The International Security Assistance Force’s NATO Training Mission- Afghanistan has taken several measures to combat potential fraud, waste and abuse related to Afghan National Police fuel purchases. The measures come as a result of increased NTM-A oversight and inspections assisted by outside agencies such as the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction. “Implementing and mastering […]
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Contrary to recent media reports, 19,000 United States/ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) containers have not been stolen from Karachi ports. Media suggestions that 19,000 United States/ ISAF containers were stolen, including containers that contain weapons and ammunition, are false, the US embassy said Thursday While the United States routinely uses Karachi ports for […]
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Three foreign soldiers died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. The ISAF statement did not give more details about the incident. Afghan media reported that an Afghan interpreter was also killed in the suicide attack on joint forces in Sayedabad District of […]
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A suicide bomber Thursday blew his explosive-laden vehicle near a convoy of U.S. security personnel and killed six American security men and two other people, ISAF said. “Two International Security Assistance Force service members and four ISAF contracted civilians died following an improvised explosive device attack in Kabul, Afghanistan today,” an ISAF statement said. […]
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Afghan Taliban have captured three Americans and two Turkish engineers after their helicopter made emergency landing in Logar province, officials and Afghan media say. The head of the Logar Provincial Council said that the Taliban captured five foreign nationals and four Afghans who were travelling in a helicopter in Azra District of Logar Province […]
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The Afghan government on Monday protested the unilateral construction of facilities by neighboring Pakistan along its eastern border. “The recent construction of a gate and other facilities along the so-called Durand line took place without any coordination with Afghanistan,” Afghan Defense Ministry Spokesman General Zahir Azimi told reporters at a joint press conference in […]
Foreign troops Monday claimed arrest of a senior Lashkar-e Tayyiba leader and detaining a number of other insurgents during an operation in Andar district, Ghazni province. The leader is alleged to have planned and participated in multiple attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout Kunar, Kandahar and Ghazni provinces. He is known to have […]
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Top American commander has reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Pakistani security relationship to ongoing operations in Afghanistan and also to regional security and stability. General Lloyd J. Austin III, Commander of U.S. Central Command, wrapped his two-day visit to Pakistan on Saturday after a series of meetings with senior Pakistani military leaders, the U.S. embassy […]
A coalition forces pilot has died after his plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan, foreign forces said Thursday. The crash site has been located and the pilot has been recovered, an ISAF statement said. While the cause of the crash is under investigation, initial reporting indicates there was no insurgent activity in the area […]
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Army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, on Monday urged the top commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan to help Pakistan check cross-border attacks launched from inside Afghanistan, the military said. General Kayani and General Joseph F. Dunford, Commander International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), met in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and discussed a variety […]
Australian troops have killed two Afghan children in Oruzgan province in another incident of civilian deaths by the invading troops, Afghan officials said Saturday. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan in firing by invading forces are common despite Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s orders to stop Afghan forces from calling air support from foreign forces. […]
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Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani Monday reiterated Pakistan’s stance and desire for a peaceful, stable and united Afghanistan, and the need for a successful Afghan-owned – Afghan-led peace process for the purpose. He assured the the visiting Afghan Defence Minister of complete support to bring normalcy in the border region which should have […]
