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News Afghanistan police: Terror Target: The Afghan Police

Published on: Saturday 16 June 2007
Terror Target: The Afghan Police
News source: https://time.com/archive/6940797/terror-target-the-afghan-police/

A bomb tore through a police academy bus in central Kabul this morning, in another disturbing reflection in Afghanistan of the early insurgent activities that eventually threw Iraq into bloody ...

News Afghanistan police: Afghan Police: Large Explosion Shakes Western Part of Kabul

Published on: Tuesday 06 August 2019
Afghan Police: Large Explosion Shakes Western Part of Kabul
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/world/asia/ap-as-afghanistan.html

A Taliban car bomb aimed at Afghan security forces ripped through a busy Kabul neighborhood on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 145 — most of them women, children and other civilians — shortly after the extremist group and the United States reported progress on negotiating an end to Afghanistan's nearly 18-year war.

News Afghanistan police: State Department wasted millions on security compound in Afghanistan, report says

Published on: Tuesday 30 July 2019
State Department wasted millions on security compound in Afghanistan, report says
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/two-us-troops-shot-dead-by-afghan-soldier-at-southern-army-base/2019/07/30/fde6545e-b289-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html

Afghan defense and police officials said Tuesday. The Department of Defense identified the two soldiers as Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer, 20, of Stryker, Ohio; and Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance, 24, of ...

News Afghanistan police: UN says Afghan forces, allies killed most civilians in 2019

Published on: Tuesday 30 July 2019
UN says Afghan forces, allies killed most civilians in 2019
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/un-afghan-forces-nato-killed-more-civilians-in-2019/2019/07/30/a94e1088-b28b-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html

spokesman for the provincial police chief. Late on Monday, insurgents targeted a checkpoint in the Kushk Kuhna district in western Herat province, killing at least 11 Afghan security forces, said ...

News Afghanistan police: Afghan official: Taliban suicide blast hits police, kills 3

Published on: Friday 26 July 2019
Afghan official: Taliban suicide blast hits police, kills 3
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghan-official-taliban-suicide-blast-hits-police-kills-3/2019/07/27/5c8cce4c-b02e-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.html

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says at least three police officers were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber targeted a district police headquarters in eastern Ghazni province. Ahmad Khan ...

News Afghanistan police: Death toll in attack at Afghan political office rises to 20

Published on: Sunday 28 July 2019
Death toll in attack at Afghan political office rises to 20
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/official-attack-at-afghan-vp-candidates-office-kill-20/2019/07/29/7fc45e3e-b1b9-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html

Though a relative newcomer on the Afghan political scene, its focus has been democracy and reform while fiercely opposing the Taliban and their extremist ideology. Ferdous Faramarz, the spokesman for ...

News Afghanistan police: Afghan Forces Kill Seven Civilians in Attack on Militants

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Afghan Forces Kill Seven Civilians in Attack on Militants
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/07/22/world/asia/22reuters-afghanistan-attack.html

Afghan government forces mistakenly killed seven civilians, including children, in an attack on militants south of the capital, a provincial official said on Monday, the latest victims of a war undiminished by peace talks.

News Afghanistan police: Police: Indonesian Couple Carried Out Philippine Bombing

Published on: Tuesday 23 July 2019
Police: Indonesian Couple Carried Out Philippine Bombing
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/07/23/world/asia/ap-as-indonesia-philippines.html

according to police. Yoga also had contacts with IS militants in Afghanistan. The Indonesian couple's alleged role in the bombing of the Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo highlights links between ...

News Afghanistan police: Trump Says U.S. Troops Shouldn’t Be ‘Policemen’ in Afghanistan. So Why Are They There?

Published on: Tuesday 23 July 2019
Trump Says U.S. Troops Shouldn’t Be ‘Policemen’ in Afghanistan. So Why Are They There?
News source: https://www.govexec.com/defense/2019/07/trump-says-us-troops-shouldnt-be-policemen-afghanistan-so-why-are-they-there/158611/?oref=ge-category-lander-featured-river

Meanwhile, the president continues authorizing special operations forces missions to fight in Afghanistan, where they are hunting, capturing, and killing terrorist suspects. They go because they are ...

News Afghanistan police: Suicide Bombing at University Kills 10 as Violence Surges in Afghanistan

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
Suicide Bombing at University Kills 10 as Violence Surges in Afghanistan
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/world/asia/afghanistan-kabul-university-bombing.html

Image Smoke rising at the scene of a car bomb blast that targeted police headquarters in Kandahar.CreditEPA, via Shutterstock And in the past four days, according to provincial and military officials, ...

News Afghanistan police: At least 11 dead in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ

Published on: Thursday 18 July 2019
At least 11 dead in Taliban attack on Afghan police HQ
News source: https://news.yahoo.com/least-11-dead-taliban-attack-afghan-police-hq-173033830.html

At least 11 people were killed and scores more wounded Thursday when the Taliban attacked a police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials and the insurgents said. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the afternoon attack in Afghanistan's second-largest city started with a

News Afghanistan police: Afghan Police: Radio Journalist Killed in Eastern Province

Published on: Saturday 13 July 2019
Afghan Police: Radio Journalist Killed in Eastern Province
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/07/14/world/asia/ap-as-afghanistan.html

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police say a radio journalist has been killed in the eastern Paktia province. Nader Shah, a newsreader for Radio Gardez, was killed late Saturday. Police chief Mohammad ...

News Afghanistan police: Afghanistan: 22 Taliban terrorists, 1 civilian killed in counter terrorism operation

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
Afghanistan: 22 Taliban terrorists, 1 civilian killed in counter terrorism operation
News source: https://www.wionews.com/world/afghanistan-22-taliban-terrorists-1-civilian-killed-in-counter-terrorism-operation-236473

Twenty-two Taliban terrorists and one civilian were killed in a counter-terrorism operation launched by the Special Operation Forces of Afghan National Police in the country's eastern province of Logar, the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday. The special operation also included airstrikes, conducted on Monday night on Taliban hideouts situated in the Kamalkhil village of the Mohammad Agha district, reported Xinhua News Agency.

News Afghanistan police: Young Afghan General Tries to Reform Police With American Way of War

Published on: Friday 12 July 2019
Young Afghan General Tries to Reform Police With American Way of War
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/world/asia/afghanistan-police-chief.html

KABUL, Afghanistan — His police chief in Nangarhar Province needed more heavy weapons. His police chief in Paktia Province needed more radios. And Brig. Gen. Khoshal Sadat needed the two men to stop ...

News Afghanistan police: 'Post Reports' podcast: Police test facial recognition; privacy advocates worry

Published on: Thursday 02 May 2019
News source: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Post-Reports-podcast-Police-test-facial-13814709.php

In this episode: Drew Harwell explains the implications of using facial-recognition software in police work. Amie Ferris-Rotman discusses Afghanistan's first lady speaking out for women's rights. Plus ...

News Afghanistan police: Police test facial recognition in Oregon. But privacy advocates have serious concerns.

Published on: Thursday 02 May 2019
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/police-test-facial-recognition-in-oregon-but-privacy-advocates-have-serious-concerns/

Drew Harwell on the implications of using facial-recognition software in police work. Amie Ferris-Rotman on Afghanistan’s first lady speaking out for women’s rights. Plus, Deanna Paul on Holocaust ...