Coordinated suicide attacks rock Afghanistan - Gulf Today
27 May 2012, 10:50 pm
Outside the capital, attackers also targeted government buildings in logar province, the airport in Jalalabad, and a police facility in the town of Gardez in Paktya province. Taleban insurgents claimed the attacks with a spokesman saying they marked the ...

NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike - YAHOO!
27 May 2012, 11:51 am
Tensions spiked after Afghan officials reported that 18 civilians were killed in four recent airstrikes in logar, Kapisa, Badghis and Helmand provinces. That led Karzai to issue his warning earlier this month. "If the lives of Afghan people are not safe ...

Afghan security operation takes the lives of militants - Australian News
26 May 2012, 5:58 pm
Operations were centred in Laghman, Kandahar, Zabul, Wardak, logar, Ghazni, and Farah provinces. Around fifteen Taliban soldiers were captured, mostly by Afghan policemen and army troops, during battles over a 24 hour period. The ministry said many weapons ...

13 militants killed, 15 detained in operations in Afghanistan - Xinhua News Agency
26 May 2012, 3:03 am
"Afghan police, army and NATO-led coalition force launched seven joint cleanup operations in Laghman, Kandahar, Zabul, Wardak, logar, Ghazni and Farah provinces, killing 13 armed Taliban insurgents and detaining 15 others over the past 24 hours," the ...

Absurd whitewashing: U.S. Army overlooks 'know your enemy' rule - Toronto Sun
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
A soldier from the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog fires at a Taliban position after they attacked the Combat Outpost (COP) Boston in Kherwar district in logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 25 ...

Taliban, pro-govt forces make divergent claims - Pakistan News Service
25 May 2012, 2:14 am
A statement issued by interior ministry said Afghan and coalition forces killed 17 Taliban and wounded two others during separate operations throughout the past 24 hours in Kabul, Ningarhar, Takhar, Helmand, Zabul, Uruzgan, logar, Ghazni and Khost provinces.

China Digs in to Afghanistan - The National Interest Online
24 May 2012, 5:43 am
First of these is the famous Aynak copper mine in logar province. Potentially one of the world’s largest copper sources, it is a Chinese project jointly managed by the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) and Jiangxi Copper with more than $3 billion ...

RC-East operational update | May 24 - CNN
24 May 2012, 3:55 am
logar Province Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces killed six insurgents during a small arms engagement in Pul-E Alam District. An assortment of small arms and a radio communication device were recovered from the insurgents.   Khowst ...

Afghan troops complain about obsolete gear - Gulf News
21 May 2012, 12:41 pm
With Afghanistan topping the agenda at a gathering of Nato leaders in Chicago on Sunday and yesterday, an AP reporter and photographer travelling with Afghan army forces in logar and Paktia provinces were hearing a mix of messages from dozens of officers ...

From M16s to boots, Afghan troops feel slighted - Denver Post
20 May 2012, 11:45 am
With Afghanistan topping the agenda at a gathering of NATO leaders in Chicago on Sunday and Monday, an Associated Press reporter and photographer traveling with Afghan army forces in logar and Paktia provinces are hearing a mix of messages from ...