Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 47 in attacks on Afghan security forces

[maravan91]

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 47 in attacks on Afghan security forces

https://m.economictimes.com/news/de...ing-centre-officials/articleshow/61114229.cms

 

[Sinnerman108]

When r hindu-stanis coming ?

 

[ejaz007]

Taliban kills scores in Afghanistan's Paktia and Ghazni
7 hours ago

Fighters attacked the regional police headquarters in Paktia on Tuesday morning [Farid Zahir/Getty Images]
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At least 71 people have been killed in a series of attacks by the Taliban in Paktia and Ghazni provinces, officials in Afghanistan say.

Of them, up to 41 people have died in a suicide bombing and gun battle, which injured 150 others, at a police training centre in Gardez, Paktia's provincial capital.

At least 30 others have been killed in car bombings in neighbouring Ghazni province.

The initial double attack in Paktia occurred when fighters attacked the regional police headquarters at around 9am local time (04:30 GMT) on Tuesday in Gardez, less than 161km from the capital, Kabul.

The attackers used a truck and an armoured vehicle stolen from security forces to carry out the bomb attack, which left 41 people, including police chief Brigadier-General Toryali Abdiani, dead and more than 100 wounded, Hidayatullah Hamidi, Paktia's deputy governor, told Anadolu Agency.

Paktia casualties
According to officials, a large number of Paktia University students and civilians, who were present near the police headquarters to collect their identity cards and passports, were among the victims.

General Murad Ali Murad, deputy interior minister, said in Kabul that 21 civilians were among the dead in the Paktia blasts.

In a statement, the interior ministry said seven men took part in the attack: two carried out the bombings while the rest of the attackers engaged with the police in armed clashes.

Special police units later overpowered the remaining five attackers, the statement said.

Up to 150 people were injured in the Gardez attack [Farid Zahir/AFP/Getty Images]
In a statement on Twitter, Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, claimed the Paktia attack.

He said the special police unit was the primary target; up to 450 police officers were living in the headquarters at the time of the attack.

Bordering North Waziristan, one of Pakistan's seven semi-autonomous tribal areas or "agencies", Paktia in Afghanistan is the birthplace of the Taliban's Haqqani Network.

Pakistan's military regained control of North Waziristan from the Pakistan Taliban after an offensive launched in mid-2014 that lasted until the end of 2016.

Ghazni attack
The Ghazni provincial administration said in a statement released on Tuesday that fighters blew up an armoured vehicle at the entrance of the Andar district administration in the early hours, and later engaged in a gun battle.

Up to 30 people, mostly policemen, were killed, the statement said.

The Taliban's Mujahid gave a higher death toll, saying 44 police officers died in the Ghazni attack while a large cache of arms and ammunition was also seized.

Gardez, the capital of Paktia, has seen regular Taliban activity [Faridullah Ahmadzai/AFP/Getty Images]
Afghanistan's deputy interior minister said the "enemies and their foreign backers" - without identifying them - were under immense pressure from Afghan and allied forces, which was why they had chosen this time for such attacks when efforts for peace talks were gaining momentum.

General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month that he believed Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency maintained links to armed groups.

"It is clear to me that the ISI has connections with terrorist groups," he said, referring to groups that are actively engaged in the Afghan conflict, including the Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani network.

In response, the Pakistani military said it is the job of intelligence agencies to maintain such connections, but rejected the notion that it supported groups such as the Afghan Taliban.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/...n-police-training-centre-171017062036058.html

 

[Max]

Afghan Taliban (if someone among us think they are any different from ISIS and TTP) should stop their BS and come to dialogue table.

feel Sad for the families of victims..

 

[ejaz007]

Taliban attack kills dozens of soldiers in Kandahar
13 minutes ago

The Taliban launched a major attack on an army base in southern Kandahar province with one lawmaker saying at least 40 Afghan soldiers were killed.

The brazen assault began with two suicide car bombings, setting of several hours of fighting.

Khalid Pashtun, a member of parliament from the province, said at least 41 soldiers were killed in the attack, which began late Wednesday.

Defence Ministry spokesman Daulat Waziri confirmed the assault but declined to comment on the number of casualties.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a media statement.

The TOLOnews agency quoted sources as saying 24 troops were also wounded.

Afghan forces have struggled to combat a resurgent Taliban since the US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat mission at the end of 2014.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/...dozens-soldiers-kandahar-171019062530834.html

 

[Kambojaric]

Kabul blaming everything on Pakistan in 3 ........ 2 ........ 1.......

RIP to the victims though. Hope all parties can sit down and negotiate a ceasefire.

 

[Hammad Arshad Qureshi]

Afghan Taliban (if someone among us think they are any different from ISIS and TTP) should stop their BS and come to dialogue table.

feel Sad for the families of victims..

Well they have every right to be pissed off. Do you know how many times USA and high on weeds and hashish Afghan government have tarpedoed the peace dialogue process? Former Taliban head Akhtar Mansoor was droned few days before composite dialogue was about to begin in quadratial group. Now Afghan Taliban have little trust to join any peace initiative.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

RIP to the dead

 

[Max]

Well they have every right to be pissed off. Do you know how many times USA and high on weeds and hashish Afghan government have tarpedoed the peace dialogue process? Former Taliban head Akhtar Mansoor was droned few days before composite dialogue was about to begin in quadratial group. Now Afghan Taliban have little trust to join any peace initiative.

we should seal our border on war footing so they cant scapegoat Pakistan for failure in Afghanistan. i dont know how much of 2600km we fenced as of now..

 

[Sankpal]

Rip.
US has to do more and increase Drone attacks and kill all Taliban terrorists

 

[hussain0216]

100,000+ Nato forces couldn't bring down the Taliban

Coming to an agreement was always going to be the way forward

If your going to restart the war then expect chaos and death

 

[Zarvan]

Situation in Afghanistan is getting really ugly which will not turn out to be good for us

 

[Mr.Cringeworth]

@A-Team why don't you come to threads like these and brandish your outwitted comments here.

I see you have a lot to say on threads such as the rescue operation done by Pakistan but nothing to say about your own people dying left and right you are surrounded by their dead bodies and yet you come to our threads, talk about obsession.

 

[Hammad Arshad Qureshi]

we should seal our border on war footing so they cant scapegoat Pakistan for failure in Afghanistan. i dont know how much of 2600km we fenced as of now..

Well we are in process to fence and secure the border but it requires resources and capital. The commander of southern command mentioned yesterday that they require 500 million US dollars to complete the project. And also Pakistan Army might have to raise another Corp or two to be deployed adjacent to Afghanistan border because currently we have around 200,000 soldiers near Afghan border and 100,000 near Indian border. Whereas it should be completely opposite.
We have already finalized first phase of the fence project on Pakistani border adjacent to Paktia province in Afghanistan (hub of Isis). So as they say slow and steady wins the race.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

https://www.dawn.com/news/1364823/4...aliban-attack-on-afghan-army-camp-in-kandahar


43 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on Afghan army camp in Kandahar


Just two soldiers are known to have survived unscathed after the attack on the base, the defence ministry said in a statement



"Unfortunately there is nothing left inside the camp. They have burned down everything they found inside."




Kabul regime and occupational American forces have completely lost control of the situation in Afghanistan. Its is time for a complete paradigm shift. New players needs to enter into Afghanistan with fresh ideas to sort this mess out. Current order needs to be thrown into dustbin for the sake of Afghan people.


https://www.dawn.com/news/1364823/4...aliban-attack-on-afghan-army-camp-in-kandahar