14 August 2012
In Kunduz Province, late Tuesday night a motorcycle bomb went off, killing at least ten people and wounding 30 others.
In Nimroz Province, at least 30 people are dead, 60 wounded, after coordinated suicide bombings. Suicide bombers launched their attack on the city of Zaranj. Afghan police killed three bombers before they exploded themselves, but three other bombers were successful. The local police chief is among those killed. Local officials say the attackers are not from Nimroz Province.
In Kunar Province, local government officials claim the Pakistani military launched another attack on Afghan border posts. A local security official said the Pakistani attack started at 04:00 hours, with artillery fire. Afghans returned fire, and the battle lasted four hours. At least one person killed, five wounded.
13 August 2012
In Nimroz Province, police killed two men they say were trying to launch a suicide attack on the city of Zaranj.
In Nangarhar Province, an Afghan policeman fired on U.S. led occupying troops. NATO/ISAF officials say no one was hurt, the policeman fled the scene. Local police officials say two occupying troops were wounded, along with one Afghan government troop.
Also in Nangarhar Province, a bomb went off near a Mosque in Jalalabad city, wounding five people.
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) will launch ground attacks on Mujahideen in Pakistan. This is according to the Speaker of the House in Afghanistan’s parliament: “All complaints in regards to cross border incursion by Pakistan should be submitted to the coordinative center. ISAF will visit the area and conduct operation against the militants inside the Afghanistan soil and if complaints were received regarding cross border incursion by militants then ISAF will conduct operations with the Pakistani troops inside the Pakistan soil.”-Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi
According to Ibrahimi, USMC General John Allen told the Afghan parliament leaders that a new plan has been developed. U.S. led occupying forces, along with Afghan government forces and Pakistani government forces, will work together to surround an area of Pakistan that is known as a safe haven for Mujahideen. The Pakistani government has apparently agreed to allow U.S. ground troops into Pakistan to do battle with the Mujahideen.
In Ghazni Province, Mujahideen hanged a man after he kidnapped a child and then demanded ransom for its safe return.
In Takhar Province, a town mayor, and four other local government officials, were assassinated with a bomb.
In Kunar Province, local government officials claim the Pakistani military fired 45 rockets into their province.
ISAF stated: “Afghan and coalition security force arrested a senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader in Chahar Darah district, Kunduz province, today.”
The Defense Ministry of Afghanistan reported three Afghan soldiers killed, five wounded, in battles in Logar, Paktiya, Maidan Wardak and Helmand provinces.
12 August 2012
A political analyst in Afghanistan says it is the way the U.S. led occupiers are treating the Afghan government forces that’s causing the “green on blue” attacks: “…Afghan officers, even high ranking officers are being treated with a great deal of contempt by low ranking American officers, or low ranking NATO officers, in fact I have first hand observations on several occasions that Afghan colonels have been treated like dirt, if you will, by an American captain!”-Mohammed Daoud Miraki
In Herat Province, a village elder was assassinated when gunmen shot him in his house. His wife was wounded.
In Laghman Province, the provincial governor and his three bodyguards were killed when they drove over a mine.