Posts Tagged ‘ casualties ’

"Eleven extremists were killed in joint operations by Afghan and coalition security forces in various parts of Afghanistan on Saturday. Five extremists were killed and one other wounded during an operation in search of a senior Taliban leader in Muhammad Aghah district, Logar province, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a press release on Sunday." (06/16/13)

"Platoon leader Jan Kiepura, a Polish soldier serving in Afghanistan, was killed on Monday when a land mine exploded beneath the car he was in while on patrol near Ghazni, the capital of Ghanzi province. The platoon leader's team was performing reconnaissance and securing a perimeter for an American mine-sweeping team." (06/11/13)

"Two Afghan civilians have been killed after a number of heavily armed Taliban insurgents launched an attack close to Afghanistan's main airport. At least seven of the attackers were killed during the pre-dawn raid, which targeted Nato's airport headquarters using rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb." (06/10/13)

"The governor of an eastern province in Afghanistan alleged on Thursday that an overnight NATO airstrike killed three civilians and wounded seven there, a claim the US-led coalition flatly denied. Sayed Fazelullah Wahidi claimed the three civilians -- two women and a child -- died in the airstrike allegedly carried out by a drone in the Noorgaram area of the Dara-i Peach district. 'This claim is not true,' the U.S.-led International Assistance Force said." (06/06/13)

"According to local authorities in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, at least six civilians were killed following separate explosions in this province on Tuesday. Provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak confirming the report said the incident took place in Sangin district. Mr. Zwak further added at least three women were also among those killed following the explosions." (06/05/13)

"Officials in western Afghanistan say a car has hit a roadside bomb, killing a father and his three children. Authorities say the mother was wounded in Tuesday's blast. The United Nations said Monday, violence in Afghanistan is up 24 percent compared to this time last year. The U.N. said it blames insurgents for 84 percent of the deaths." (06/04/13)

"A suicide bomber killed at least 10 school pupils, an Afghan policeman, and two international troops on Monday outside a market in the country's east. Gen. Zelmia Oryakhail, provincial police chief of Paktia province, told CBS News' Mukhtar Ahmad the attacker targeted a joint U.S. military and Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrol." (06/03/13)

"In a shock to humanitarian aid workers, suicide bombers in eastern Afghanistan yesterday assaulted the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross, an organization that has worked in the country for more than 30 years without suffering a concerted attack and has received praise from all sides. Security forces managed to evacuate all seven Western employees working in the Jalalabad compound, with only one injured, the provincial police said. One guard was killed and another wounded when one of the attackers blew himself up at the entrance to the compound, which caught fire after the blast. The other two attackers also died in the assault." (05/30/13)

"Ten people including Afghan security forces have died and six others have been injured in two bomb explosions in Afghanistan. The first bomb attack was carried out early on Tuesday near Qarabagh District of the northern province of Parwan. Provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang said that the vehicle of Amin Ramin, the managing director of Afghan Wireless Communications Company, was the target of the bombing. ... In the southern province of Kandahar, another bombing targeted a convoy of Afghan armed forces." (05/28/13)