordinating the movement of fighters throughout Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces. Father, son killed by militants LASHKARGAH (PAN): Taliban insurgents killed two people of a family and wounded two others in the southern province of Helmand, officials said on Tuesday. Security guards killed in Taliban assault QALAT (PAN): Two security guards of a private company, escorting a NATO convoy, were killed and five others wounded in fighting with the Taliban insurgents in southern Zabul province, officials said on Tuesday. Oxfam employees killed in Badakhshan blast FAIZ ABAD (PAN): Three Afghan employees of an international charity were killed and two others injured in a roadside bomb explosion in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Tuesday. Five US soldiers dead in bomb attacks KABUL (PAN): Five NATO-led soldiers were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks, a weapon of choice for the Taliban insurgents, in eastern and southern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Tuesday. 18 insurgents killed in Kunar ASADABAD (PAN): A joint Afghan-NATO force killed 18 militants during a counterinsurgency operation in eastern Kunar province, an official said on Tuesday. Threefold increase in number of drug smugglers held this year KABUL (PAN): The number of people arrested on the charge of drug smuggling has registered a threefold increase during the past five months against the same period last year, an interior ministry official said on Monday. Threefold increase in number of drug smugglers held this year KABUL (PAN): The number of people arrested on the charge of drug smuggling has registered a threefold increase during the past five months against the same period last year, an interior ministry official said on Monday. 9 militants killed, 24 arrested QALAT/TIRIN KOT (PAN): Eight militants were killed and another 24 arrested in separate operations by Afghan and foreign soldiers in Zabul and Uruzgan provinces, officials said on Monday. ISAF to probe allegations of civilian casualties KABUL (PAN): The International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Monday ordered an investigation into allegations of civilian casualties during an August 22 operation in northern Baghlan province. No clue yet to abducted doctors MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Police in northern Faryab province have failed to find any clue to four female doctors kidnapped at gunpoint two days back, officials said on Monday. Militants dead in police encounter KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Two militants were killed and four others wounded during a clash with police in the southern province of Kandahar, the governor's house said on Monday. Radio editor freed in Paktika SHARAN (PAN): Police have freed the editor of a private radio station in southeastern Paktika province hours after he was arrested and his radio closed, officials said on Monday. One rebel commander killed, another held LASHKARGAH (PAN): An Afghan-international assault force killed a Taliban commander and captured another in separate operations in Helmand province, officials said on Monday. Two dead as residents, Taliban clash PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Residents of the capital of northern Baghlan province clashed with Taliban militants, leaving two people dead, a tribal elder said on Monday. Haqqani commander captured in Khost KABUL (PAN): Afghan and coalition forces detained a Haqqani network commander and several of his associates during an operation in the southeastern province of Khost, NATO said on Monday. Economic advisor to Karzai appointed KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai has appointed Sham Laal Batija as his senior economic advisor, a presidential spokesman said on Monday. Rocket fired in Nangarhar JALALABAD (PAN): Five rockets were fired into eastern Nangarhar province, but the strike caused no causalities, officials said on Monday. Election candidate survives bomb attack MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A parliamentary election candidate escaped unhurt but his campaigner was killed in a bomb attack in western Faryab province on Monday, security officials said. District HQ comes under rocket attack PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Five rockets were fired at the Charkh district headquarters in central Logar province, partly damaging the building, an official said on Monday. UNAMA slams candidate's killing KABUL (PAN): The United Nations condemned on Monday the killing of a fourth parliamentary election candidate and five men supporting the electoral campaign of a female candidate in western Herat province. District chief killed in Jalalabad blast (Update 1) JALALABAD (PAN): A district chief was killed and four others wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, an official said. Two suicide attackers blow themselves up in Farah HERAT CITY (PAN): Two suicide attackers blew themselves up when police opened fire at them in western Farah province on Sunday, an official said. Intelligence official with two guards killed KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): A senior intelligence official along with two of his security guards was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in northern Kunduz province on Sunday, an official said. Civilians among 8 killed in Paktia GARDEZ (PAN): Two civilians and six militants were killed by foreign troops during an operation in the Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Sunday. Victims' family meets Karzai
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday met the family of two victims killed in an August 18 NATO airstrike in southern Nangarhar province at the Presidential Palace here, the president's office said. |
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