Afghan forces assume leading role in security operations

A suicide bomber exploded near the home of a prominent Afghan lawmaker on Tuesday, police said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be announced. "The blast happened near the home of Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq," a ...

-ANI): Afghan police backed by the national army and NATO-led troops have eliminated 72 Taliban insurgents during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here Saturday. "In the past 24 ...

Afghan government has expressed concern over the killing of nine nationals by Iranian border police last week. Afghan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Janan Mossazai told reporters in Kabul yesterday that the Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan has been informed and ...

The Afghan National Police also seized weapons and defused several bombs

Font size: KABUL (WNA): At least nine insurgents were killed and 12 wounded when the Afghan security force supported by foreign troops launched counterinsurgents operations in some provinces, the ministry of interior said Tuesday. In past 24 ...

Story by Subscribe To This Journalist Staff Sgt. Elvis Umanzor A member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (Gendarmerie) 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, fills out an evidence collection form during an evidence collection process class, June 3, ...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of three Afghan Uniform Police headquarters facilities in Western Afghanistan, well ahead of schedule. The facilities, built by Afghan-owned and operated ...

The United States is facing not an easy task: to find a way to supply and maintain the Afghan national army and police. Despite the apparent desire of America to bid farewell to the protracted war, the Taliban, criminal gangs and rebels continue to ...

KABUL, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police, backed by the army and the NATO-led coalition forces, have killed 23 anti-government militants and detained 33 other suspects within the last 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said Thursday morning.