Taliban fighters carried out a series of coordinated attacks across the embattled southern Afghan city of Kandahar Saturday – a campaign that Afghan President Hamid Karzai characterized as “revenge” for the death of Osama bin Laden. Insurgents first assaulted the provincial governor’s palace with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire and then launched a series of strikes across the city on the headquarters of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and the Transportation Police, on Police Sub-station One as well as various other Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) and International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) buildings in both Kandahar city and in the Arghandab River Valley, ISAF reported. Between a dozen and two-dozen people were wounded in the fighting, Afghan media reported. All of the suicide bombers were killed. (more…)
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AFGHANISTAN: Avenging bin Laden: Taliban Unleash Spring Offensive in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Middle-East, Military, Terrorists, tagged Civilian Casualties, offensive, Taliban on May 11, 2011 |
AFGHANISTAN: Broad Taliban Attack Paralyzes Kandahar
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Insurgents, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, offensive, Taliban, Taliban fighters on May 11, 2011 |
The New York Times, By Taimoor Shah and Alissa J. Rubin
8 May, 2011
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — For more than 30 hours over the weekend, the Taliban immobilized the southern city of Kandahar, unleashing multiple attacks with small arms and suicide bombers near the city’s downtown, pinning down people in their homes, forcing shops to close and halting most traffic. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: 3 NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Crossfire Deaths, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Insurgents, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, ied, militants, NATO troops on May 2, 2011 |
RTT News, By RTT Staff Writer
29 April, 2011
Three NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks by militants in Afghanistan on Thursday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: US Marines in deadly Afghan valley say destruction key to lasting progress
Posted in Afghanistan, Compensation, Displacement, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), NATO/Allies, Property Damage, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorists, tagged Afghanistan, Compensation, Displacement, IEDs, Taliban, village destruction on March 18, 2011 |
Associated Press
Friday, March 18, 2011
SANGIN, Afghanistan
In a war where winning the hearts and minds of Afghans is the ultimate goal, damaging homes with powerful explosives and bulldozing a mosque and scores of other buildings may not sound like a wise idea.
But U.S. Marines in this key Taliban sanctuary say that’s sometimes the only way to make progress, even if it risks angering the same people whose loyalties are required for success — a difficult trade-off that troops have grappled with throughout Afghanistan. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: Winning Hearts While Flattening Vineyards Is Rather Tricky
Posted in Afghanistan, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Insurgents, Military, Property Damage, South Asia, tagged Afghanistan, Displacement, IEDs, Nato on March 15, 2011 |
