Six Afghan Children Among Those Killed in Botched Attack on Indian Consulate

Bailey Cahall | The AfPak Channel | At least nine Afghan civilians were killed and 24 were injured in Jalalabad on Saturday when three militants attempting to attack the Indian consulate were stopped at a checkpoint and opened fire on a crowded street before detonating a car bomb that ripped through a nearby mosque.  Six of the victims were children who had been studying the Koran inside the mosque.  India's Foreign Ministry confirmed that none of the consulate's staff members had been killed, and there appeared to be no link between the attack and the al-Qaeda threat alert that shuttered dozens of U.S. embassies over the weekend.  Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, denied involvement in the attack, causing suspicion to instead fall upon several Pakistan-based terrorist groups, including the Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Taiba. 

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Combined Force Arrests Haqqani Network Facilitator in Khost Province

International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release | KABUL, Afghanistan, March 13, 2013 | A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani network facilitator and another insurgent in the Tanai district of Afghanistan’s Khost province today, military officials reported. (READ MORE)

Combined Force Kills Multiple Insurgents

International Security Assistance Force | Joint Command News Release | KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2012 – An Afghan and coalition security force killed multiple armed insurgents during an operation to arrest a senior Haqqani facilitator in the Gelan district of Ghazni province today, military officials reported.

As the security force approached the Haqqani facilitator’s suspected location, armed insurgents attacked the Afghan and coalition troops with heavy machine gun fire, officials said. The coalition troops returned fire, killing several armed insurgents. No civilians were harmed in the exchange.  (READ MORE)