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Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan's west
Herāt :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
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HEART: A roadside bomb attack claimed by the Taliban killed at least 12 people in a key commercial city in western Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, amid worsening security before a presidential poll this month. The remote-controlled bomb may have...
Tags: afghanistan, bomb, Afghanistan Kills, west Afghanistan, western afghanistan, Herat, roadside bomb, police chief, bomb attack, rush hour
Bomb blast kills 12, mostly Afghan civilians - The Associated Press
Bomb blast kills 12, mostly Afghan civiliansThe Associated PressKABUL ? A remote-controlled bomb targeting a police convoy killed 12 people Monday in western Afghanistan, a day after three American soldiers died in a complex militant ambush in the...
Tags: bomb, Afghanistan, American soldiers, Herat
Bomb blast hits west Afghan city
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility One official told the Associated Press news agency the attack targeted a police convoy, killing 10 people and injuring 20, including civilians. Insurgent attacks on security forces have mounted in the run-up to the presidential election on 20 August.
Tags: Russian, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Afghanistan, Taliban, NATO, prime minister, nato chief, Herat, secretary general, presidential elections
Afghan farmers ditch opium for saffron
Herāt :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility The farmer from Gulmir, from a village in Pashtun Zarghon district of Herat province, has found monetary and spiritual benefits in switching to saffron. "I always felt sinful when I was growing poppies," he said. "The money brought me no joy, and did...
Tags: Herat
Afghanistan declares western province poppy-free
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility Deputy to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry General Mohammad Daud has announced western Herat province as poppy-free region, a local newspaper reports Monday. "During a visit to Herat province very recently, Mohammad Daud said the people of Herat had refused...
Tags: Herat, Afghanistan
US admits Afghan civilian deaths
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 months ago
Credibility An investigation into a missile strike carried out by US-led forces in Afghanistan earlier this week has found that 13 civilians were among 16 people killed, the US military has said. The military made the admission on Saturday, after originally saying...
Tags: W. Afghanistan, U.S, coalition forces, Herat, herat province, gozara district, air strike, Gozara, coalition operation, western afghanistan
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 months ago
Credibility The soldier died after coming under fire in Helmand on Tuesday, according to the ministry. Meanwhile, Afghan soldiers killed nine Taliban insurgents in a gunfight in Helmand late Monday, an army general reported. "We have killed nine armed Taliban and...
Tags: US Afghanistan, Herat, Ghulam Yahya Akbari, U.S, herat province, gozara district, Gozara, western afghanistan, coalition force
Abducted Indian worker dies in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 months ago
Credibility An Indian worker kidnapped by unknown militants in Afghanistan last October has died in the captivity of his abductors, officials and his family said on Monday. A terse press statement from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in Chennai said: "...the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Simon Paranthaman, Herat, Simon Paramanathan, Simon Paramananthan, herat province
Afghan General Killed in Helicopter Crash
General Fazal Din of Afghan Army and twelve other persons were killed in helicopter crash on Thursday, According to news report of VOA Urdu service his helicopter was crashed in Heart province of Afghanistan.‘Two soldiers of Pakistan Army were killed...
Tags: Herat, Afghanistan, helicopter crash, Kohat, militants
13 die in army helcopter crash
Farāh :: Afghanistan | 9 months ago
Credibility The defense ministry said in Kabul the helicopter crashed in Herat province on Thursday about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Herat city. "This morning, General Fazel Ahmad Sayar, together with 12 other ANA (Afghan National Army) members, were on their...
Tags: chopper crash, general, killed, Herat, helicopter crashes, Afghanistan, An Afghan National Army, western afghanistan, army chopper, bad weather
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