The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the town of Sorobi, a strategic bottleneck on the crucial road linking the capital to the city of Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border.Fighting continued overnight and into yesterday morning, although local officials said the clash was over by early afternoon.The French force was backed up by air strikes and Afghan army troops. Afghan officials said three Afghan soldiers had been injured...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Lahore , July 10 (ANI): The Taliban reportedly carried out an attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad , Afghanistan , in the wee hours of morning, killing six persons, including two Indians, and injuring eight others, reported the Daily Times. A Pakistan TV channel quoted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid as saying that his men [...]
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
... said the killing of the aid workers was retaliation for the U.S. bombing of a wedding party in Jalalabad on July 6.Afghan officials say as many as missiles fired from a helicopter killed 27 people, including the bride. U.S. military spokesmen say only insurgents were hit."Our women and common people are important to us too. About one month ago, the coalition forces attacked a wedding in...
Making Sense of Jihad (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
... Bin Ladin in Kandahar. He left Afghanistan after the US invasion and returned to join mujahidin in Jalalabad region where he died in a battle with the US forces.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded DynCorp International (NYSE:DCP) a $40 million construction project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Kyrgyz journalist and editor-in-chief of the legal bulletin Justice for All, Abdumomun Mamaraimov, was attacked by two unknown persons in the southern city Jalalabad last Friday, press service of human rights organization Justice, founder of the bulletin, has reported. The journalist was not injured, however offenders tried to steal his bag with camera, tape recorder and [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Bob Kaplan sees a proximate cause for Pakistan's ISI fomenting terror in Afghanistan: The Karzai government has openly and brazenly strengthened its ties with India, and allowed Indian consulates in Jalalabad, Kandahar, Herat, and Mazar-e-Sharif. It has kept alive the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Kabul - A suicide bomber in Kabul rammed his explosives-packed car into a military vehicle of the US-led international forces, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding a dozen more, an interior ministry spokesman said Monday. The attack took place around 4:00 pm Monday on Jalalabad road in the eastern part of Kabul, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told Deutsche Presse-Agentur...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... Strike Eagles performed shows of force in the vicinity of Saraw, Bala Morghab, Moqor, and near Jalalabad to deter enemy activities. The missions were declared successful by the JTACs.A-10s conducted shows of force to deter insurgent activities in the vicinity of Shkin. The JTAC reported the mission was successful.Navy F/A-18C Hornets performed shows of force near Musa Qala, Qalat, and in...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Israr is among seven faculty members from Nangarhar University in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, attending a three-week Summer Institute at San Diego State University on how to teach English. Two faculty members, including Israr, have been in America for about a year earning master's degrees at other universities.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... of India's missions in Afghanistan. After the attack on its Kabul embassy, the threat to India's Jalalabad mission is increasing. Therefore, a huge exercise is underway to build systems and structures in Kandahar, Jalalabad, Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif to protect Indian missions — even learning from some of the shortcomings in Kabul. The Kandahar mission should actually be the most vulnerable,...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
... in four other Afghan cities are also being upgraded, Home Ministry sources said. The consulates at Jalalabad and Kandhar are currently guarded by ten ITBP jawans. In Mazar-e-Sharif and Heart, the Indian consulates are completely dependent on the Afghan police for their security. As of now, the Centre is considering sending one additional platoon of ITBP, comprising 30 jawans each, to Jalalabad...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... links with Pakistan. Similarly, a rocket attack was planned against the Indian consulate in Jalalabad four years ago, where again a terrorist was arrested who had Pakistan links. Both these cases, along with details of the current case, sources said, will be crucial evidence of Pakistan’s role in the blasts when the issue is formally discussed. It’s reliably learnt that on August 7, 2006,...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... reviewed the security of the Indian mission in Kabul and its four consulates in Herat, Kandhahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-e-Sharif and agreed to upgrade their security in view of the threat perception from a resurgent Taliban. In a clear message to those who are using violence to force India to quit its much-appreciated reconstruction activities in Afghanistan, Manmohan Singh also announced...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... said Mursi was believed to have led chemical weapons research at an al-Qaida lab in a camp outside Jalalabad, Pakistan. He was once thought to have been killed in a 2006 attack but later resurfaced.The al-Qaida statement said Mursi's work was being carried on by others, and confirmed that other al-Qaida members had died in the Predator attack.
