Afghan police say battle in south leaves 16 militants, 1 police officer dead

October 4th, 2009 IMPHAL - Five separatist guerrillas were killed and a police commando injured in a gun battle between the militants and security personnel in Manipur, an official said Sunday. A police spokesperson said the shootout took place late Saturday at Leimaram village, about 30 km south of Imphal, between militants of the outlawed Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and a joint team of army soldiers and police commandos.

September 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - A Border Security Force (BSF) officer shot himself dead at a forward post on the India-Pakistan Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district Thursday, police said. The officer, identified as Assistant Commandant Sushil Kumar, shot himself dead with his service pistol at Manyari post, about 80 km south-west of Jammu, around 4 p.m.

August 31st, 2009 Afghan police: Taliban ambush supply convoyKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Police say Taliban militants ambushed a supply convoy for NATO troops in southern Afghanistan, killing an Afghan guard who was escorting the trucks. Zabul province police chief Ghulam Jailani Farhai says the militants opened fire on the line of trucks on the main highway from Kandahar province into Zabul early Monday.

August 10th, 2009 1 dead as 6 Taliban attack town south of KabulKABUL —A half dozen Taliban fighters infiltrated a provincial capital south of the Afghan capital on Monday and fired rocket propelled grenades at government buildings, killing at least one police officer, officials said. The militants fired four RPGs at the governor's compound and two at the police chief's office in the city of Pul-i-Alam, the capital of Logar province, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Kabul, said Din Mohammad Darwesh, the governor's spokesman.

August 10th, 2009 5 killed in Taliban attack on city south of KabulKABUL —A half dozen Taliban fighters infiltrated a provincial capital just south of the Afghan capital on Monday and fired rocket-propelled grenades at government buildings, officials said. Two police and three attackers died in the violence.

July 12th, 2009 Attack kills 12 Taliban in southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — International troops and Afghan police killed 12 Taliban insurgents in a gunbattle in southern Afghanistan, police said Sunday. The joint force attacked a compound north of the capital of Uruzgan province where the militants were hiding Saturday evening, sparking the fighting, police spokesman Mohammad Musa said.

July 12th, 2009 Roadside bomb kills at least 4 Afghan policeKABUL — A roadside bomb killed at least four Afghan police officers south of Afghanistan's capital, officials said Sunday. The officers were driving in a private car Saturday in Logar province's Charkh district when an explosion hit the vehicle, said provincial police chief Gen.

June 19th, 2009 2 US troops killed in southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed two U.S. troops Friday, the U.S.

June 7th, 2009 Taliban attacks kill 9 in AfghanistanKABUL — A Taliban ambush in northwestern Afghanistan killed four policemen early Sunday, while militants killed five other people at the eastern border near Pakistan, officials said. Militants attacked a police security post in northwestern Faryab province, sparking a one-hour battle that killed four police, said Khalil Andrabi, the provincial police chief.

June 7th, 2009 Battles, ambushes kill around 30 in AfghanistanKABUL — A joint Afghan and U.S.-led coalition operation against insurgents in southern Afghanistan killed more than 20 Taliban fighters Sunday, while a militant ambush in the northwest killed four policemen, officials said. The joint operation in Zabul province included ground forces and airstrikes.

May 31st, 2009 18 Taliban killed in western Afghanistan fightingKABUL — Afghan and NATO troops killed 18 Taliban militants Sunday after insurgents attacked a joint patrol, while four police were killed in a separate militant ambush, Afghan officials said. Militants attacked the troops in the western province of Farah, the site of a major battle with numerous civilian casualties in early May.

May 30th, 2009 56 die in Afghan violence; bomb targets Afghan govKABUL — A battle in a militant-controlled region of western Afghanistan left 30 insurgents and nine Afghan soldiers dead, while a roadside bomb in the country's north wounded an Afghan governor, officials said Saturday. The fighting in Badghis province began Friday and continued into Saturday as Afghan troops supported by international forces killed 30 militants in Bala Murghab district — a region where the Afghan government has little control.

May 30th, 2009 Bomb targets Afghan governor; 17 die in violenceKABUL — A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan wounded the governor of Kunduz province on Saturday, while violence around the country killed 17 people, officials said. The bomb detonated on the main highway in Kunduz province, and shattered glass slightly wounded Gov.

April 24th, 2009 Bomb in Afghan capital kills police officerKABUL — A bomb inside a package left at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's capital exploded early Friday when police opened it, killing one officer, police said. Police stopped a man walking with a large package in southern Kabul before dawn, and the man quickly dropped the box and ran off, said Ahsib Arian, the district police chief.

April 24th, 2009 Afghan officials: clash kills least 12 TalibanKABUL — International and Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents in heavy fighting that left at least 12 militants dead in central Afghanistan on Friday, officials said. NATO forces said they could not confirm any deaths in the fighting but that one of its troops was wounded.