War News for Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Today in Afghanistan

Afghan police casualties increased by 15 percent: Sediqi — According to Afghan interior ministry officials, Afghan national police forces casualties have increased by 15 percent during the current Afghan year. – snip – militants attacks on Afghan police forces have increased by 13 percent.

Reported security incidents
#1: Afghan police, supported by the army and the NATO-led coalition forces, eliminated five militants and detained 17 others in different provinces, the county’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. “Afghan National Police (ANP) in partnership with the army and coalition forces conducted a series of cleanup operations in surrounding areas of Kabul, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Logar, Helmand and Farah provinces, killing five armed Taliban militants and detaining 17 others over the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates. In addition, up to nine Taliban militants have been killed and 16 arrested during a three-day operation in the country’s northern province of Badakhshan. “Afghan army and police conducted a three-day operation ending on Monday. A total of six villages have been cleared of militants. Today in Afghanistan