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Coordinated Taliban attacks in Afghan south kill six policemen

Thomson ReutersMay 21, 2013 09:30

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Afghan checkpoints in the south on Tuesday, killing at least six Afghan policemen, officials said, adding that a clash was going on. Seven policemen were wounded in the attack in Helmand province, provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak said. It was the latest Taliban assault this year involving many militants attacking Afghan forces.

11 Afghan police killed in latest violence

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 08:46

A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan and clashes in the volatile south left eleven police officers dead, officials said Tuesday. The bomb killed six police guards in Herat province on Tuesday as they travelled to a hydroelectric dam that is under protection from insurgent attack. The officers were from the Afghan Public Protection Force, a government-run force that provides security for international supply convoys, aid groups and foreign-funded reconstruction sites.

14 Die in suicide attack against Afghanistan official

Agencia EFEMay 20, 2013 23:00

Kabul, May 20 (EFE).- At least 14 people including a senior official died Monday in a suicide attack against government buildings in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, police told Efe. Mohammad Rasul Mohsini, chairman of the provincial council, died in the attack together with five of his bodyguards and eight civilians, while another 11 people were wounded. The terrorist, who arrived on foot, detonated the bombs he was carrying in front of the provincial council building, the Baghlan chief of police, Javid Bashara, told Efe.

With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business

Thomson ReutersMay 20, 2013 12:15

By Amie Ferris-Rotman HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year.

Afghan EU envoys push private sector in Herat

Agence France-PresseMay 20, 2013 10:15

It was an away-day with a difference -- 13 European ambassadors travelling from Kabul to the western city of Herat to prove that business can be conducted outside the Afghan capital. European Union ambassadors normally meet once a week in Kabul, but on Sunday they took their show on the road, flying together to Herat and holding talks with local leaders in one of Afghanistan's most successful regions.

Attacks kill 10 police in Afghanistan

Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2013 08:45

Taliban attacks killed at least ten Afghan police on Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence against the force which is due to take more security responsibility from NATO troops before their withdrawal next year. In one of the incidents, Taliban fighters attacked a security check post in the Muqur district of Ghazni province in southern Afghanistan, killing six police, according to district governor. "Six of our local police were martyred after hours of clash with Taliban when they attacked their post early today," he said.

NATO toll rises to 8 on day of Afghan attacks

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 08:45

A total of eight NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday -- the bloodiest day this year for international forces -- the coalition said, as a further death was announced. In a statement issued on Sunday, the German army confirmed that one of its special forces soldiers was killed in an insurgent attack during a joint operation near the northern city of Baghlan. Also on Saturday, five US troops died in a Taliban roadside bomb blast and two other NATO troops were shot dead by an Afghan soldier in an "insider attack".

Seven NATO troops killed in bloody Afghan attacks

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 18:15

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 vehicle in the southern province of Kandahar, local police said, while the two other NATO troops were killed by an Afghan army soldier in the far west of the country. The nationalities of the two who died in the insider attack was not disclosed by NATO's International Security Assistance Force, in line with coalition policy.

Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan 'insider attack'

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 14:15

An Afghan soldier shot dead two soldiers serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force on Saturday, officials said, in the latest "insider attack" to target the coalition. "Two International Security Assistance Force service members were killed when an Afghan National Army soldier turned his weapon against ISAF service members in western Afghanistan today," ISAF said in a statement. In line with coalition policy, it did not disclose the nationalities of those who died. Also on Saturday, a roadside bomb killed five US troops in southern Afghanistan.

Senior peace envoy killed in Afghanistan

Agence France-PresseMay 1, 2013 11:17

A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed a senior member of Afghanistan's peace council on Wednesday, officials said, the latest setback to efforts to end more than 11 years of war. Shah Wali Khan, the head of the High Peace Council (HPC) in the key southern province of Helmand, died along with two police bodyguards when an explosion ripped through his vehicle. The HPC is a government-appointed body set up in 2010 to open talks with the Taliban, but the insurgents refuse to negotiate with representatives of the US-backed President Hamid Karzai.