Taliban commander killed in AfghanistanSeptember 29th, 2009 KABUL - A key Taliban commander was killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province by policemen, police said Tuesday. "Policemen shot dead Taliban key commander Mullah Rashid in Kunduz province during an operation Monday evening," said the province's Inspector General of Police Abdul Razaq Yaqubi.
Explosion kills 6 Taliban militants while planting roadside bomb in AfghanistanAugust 10th, 2009 Bomb blast kills 6 Taliban while planting IEDKABUL —Six Taliban militants are dead after a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely. Abdul Zarif, an Afghan official in Zabul province, says the six militants were planting the bomb around 3 a.m.
Officials: Roadside bombs kills 5 police, 1 guard in southern AfghanistanAugust 7th, 2009 Officials: Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan copsKABUL — Officials say roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan have killed five policemen and an Afghan guard. Local police official Abdul Jabar says a roadside bomb late Thursday in Kandahar's Arghandab district killed five policemen.
Taliban attacks kill 9 in Afghanistan, including 5 policeJune 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.
15 militants killed in AfghanistanMay 1st, 2009 KABUL - Fifteen Taliban militants and two policemen were killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. The fighting took place Saturday in the Nahr-e-Saraj district in Helmand province where the Afghan Police and the US-led security forces launched a joint operation against the militants, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Taliban attack government offices in AfghanistanApril 27th, 2009 KABUL - A group of Taliban militants attacked a district office in relatively peaceful northern Afghanistan Monday, killing one policeman and taking nine others hostage, officials said. In the rare attack, dozens of insurgents with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Borka district headquarters in Baghlan province early Monday and killed an officer, provincial police spokesman Jawed Basharat said.
Taliban militants kill five policemen in AfghanistanApril 19th, 2009 KABUL - Taliban militants stormed a police post in western Afghanistan and killed five policemen, officials said Sunday. Dozens of militants driving several vehicles overpowered the policemen, who were manning a checkpoint in Karez Shaikha area of western Farah province, said deputy provincial governor Mohammad Younus Rasouli.
Twin blast in Iraq kills nine policemenApril 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two simultaneous explosions killed nine policemen Sunday in Anbar province west of Baghdad, police said. A police source told the DPA that the bombs ripped though a patrol in Faluja, 70 km west of Baghdad, killing an officer and eight other policemen.
Suicide attack kills eight in AfghanistanMarch 30th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled vest inside a district headquarter in southern Afghanistan Monday, killing eight people including police and civilians and wounded six others, a government spokesman said. The bomber carried out the attack inside the Dand district in southern Kandahar province Monday morning, killing three policemen and five civilians, provincial spokesman Zelmai Ayoubi said.
Militants kidnap 11 policemen in Pakistan's Khyber areaMarch 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Islamist militants Sunday kidnapped 11 tribal policemen following an attack on a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, an official said. The gunmen forced the Khasadar policemen to surrender all weapons after laying siege to the Shin Qamar post in Khyber tribal district, a hub of militant activity.
Taliban kill nine police officers in AfghanistanMarch 26th, 2009 KABUL - Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in south0ern Afghanistan Thursday, killing nine police officers and seized their weapons, police officials said. The militants tossed hand grenades at the police post in Gerishk district of the southern Helmand province Thursday morning before shooting the policemen inside the post, said Kamaludin Khan, the deputy provincial police chief.
10 militants killed in AfghanistanMarch 23rd, 2009 KABUL - Ten Taliban militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in southern Afghanistan Friday, officials said. The incident took place in Ghanzi province in southern Afghanistan.
Suicide bombing kills 8 policemen in AfghanistanMarch 16th, 2009 KABUL - At least eight policemen were killed and 22 injured Monday in a suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan, authorities said. 'So far the bodies of eight policemen and 22 injured men, including civilians, have been taken to hospital in Lashkar city,' said Anayatullah, director of the Public Health Department in Helmand province.
5 policemen killed in suicide bombing in AfghanistanMarch 16th, 2009 KABUL - At least five policemen were killed and over 10 injured Monday in a suicide bombing attack in southern Afghanistan, officials said. 'A man with an explosive device tied to his body blew himself up in front of the gate of police department, leaving five policemen dead and injured 10 others,' senior police officer Kamaludin Khan told Xinhua.
20 Afghan policemen killed in Taliban ambushDecember 31st, 2008 KABUL - At least 20 police personnel have been killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday. A group of insurgents Wednesday ambushed the convoy of the district chief of Musa Qalat, a region filled with Taliban militants, in a remote are of Hemland province, the official said, adding that 20 security guards were killed in the attack.
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