Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Govt Asks Karzai, NATO to Stop Taliban's Cross-Border Attacks
06 June 2011
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday condemned the ‘infiltration’ of militants from Afghanistan into Dir Upper and asked both the Pakistan and Afghan governments to take measures for preventing occurrence of such events in future. The provincial government made the demand in a special meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti here on Saturday. The meeting was convened to discuss aftermaths of a militants’...
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Summary of Recent Security Incidents
06 June 2011
Insurgents attacked an Afghan checkpoint overnight, killing two police officers and abducting five others in the southwest of the country, officials said on Monday. The attack happened in Nimroz province late Sunday and appears to be linked to rogue police officers involved with the Taliban, officials said. "Armed insurgents attacked a police post in Khash Rod district at 11:00 pm killing two policemen, wounding one, and kidnapping five others,"...
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Canada Supports Afghan Led Operation in Final Milestone Mission
06 June 2011
The Canadian Forces have conducted their last full-scale offensive combat operation in Kandahar, but the country's battle group commander warns Canada's war will not be over until all his troops are safely out of the field. The operation, which took place in Panjwaii district over the last two weeks, was planned and led by the Afghan National Army, and designed to further disrupt the Taliban from conducting spring and summer attacks. It involved...
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Gates Discusses Drawdown Strategy in "Farewell Visit"
06 June 2011
On a farewell visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates predicted Saturday that the initial drawdown of American troops next month would be "modest" and played down the possibility of far-reaching changes in U.S. strategy this summer. Gates, who is stepping down as Defense secretary at the end of the month, acknowledged that the American public was growing weary of the nearly decadelong war. But it would be "premature" to change course...
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