Security
Eight ANP Personnel Killed in an Insider Attack
On 11 March 2017, at least eight members of Afghan National Police (ANP) were shot dead by two of their comrades in Shinkai district of southern Zabul province in Afghanistan. Provincial governor’s spokesman Gul Islam Sayal confirmed the incident and said the two assailants managed to flee from area after the attack. Khaama
IS-K Militants Killed in US Air Strike
On 11 March 2017, at least three militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Khorasan (IS-K) were killed in an airstrike conducted by the US forces in Momand Dara area of Achin district in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The militants were targeted by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. A key commander of Islamic State of Khorasan, Maulvi Abdul Qayum aka Shaheen Khurasani, was killed in the US airstrike Khaama
Two Taliban Commander Killed in Military Operation
On 11 March 2016, two key Taliban leaders were killed, along with four others, during the operation conducted in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province in Afghanistan. According to Shaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army, Taliban’s military commission chief Qari Dost Mohammad and finance commission chief Mullah Niaz Mohammad were killed during the operation. Khaama
IS-K militants Beheaded Three Civilians
On 11 March 2017, militants belonging to the Islamic State of Khorasan (IS-K) beheaded three civilians in the Achin district of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. Pajhwok
