Here’s the statement released by the International Security Assistance Force, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, on the August 6 helicopter crash: Thirty International Security Assistance Force service members, one civilian interpreter, and seven Afghan commandos were killed when a coalition CH-47 Chinook crashed in Afghanistan early today. In the deadliest day for U.S. forces [...]
A cargo plane crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, with initial reports saying all eight people aboard were killed, an Afghan airport official said. The plane was flying from Bagram Air Field when it went down east of the capital at about 8 p.m. (1530 GMT), Kabul Airport Director Mohammad Yaqub [...]
Pakistani officials say suspected militants in the country’s south have set fire to more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan. The attack took place one day after Pakistan shut down the Torkham border crossing in the northwest — a vital supply route for NATO forces — following a NATO cross-border [...]
