International Security Assistance Force

Int'l military commanders denounced in Spain for deaths of Afghan children

Agencia EFEMay 20, 2013 02:45

Seville, Spain, May 19 (EFE).- The Rene Cassin Committee in Spain denounced five top military commanders from the United States, Great Britain, Italy and Spain for war crimes in the bombing of an Afghan village where 10 children and a woman died on April 6. The formal complaint was presented to the Audiencia Nacional in keeping with that special and exceptional high court's authority under Spanish law to investigate acts committed by Spaniards or foreigners outside Spanish territory if they fall into the categories of genocide, crimes against humanity, terrorism or piracy.

Dozen die in suicide attack in Afghanistan

Agencia EFEMay 16, 2013 15:02

Kabul, May 16 (EFE).- Six NATO personnel were among at least a dozen people killed Thursday in a suicide attack targeting a military convoy in the Afghan capital, officials said. Two uniformed military personnel and four civilian advisers died, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said. ISAF did not specify the nationalities of the dead, but the Pentagon and Virginia-based DynCorp International independently identified the NATO fatalities as two U.S. soldiers and four security contractors.

6 NATO personnel, 8 civilians killed in Kabul blast

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 02:30

A suicide car bomb attack in Kabul on Thursday killed two NATO soldiers and four NATO contractors travelling in a convoy, officials said, as well as eight Afghan bystanders who were earlier confirmed dead. "Two International Security Assistance Force service members and four ISAF contracted civilians died," the NATO-led ISAF mission said in a statement, declining to identify nationalities in line with coalition policy. bgs/pdw/ami

Four U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Thomson ReutersMay 14, 2013 18:15

By Sarwar Amini KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, the coalition and officials said, a day after three Georgian soldiers were killed in nearby Helmand. The soldiers were in a vehicle on patrol in Kandahar's Zhari district when they were killed, provincial spokesman Jawid Ahmad Faisal said.

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.

Bomb kills five NATO personnel in south Afghanistan

Agence France-PresseMay 4, 2013 09:30

A roadside bomb killed five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, ISAF said in a statement. "Five International Security Assistance Force service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today," the coalition said in a statement issued in Kabul. bgs/lm

Bomb kills three NATO personnel in southern Afghanistan

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 12:31

Three members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, ISAF said in a statement. A spokesman declined to give any further details about the attack, which came a day after a civilian cargo plane crashed at Bagram airfield north of Kabul, killing all seven crew members.

NATO plane crash in Afghanistan kills four

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 14:00

A NATO plane crashed in Afghanistan on Saturday killing four service members, the coalition said, adding that early reports suggested the aircraft was not brought down by insurgents. The plane crashed in the south of the country, according to a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force. "The cause of the crash is under investigation, however initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash," it said.

Afghan Taliban capture foreigners from helicopter

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 09:01

The Taliban said Monday they had captured foreigners from a helicopter forced to make an emergency landing in Afghanistan, which officials said had seven Turks and two Russians on board. The insurgent militia, which frequently makes exaggerated statements, claimed 11 US military personnel were on the aircraft which came down Sunday in bad weather in Logar province, just south of Kabul.

Ankara 'in intensive talks' with Kabul over kidnapped Turks

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 05:31

Turkey confirmed on Monday that eight of its nationals were abducted by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan after their helicopter made an emergency landing and said it was holding "intensive talks" with Kabul. "The Turkish embassy is holding intensive talks with Afghan authorities to find out their whereabouts," a foreign ministry diplomat told AFP. He said there was no information about their well-being.