Tag Archives: Logar

The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, in a statement, announced that two U.S. service members were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Afghanistan. According to the statement, the cause of the crash is under investigation, but “Preliminary reports do not indicate it was caused by enemy fire.” The statement …

A U.S. airstrike has accidentally hit Afghan Army outposts in Logar Province on Monday night, killing three soldiers and injuring four others. Shahpoor Ahmadzai, the Provincial Police Spokesman, told Ariana News that the incident happened in the outskirt of Pul-e-Alam, the provincial capital of Logar Province. According to Logar Police …

Unidentified gunmen set fire to a mosque in Logar Province late on Wednesday, a local official said. Hasib Stanekzai, the head of Provincial Council in Logar Province, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in the Qala-e-Qazi area of the Baraki Barak District. The fire resulted in the partial destruction …

At least one female student was killed and another wounded by Taliban militants in eastern Logar province, a security official said on Monday. The incident took place in Mohammad Agha district of the province after Afghan forces and Taliban exchanged fires on Monday morning. Security officials blamed Taliban militants for …

At least eight Taliban militants were killed in an operation by Afghan security forces in eastern Logar province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement the operation was conducted in Baraki Barak district of the province on Thursday night. As a result, at least …

An Afghan traffic police official was killed in an attack by the Taliban militants in eastern Logar province, a local official said on Monday. Shahpoor Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the provincial police told Ariana News that Ajmal, the chief of Logar traffic police was killed in an attack by the …

Four civilians were killed and 11 others wounded in a suicide car bombing in Logar province of Afghanistan, a local security official said. The explosion happened on Thursday afternoon close to a military base in the province. The provincial police chief told Ariana News that four civilians were killed and …

At least 64 Taliban insurgents were killed in several clashes with Afghan forces in Ghazni, Balkh, and Logar provinces of the country. The Provincial media office of Ghazni said in a statement on Saturday that the Afghan army conducted a clearance operation in Siyahgag area in Qarabagh district of the …

At least eight people were killed and six others wounded in an airstrike by the foreign forces in Barakibarak district of eastern Logar province, local officials said. The district governor of Barakibarak Wais Abdul Ramzai told Ariana News that the incident has taken place at Dasht-e-Khahk area of the district …

The concerns intensify over the increase of civilians’ causalities from the Taliban, Afghan security forces and NATO’s operations. Recently, the residents of ‘Kamal Kheel’ area in Logar province protested for what is called the civilians’ causalities as a result of an operation against the Taliban. They say that in addition …

At least 48 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes with Afghan forces in eastern Logar province, a local official said on Monday. In a statement released on Monday, Shahpoor Ahmadzai a spokesman for Logar police said that during the 24 hours Afghan Security and Defense Forces launched air and ground …

At least seven Taliban insurgents were killed and two others wounded in clashes with Afghan security forces in eastern Logar province, a local official said on Saturday. Shahpoor Ahmadzai, a spokesman for Logar police told Ariana News that the Taliban fighters attacked outposts of public police forces in Khoshi district …

A key commander of the Taliban along with two other militants was killed in clashes with the Afghan security forces in Mohammad Agha district of Logar province, a local official said on Saturday. A spokesman for Logar police Shahpour Ahmadzai told Ariana News that the Taliban insurgents attacked security outpost …

Afghan security forces have thwarted a deadly car-bombing plot in Kabul City, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Sunday. The statement said that the police forces in Logar on Saturday evening arrested a would-be suicide bomber along with explosives-packed vehicle during an operation in Tangi Wakhjan area …

A car bomb targeted a convoy of vehicles carrying the provincial governor of Logar and the head of the province’s intelligence agency on Sunday, leaving at least eight killed and 10 more wounded, a security official said. The attack took place after an assailant detonated an explosive-packed vehicle on convoy …

Hundreds of protesters on Wednesday closed Kabul – Gardiz highway, accusing the Afghan forces of killing eight civilians in an airstrike. Protesters claimed that Afghan intelligence operatives have killed eight civilians including women and children during an operation in Muhammad Agha district on Tuesday night. Demonstrators called on the government to …

At least four people have been killed and seven others wounded when an explosion targeted a wedding ceremony in Logar province, officials said Saturday. The Provincial Police’s Spokesman Shahpoor Ahmadzai said that the blast took place on Friday night in Safed Sang region of Mohammad Agha district of the province. …

Qamaruddin Shakib deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Logar province has been killed in a Taliban ambush in Mohammad Agha district of Logar province, officials said. Ahmad Shakeel Tasal, a spokesman for the country’s 203rd army corps told Ariana News that the incident took place in a market in Mohammad Agha district …

At least 11 Chechen nationals were arrested by Afghan security forces in Logar province late on Wednesday, officials said. According to a statement released by the provincial governor office, the Chechen nationals, including women and children, were arrested with some weapons in Kozai Chatra area of Azra district of Logar. …

At least 11 civilians were wounded in a suicide attack occurred in Pul-e Alam city of Logar province, local officials said. The spokesman of Logar governor, Salim Saleh told Ariananews that the suicide attacker wanted to target the security commander of the province. Saleh further added that the security commander …