Herat Province

Afghan soldier shot dead by Spaniards in 'friendly fire' incident

The Spanish Defence ministry has confirmed that an Afghan soldier was killed and two others were injured by Spanish troops escorting an Afghan convoy at around 6am (local time) last Sunday morning roughly 50km the south of...

Heratis Suspect Iran of Cultural Sabotage

Herat officials claim Iranians behind theft of artefacts and destruction of historical sites. It was once famously said that you could not stick your leg out in Herat without kicking a poet, and the city’s 3500 years of history...

Afghans fear Lack of Food Aid; Resent Corruption; Pakistan Abolishes Civilian Wing of ISI

Ashfaq Kiyani, has abolished the political wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence, which had been accused of shaping Pakistni politics by rigging elections or destabilizing government it did not like. Pakistan's war on the...

Rise in crime, kidnapping, top Afghans' worries

Western forces target the Taliban, but for many Afghans the biggest threat comes from criminals and complicitous police. For the Afghans whose hearts and minds America and its allies are trying to win, the greatest enemy in...

Dozens of militants die in Afghan offensive

38 militants killed in attack by coalition forces, U.S. military says Two U.S. soldiers wounded after their convoy attacked by suicide car bomber Attack occurred in the city of Herat, western Afghanistan NATO-led ISAF soldier...

Suicide bombing wounds 2 Coalition soldiers in W Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two servicemen from the U.S.-led Coalition forces were wounded when their convoy was attacked by a suicide vehicle with improvised explosive device (SVBIED) early Sunday morning in western Afghan...

Spanish troops die in Afghanistan

Two Spanish soldiers have been killed and another seriously hurt in a suicide bomb attack in western Afghanistan, Spain's defence ministry has said. The Spanish unit involved had been providing support to Afghan security forces...

Civilians among 47 killed in Afghanistan

Friday, November 07, 2008 HERAT: Seven Afghan villagers were killed in coalition air strikes, police said on Thursday, a day after claims that scores of civilians died elsewhere in operations also involving foreign forces....

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