30 May 2012: International Security Assistance Force reports two U.S./NATO personnel killed by Mujahideen attacks, and explosions in southern Afghanistan.
At least 172 occupying personnel killed since the beginning of 2012.
According to local security officials in Badakhshan Province, at least eight cops were killed and two wounded after an attack by Mujahideen. Several police officers are missing. The attack began late on 29 May and continued into the early hours of 30 May. Local police officials claim they killed six Mujahideen. The Mujahideen launched coordinated attacks on three police check points.
In Herat Province, Mujahideen attacked an Afghan army check point, killing one soldier and wounding four others. Officials claim they killed four Mujahideen.
In Farah Province one Afghan soldier was killed, and another wounded after an explosion.
In Nangarhar Province about eight civilians were killed. Five people were killed after their house was attacked with grenades. Three other people were killed when they drove over a mine.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of the Interior reports that in the past 24 hours 30 Mujahideen were killed or wounded in battles in the following provinces: Kabul, Nangarhar, Faryab, Helmand, Uruzgan, Logar, Ghazni, Paktika and Paktia.
29 May 2012: Another school was targeted with poisoning of the female students. At least 120 girls became sick. This is the third school poisoning in Takhar Province in the past two weeks. The “Taliban” are being blamed, however, “Taliban” reps swear they’ve had nothing to do with the poisonings. Public health officials say blood tests are not revealing what poison (if any) is being used. “Taliban” reps say the Afghan government is behind the poisonings.
Another tribal elder was assassinated while praying in a Mosque in Ghazni Province. Also, in Ghazni city, Mujahideen attacked the eastern part of the city and wounded between three and seven people.
The United Nations reported that only 5% of the Afghan population is involved in producing more than 5,800 tons of opium, or 90% of the World’s illegal opium! The UN also said that so far less than 2% of the opium produced is being captured and destroyed. That’s par for the course when you study the lack of success in the 30+ years of the U.S. War on Drugs!
In Nangahar Province two potential suicide bombers were killed, and three wounded after the car they were in exploded. Officials think there was a mechanical problem which caused one of their bombs to go off too soon.
International Security Assistance Force is claiming they killed an al-Qaeda “leader” in Kunar Province. They said he was from Saudi Arabia, an ally of the United States.
In Baghlan Province, Afghan officials claim they killed two Mujahideen “commanders”.
28 May 2012: International Security Assistance Force said at least one U.S./NATO soldier was killed by Mujahideen attack, in southern Afghanistan. Two other U.S./NATO personnel were killed when the helicopter they were in went down in eastern Afghanistan.
Five police officers in Baghlan Province were killed when they drove over a mine.
An Afghan government official was arrested on murder and rape charges. The former deputy chief of the Afghan Passport Department is accused by several people from Badakhshan province of raping and killing women.
In Helmand Province, at least three people were killed when they drove over a mine. Local officials said they arrested a man suspected of planting the mine.
ISAF, Afghan Ministry of Defense, and Ministry of the Interior, report six Afghan soldiers killed, and between 21 and 38 Mujahideen killed in the past 24 hours. The battles took place in Laghman, Paktiya, Baghlan, Kabul, Kunar, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Faryab, Kandahar, Ghazni, Khost, Helmand, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak and Logar provinces.
International Security Assistance Force claims two “leaders” were captured in Kandahar and Paktiya provinces.