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A suicide bomber killed 13 people and wounded at least 20 in an attack on a minibus carrying police cadets in the main city in Afghanistan's east on Wednesday, a government spokesman said.Ahmadzia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan's turbulent east, said the bomber had rammed an explosives-packed car into the bus carrying cadets in Jalalabad city. He said the dead and wounded included police and civilians.&nb...
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Monday, 16 May 2011
Four Canadian soldiers were injured when a helicopter "rolled" Monday during a "hard landing" on a riverbed in Afghanistan.
The Canadian CH-47 Chinook transport chopper accident occurred during night operations by the Quebec-based Royal 22nd Regiment in the Horn of Panjwaii. Insurgents were not blamed in the incident.None of the injuries were considered serious or life threatening at this time, said Maj. David Devenney, the Task Force Kandahar spokesman. Among several dozen passengers was a Canadian journalist who was uninjured.Three of the wounded were flown by another helicopter to the U.S. Navy-run Role 3 Hospital at Kandahar Airfield. Canadian and other coalition forces secured the crash site."I am extremely happy everybody is in good shape," said Brig.-Gen. Dean Milner, the Canadian commander. "The casualties were very minor. They'll be looked at over the next few days.""It was a standard operation," Milner...
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Royal Marine from 42 Commando has been killed in Afghanistan
Royal Marine from 42 Commando has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.The marine was killed by a bomb while involved in an operation to search a compound in the Loy Mandeh Wadi area of the Nad Ali district of Helmand province on Sunday.The marine's next of kin have been informed.It means the number of British military deaths in operations in Afghanistan since 2001 now stands at 365.Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick, a spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said the marine, who was from Plymouth-based 42 Commando, had been involved in an operation which was "investigating suspected insurgent activity" in a number of compounds in the Loy Mandeh Wadi area of the Nad Ali district in Helmand Province when he was fatally injured.He added: "Our thoughts and prayers are with his...
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Afghan Taliban Launches Coordinated Attacks in Kandahar
Taliban insurgents are attacking several locations in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and have wounded at least 11 people.Provincial spokesman Zalmay Ayoubi said by phone from inside the governor's building that the compound was under attack. There also were reports of gunfire and explosions in other parts of the city.The violence began shortly after midday Saturday with reports of militants using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attacks, a week after the group announced the start of its annual spring offensive.The attacks in Kandahar city also come a day after the Taliban issued a statement saying that Osama bin Laden's killing in Pakistan by U.S. forces would give a boost to the insurgency. However, a militant...
Monday, 2 May 2011
Osama bin Laden was killed by a bullet fired by a United States Navy SEAL during a 40-minute helicopter assault on a fortified compound believed to have been purpose-built to hide the al-Qaeda leader.
Osama bin Laden was killed by a bullet fired by a United States Navy SEAL during a 40-minute helicopter assault on a fortified compound believed to have been purpose-built to hide the al-Qaeda lead...
Osama bin Laden evaded capture for almost a decade thanks to a secretive and ruthless protection system.
Despite being the world's most wanted man, pursued by the most advanced military in history, Osama bin Laden evaded capture for almost a decade thanks to a secretive and ruthless protection system.In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, bin Laden is thought to have moved between Kandahar and Kabul, in Afghanistan, arranging the exit and financial backing of allies.Three months after the attacks, he survived the aerial bombardment by the US air force of the cave complex in the mountains of Tora Bora, in which he was widely assumed to be hiding.For almost ten years, it had been generally thought that he and a cabal of close aides slipped across the nearest point of the Pakistani border, probably assisted by rogue Pakistani law enforcement officers.But a report...
Sunday, 1 May 2011
The Taliban on Saturday declared the start of a spring offensive in Afghanistan
The Taliban on Saturday declared the start of a spring offensive in Afghanistan, warning that insurgents plan to attack foreign troops, Afghan security forces and government officials in coming days.In a statement, the Taliban warned civilians to avoid public gatherings, military bases and convoys, as well as government buildings."All Afghan people should bear in mind to keep away from gatherings, convoys and centers of the enemy so that they will not become harmed during attacks of mujahedin against the enemy," the statement said.The statement said that in addition to troops, the targets of their operation would be high-ranking officials within President Hamid Karzai's government, members of the Cabinet and lawmakers, as well as businessmen working with NATO forces.United Nations officials,...
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