Afghan National Police Kills A Suicide Bomber (May 12.2013.)

Publish Date: May 12, 2013

Zabul Police killed a suicide bomber at one of the border police posts today at around 09:00 Am and the second suicide bomber was identified and arrested by Afghan National Police.

The incident took place in the Shamal Zai district of Zabul province.

The arrested suicide bomber is being investigated by Zabul CID.

Ministry of Interior Affairs praises the good work of ANP in ensuring of security to the people of Afghanistan and appreciated people in sharing information with Afghan National Security forces and this is a good step forward in improving the security and stability in the country.

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11 militants killed in Zabul clash

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A Taliban commander was among 11 fighters killed during a clash in the Dai Chopan district of southern Zabul province, officials said on Sunday.

A group of insurgents attacked the district headquarters late on Saturday night, the deputy police chief, Ghulam Jilani Farahi, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Eleven fighters, including their commander Syed Noor Zakir, were killed in retaliatory fire from Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and police, he said.

The bodies of three fighters left at the scene were handed over to tribal elders for transferring, he added. The rest of the corpses were taken away by the attackers.

from Pajhwok
by Basher Ahmad Naadem on Oct 21, 2012 - 13:52

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Coordinated blasts rock southern Zabul province

A explosion rocked southern Zabul province of Afghanistan on Saturday morning.

The incident took place in central city of Qalat at southern Zabul province and there are fears of heavy casualties following the blast.

Provincial security chief Ghulamn Jilani confirming the report said coordinated blasts took place near the Zabul municipality department.

Mr. Jilani further added the incident took place while a vehicle of a priviate security company was crossing the area injuring at least three security guards.

He said the explosive device was planted inside a garbage container.

In the meantime provincial governor spokesman Mohammad Sharif Nasiri said the second explosion took place 15 minutes after the first blast killing at least two people.

No group including the Taliban militants has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident.

from KHAAMA
By Sadaf Shinwari - Sat Oct 13, 10:33 am

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Four killed in Afghanistan chopper crash

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Four people were killed in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province Sunday after their contract helicopter for NATO-led forces crashed, a senior official said.

"A contract helicopter, which was transporting goods for international forces, crashed Sunday morning in Shinkay district of Zabul province," Xinhua quoted deputy provincial governor Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar as saying.

All four crew were killed in the incident, he said

All the victims were foreign nationals, possibly from Tajikistan, the provincial governor said citing initial reports.

Rasoulyar said the chopper crashed near a foreign military base in the province, 340 km south of capital city of Kabul.

He said that a technical failure could be the reason for the crash since the weather was poor in the area when the incident happened.

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7 armed militants killed in Afghan operations

At least 7 armed insurgents were killed and 6 others were detained following military operations by Afghan security forces during the past 24 hours.

According to a press release by Afghan Interior Affairs Ministry,  the operations were conducted by Afghan police forces in conjunction with the Afghan National Army and NATO-led coalition forces in Faryab, Helmand, Zabul, Wardak, Paktika and Logar provinces.

Anti-government armed militant groups yet to comment regarding the reports.

In the meantime, officials in the ministry of defense of announced that at least 5 Afghan national army soldiers were killed and injured.

Afghan defense ministry officials following a statement said, at least 1 Afghan Army soldier was killed and four others were injured after a vehicle of the Afghan National Army soldiers crashed in Tang-e-Gharo.

Another Afghan Army soldier was also killed in Zherai district of southern Kandahar province, the officials said.

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One dead as Afghan soldiers open fire on NATO troops

Kandahar, Afghanistan (dpa) – Three Afghan army soldiers opened fire on NATO troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and wounding six, a security officials said.

The shooting took place during a sports game at a joint military base in the southern province of Zabul. “One of the (Afghan) soliders was killed when coalition forces returned fire, but the other two fled,” the official said.

The NATO-led military alliance confirmed one of its soldiers had died in a clash with Afghan army soldiers in Zabul, saying it had launched an investigation into the incident.

NATO troops have been training Afghan security forces ahead of a planned pullout. A classified document said in June attacks by Afghan troops on NATO soldiers were a “rapidly growing systemic threat” that could undermine the coalition’s efforts to defeat the insurgency.

Taliban insurgents have often managed to infiltrate the ranks of the Afghan security forces. Attacks by Taliban infiltrators have caused more than five dozen NATO deaths since 2007.

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