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2 ANA Officers, 1 Civilian Killed as Attacks Continue in Kabul
[ToloNews] Three people were killed and one more was maimed in two separate security incidents in Kabul on Thursday evening, according to security sources.In the first incident, at least two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed in the Kot-e-Sangi area of PD5 in Kabul city on Thursday evening, a security source told TOLOnews. The two ANA officers Sayed Abu Talib Sadat and Nawab Haidari belonged to 209 Shaheen Army Corps. Interior Ministry front man Tariq Arian blamed the Taliban  ...Arabic for students... for the liquidation of the ANA soldiers. The second incident happened in PD6 and one civilian was killed and two others were maimed in an IED blast that targeted a vehicle in PD6 of Kabul city. The recent spate of assassinations comes three months after Afghanistan’s First Vice President Amrullah Saleh took the charge of Kabul security in a move to fix the fragile security situation in the nation’s most congested city. Although, Saleh’s new security measures for Kabul have met with mixed reaction among the ordinary Afghans, but on Friday, President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... defended Saleh’s security measures. Related: Kabul: 2021-01-03 Kabul: Armed Men Target MP's Vehicle, Three Guards Wounded Kabul: 2021-01-02 Mastermind of Kabul University Attack Sentenced to Death Kabul: 2021-01-02 Two Separate Attacks Claim Civil Society Activist, Tribal Leader Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-24 |
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