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2021-01-01 09:05:37 GMT2021-01-01 17:05:37(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KABUL, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) At least 60 people were killed and many others wounded in targeted attacks across Afghanistan in December, according to official figures kept by Xinhua.
On Thursday, Hajji Bahramudin, a driver of Administrative Office of country s Presidential Palace, was killed and his boss Mohammad Jawid Wali was critically wounded after their vehicle was struck by an improvised bomb in Police District (PD) 7 of national capital Kabul.
On Wednesday, a pilot of Afghan Air Force, Ahmad Massoud Attal, was shot and killed by gunmen in southern Kandahar province. The gunmen escaped after the shooting.
(Last Updated On: December 28, 2020)
At least 11 Al-Qaeda members and two Taliban senior members killed during Afghan air forces airstrikes in Helmand province, the Ministry of Defense said.
According to the ministry, these strikes were conducted in the Nawa district.
These Al-Qaeda fighters used to train the Taliban to make bombs in Helmand, the ministry said.
“Massoud Ahmad who was the facilitator for Al-Q fighters in Helmand is among those killed by the airstrikes,” the ministry claimed.
Taliban did not comment yet.
This comes after the ministry claimed on Saturday at least four Al-Qaeda and 15 Taliban fighters were killed in Afghan air force strikes in the Nawa district of Helmand province.
Women’s Rights Activist Targeted in Kapisa فرشته کوهستانی فعال مدنی کاپیسا به قتل رسید
2020-12-24 ترورهای هدفمند و نگرانی فعالان مدنی وبانوان خبرنگار از امنیت و مصوونیت شان
Kabul (BNA) Freshta Kohistani, a women’s rights activist, was gunned down in Hesa-e-Kuhistan district in Kapisa province on Thursday evening, the Ministry of Interior confirmed.
The incident happened at about 5pm local time. According to the MoI, Kohistani’s brother was also killed in the attack. Within minutes of the targeted killing, Afghans took to social media in anger. This is the latest in a string of assassinations of a public figure. On Wednesday, Yousuf Rashid, the CEO of Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA), was gunned down outside his home in Kabul in what has become a clear increase in targeted assassinations, either through the use of magnetic IEDs against vehicles o
Atta Noor Threatens to ‘Take Action’ Against Security Situation December 26,2020
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