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Taliban insurgents attack police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing 6 officers
Washington Post, 21 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — An official says Taliban insurgents have attacked a police checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan, killing six officers.The militants hit the post Sunday in the Dayak district of Ghazni  province, said Col. Mohammad Hussain,...

‘Insider attack’ kills six Afghan police officers
Dawn, 21 April 2013
GHAZNI: Six Afghan police were killed Sunday in a Taliban raid helped by an “insider”, officials said, the latest attack involving Western-trained security forces turning on their own allies.Militants stormed a  police post in...

Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan police: officials
Dawn, 19 April 2013
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents killed 13 local policemen while they were sleeping on Friday, in an attack on their checkpoint in southeast Afghanistan, officials said.The policemen were shot dead in  the Andar district of Ghazni province,...

Germany offers 600-800 soldiers for training mission in Afghanistan after combat troops leave
Washington Post, 18 April 2013
BERLIN — Germany has offered to provide 600-800 soldiers for a NATO training mission in Afghanistan after U.S. and other foreign combat troops leave the country by the end of next year.Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the German troops...

Taliban in Qatar see no early peace talks with US
Dawn, 18 April 2013
DOHA: Taliban leaders living in Qatar have held no Afghanistan peace talks with US officials in the Gulf state for more than a year and see no prospect of any soon, Taliban sources say.A team of envoys from the Islamist insurgent group flew to Qatar...

India, China could find common ground in Afghanistan
Hindu, 18 April 2013
The first is their shared interest in investing huge amounts in Afghanistan to extract mineral resources.When India and China sit across the table in Beijing on Thursday for their first-ever focussed dialogue on Afghanistan, they will find two major...

Officials: Attacks across Afghanistan kill 24 people
Washington Post, 17 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombs and insurgent attacks killed at least 24 people in five separate attacks across Afghanistan as violence steadily rises during this year’s spring fighting season, officials  said Wednesday. So...

Pak-Afghan DGMOs discuss cross-border coordination
The News, 16 April 2013
RAWALPINDI: A delegation of Afghan army officials, headed by Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Afghan National Army, Major-General Afzal Aman, visited the General Headquarters (GHQ) and met Major-General Ashfaq Nadeem Ahmed, Director-General...

Afghan president blames Taliban and US for airstrike that left 17 dead, including 12 children
Washington Post, 13 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Both Taliban insurgents and the U.S. military were to blame for an airstrike a week ago that killed 17 people, including a dozen children, during a fierce battle in eastern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said Saturday.Karzai...

Taliban attack outpost near Pakistan border, killing 13 Afghan soldiers
Washington Post, 13 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that is a major infiltration route for insurgents crossing the mountainous  border between Afghanistan and...

Afghan officials: Roadside bombs kill 4 people in south, including district police chief
Washington Post, 11 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan officials say two separate roadside bombings in southern Afghanistan have killed four people, including a district police chief.A spokesman for the provincial governor in  southern Uruzgan province, Abdullah...

Helicopter crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 2 US troops, officials say
Washington Post, 9 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO helicopter crashed in a field in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two American service members.

Roadside bomb kills 9 civilians riding on a public bus in Afghanistan
Washington Post, 8 April 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb hit a public bus in a restive province near the Afghan capital on Monday, killing at least nine passengers and raising the death toll from violence in the country to  more than 100 so far this...

Pak-Afghan border closed for an hour
The News, 8 April 2013
LANDIKOTAL: The authorities on Sunday closed the Torkham border for one hour as protest against the misbehaviour of an Afghan cop with the Pakistani security forces personnel, sources said.

Top US military officer says Pentagon making moves in case of further North Korea provocations
Washington Post, 7 April 2013
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he “can’t take the chance” that North Korea won’t soon  engage...

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