Combined Forces Raid Ends Deadly Taliban Attack on Top Kabul Hotel
29 June 2011
Nine suicide bombers penetrated several rings of security to lay siege to one of the capital’s premier hotels for six hours overnight Tuesday in a complex attack that jolted Afghans’ sense of security and highlighted the weakness of their police forces. At least 21 people were killed: all the attackers, two policemen, nine Afghan civilians, and one foreigner, a Spaniard. One witness said that the police failed to stop a man who obviously...
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Taliban Use Girl, 8, as Bomb Mule in Attack on Afghan Police Post
27 June 2011
Taliban insurgents used an eight-year-old girl carrying a bag of explosives to attack a police checkpost in central Afghanistan, the Afghan government said on Sunday, making her one of the youngest child bombers of the decade-old conflict. The incident took place in Char Chino district of central Uruzgan province, the interior ministry said. "The insurgents handed over a bag with a homemade bomb to an eight-year-old girl and asked her to take it...
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Death Toll in Hospital Bomb Attack Reaches 38; Taliban Deny Responsibility
27 June 2011
Funerals of victims of a car bombing at a hospital in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province have been taking place. Thirty-eight people, including pregnant women, children, doctors and nurses, died in the attack, officials say - the deadliest on a medical facility since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. The hospital, in Azra district, was destroyed, leaving people buried under rubble. Officials blamed the attack on the Taliban, but the group denied...
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Taliban Suicide Bomber Targets Afghan Governor, Kills Two
21 June 2011
A Taliban suicide bomber targeted a provincial governor in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding another two, the interior ministry said. The attack struck the usually peaceful province of Parwan, when the bomber tried to enter the compound of governor Basir Salangi. "At around 10:45am (0615 GMT) Tuesday, a suicide bomber detonated himself in front of the gate of the Parwan governor's compound. As a result, two civilians...
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Haqqani Leader Threatens Reprisals as Govt Executes Two over Bank Attack
20 June 2011
Insurgents in Afghanistan's violent east will target courts and judges after the execution of two fighters convicted over a brutal bank raid, one of the leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network said on Monday. At least 40 people were killed when seven gunmen and suicide bombers, dressed in border police uniforms, attacked an office of private lender Kabulbank on February 19, triggering gunbattles that lasted several hours. Security camera footage...
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Suicide Bomber Strikes German Military Convoy in Kunduz, Kills Three Civilians
20 June 2011
A suicide attacker blew up his explosives-laden car next to a German military convoy in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing three Afghan civilians, officials and witnesses said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack. The bomber detonated his vehicle on a busy road on the edge of Kunduz city, near the airport, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. [...] Three civilians were killed and 11 were wounded in the...
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Uniformed Suicide Bombers Attack Kabul Police Station, Kill Nine
20 June 2011
Suicide bombers in army uniform attacked a Kabul police compound on Saturday, killing nine people in the second major assault inside the Afghan capital in less than a month, the Interior Ministry said. The Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the assault, vowed last month to carry out attacks on foreign and Afghan troops and government officials, and have assassinated several senior police commanders since the start of the year. Three policemen,...
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Reporting in Times of War: Press Freedom in Afghanistan 2008-2011
17 June 2011
This document has been produced by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) for the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association and other partners and affiliates in Afghanistan. Journalism in Afghanistan continues to be scarred by seemingly endless conflict but is able, when occasion arises, to celebrate significant achievements At the official commemoration of World Press Freedom Day in 2011, the country’s Minister for Information,...
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Cross-border Rocket Attack Kills 4 Afghan Children
17 June 2011
A rocket fired during fighting Friday in Pakistan's tribal region landed in eastern Afghanistan, killing four children in an area where militants launch attacks on U.S.-led forces, officials said. The rocket landed in Sirkanay district of Kunar province, an area where more than 100 rockets have landed in the last few days from across the border, provincial police chief Gen. Ewaz Mohammad said. It was unclear who fired the rocket, though Mohammad...
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Pakistan Village Raided "by Militants from Afghanistan"
16 June 2011
More than 200 militants have stormed a Pakistani village near the Afghan border, wounding at least two women, officials say. Pakistani officials say the insurgents crossed the border to attack Mamoond village in Bajaur tribal region. [...] A similar attack earlier this month in Pakistan's Upper Dir area led to a prolonged clash and left at least 25 Pakistani troops dead. "Some 250-300 militants targeted civilians in Mamoond," AFP news agency...
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