11 September 2012
UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Jan Kubiš, announced that United Nations’ offices in Kunar Province will be closed. This is part of the closing of at least nine UN offices throughout Afghanistan. The official reason is lack of money!
In Parwan Province, Bagram airfield was hit by several rockets. One Chinook helicopter was destroyed and several other helicopters damaged. Three Afghan government intelligence agents were killed. Many personnel were wounded. Mujahideen immediately claimed they launched the attack.
In Farah Province, two Afghan cops were killed in firefights with Mujahideen, three other cops were executed after being captured.
In Herat Province, five Afghan cops, including the police chief, were killed by explosion. The explosion went off near a meeting of village elders.
In Helmand Province: “We will do our best to kill Prince Harry and Britain’s other troops based in Helmand. It is not important for us to kidnap him. We will target him and we will kill him.”-Mujahideen statement
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says: “During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan army and intelligence agency and the NATO-led coalition carried out five joint clearance operations in Laghman, Ghazni, Herat and Helmand provinces, killing 16 armed Taliban insurgents and detaining 16 others.”
In Nangarhar Province, overnight U.S. forces carried out another illegal night raid. Local government officials say one person was killed, a child wounded. At least three people were kidnapped by U.S. led forces.
10 September 2012
In Kunduz Province, a suicide bomber blew up his car, killing 15 people including seven cops, wounding 25 others. Police forces were the target.
In Laghman Province, ISAF said four U.S. led occupation tankers (AFV crewman) were wounded when a bomb exploded under the bridge they were crossing.
In Badghis Province, there are reports that as many as 36 cops have joined the Mujahideen.
The United States officially handed over control of Bagram Prison to Afghan officials. Analysts and human rights groups say the move is ceremonial and that the U.S. still maintains control over the use of the prison: “Major questions also hang over the extent of Afghan control, as well as the immediate and long-term fate of the more than 3,000 inmates, said to include around 50 foreigners not covered by the agreement.”-Agence Frances-Presse
09 September 2012
In Farah Province, four explosions killed one child, and wounded nine civilians and six cops. The target was local political leaders.
In Maidan Wardak Province, six people were killed. Local government officials say they don’t know why, but they’re blaming Mujahideen.
In Herat Province, Afghan army officials say they killed nine Mujahideen.
ISAF said: “An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today.”
In Helmand Province, five government personnel were killed, two wounded when they drove over a mine. Afghan cops also claim they killed three Mujahideen in gunbattles.
In Kandahar Province, U.S. led occupation forces launched airstrikes, killing at least seven people.
U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, has the distinction of being the only prisoner of war. For some reason the Pakistani group known as Haqqani Network believe they are being held responsible for his imprisonment. They say they are not the ones holding Bergdahl captive, and accusations by U.S. leaders are more lies: “The American soldier is with the ‘Emirate Center’ [a Mujahideen group based in Afghanistan]……The Americans also know it.”
08 September 2012
In Kabul Province, six people (mostly children) killed, four wounded, after explosions near the U.S. and Italian embassies. Local government officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up in a market. Then a rocket landed in the same area and exploded.
Also in Kabul, two rival clans got into a firefight during a funeral. Several people wounded.
Afghanistan’s Aynak copper mine is one of the largest copper mines in the world. A Chinese company won a contract to operate the mine, however, the war in Afghanistan has gotten out of hand: “…..Chinese workers have left the Aynak copper mine due to security issues but not all of them. The workers will return back to Afghanistan as soon as the security improves.”-Afghan government statement
In Uruzgan Province: “A bomb placed at the entrance of Malik Abdul Majid’s house killed him and another elder and wounded two of Majid’s sons.”-Abdullah Hemat, provincial government spokesman