Author: Amir Shah
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Taliban attack kills top Afghan official, U.S. general not injured
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KABUL, Afghanistan • A high-level meeting to lay out security plans for Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary elections had just concluded when an elite Afghan guard turned his gun Thursday on the departing delegation in an attack that killed the powerful Kandahar police chief but missed the top U.S. commander in the country, Gen. Scott Miller. The…
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Twin bombings in Afghanistan kill 25, including 9 reporters
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Islamic State suicide bombers struck in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, killing 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. An Agence France-Presse photographer, a cameraman for the local Tolo TV…
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Islamic State claims attack on Shiite center, 41 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A brutal attack claimed by the Islamic State group devastated a two-story Shiite Muslim cultural center in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and wounding another 84, many suffering severe burns from the intensity of the explosions. The ISIS-linked Aamaq news agency said three bombs were used…
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U.S. soldier killed in battle with IS in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American soldier was killed and several others were wounded in a battle with Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. The military said in a statement that several Afghan forces were also wounded in the fighting on Wednesday in the Achin district of the Nangarhar province, a militant…
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Photos: Bombing in diplomatic area of Kabul kills 80, wounds scores
KABUL, Afghanistan — A massive suicide truck bombing rocked a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing 80 people and wounding as many as 350, an attack that left a scene of mayhem and destruction and sent a huge plume of smoke over the Afghan capital. The target of the explosion in…
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2 US troops dead after Afghan raid that killed 26 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan — A joint raid by U.S. and Afghan forces targeting senior Taliban commanders killed two American service members and 26 Afghan civilians on Thursday, authorities said, rare combat deaths for Western forces who handed over the task of securing Afghanistan to local troops some two years ago. NATO described the Americans killed and…
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US to defend Afghanistan for decade after drawdown
KABUL, Afghanistan — Washington has pledged in a newly agreed strategic pact to help defend Afghanistan militarily for at least a decade after the country formally takes control of its own security, an Afghan official said Monday.The draft agreement signed on Sunday also says the U.S. will only take such actions with Afghan agreement. The…
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DINING REVIEW: Pho Viet 1 serves good food at low prices
Slurping at Pho Viet 1 is not just OK; it’s expected. The family-run Vietnamese restaurant, which took over a vacated Pizza Hut just north of The Citadel mall late last year, is a pho place specializing in big, steaming bowls of beef broth swimming with a tangled Sargasso of rice noodles. With a small, shallow…
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U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan calls for unity
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan pledged Thursday to move forward in a unified mission with Gen. David Petraeus after the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top commander in the war. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he was replacing McChrystal as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in…
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Bombs kill American, Afghan troops
KABUL — Roadside bombs have killed eight Afghan soldiers and a U.S. service member in separate incidents in Afghanistan, officials said Friday. NATO confirmed the American died Thursday in eastern Afghanistan, but provided no other details. Also Thursday, an Afghan army vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Uruzgan province in central Afghanistan. Army commander Abdul…