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Jalalabad (Afghanistan)

Type: City

Name: Jalalabad (Afghanistan)

Country: Afghanistan

Latitude: 34.439999

Longitude: 70.440002

population: 200,389

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

One person killed as oil trucks catch fire in Afghanistan

Firefighters work to extinguish fire at a parking lot where five oil trucks caught fire in Jalalabad, capital city of eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on May 20, 2013. At least one person was killed in the fire on Monday afternoon. Police officials ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Police

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Australian Labor Party

1st LD Writethru: Roadside bomb kills 4 Afghan cops in eastern province

NANGARHAR, Afghanistan, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Four Afghan policemen were killed Sunday as a roadside bomb went off in the country's eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial government said in a statement."Four members of Afghan Border Police died following ... [Published CHINAdaily - May 19 2013]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Australian Labor Party, Taliban, Kabul

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Joint projects aim to help improve Afghan bases

Spc. Marcos Lopez, front right, explains renovation plans to fellow members of the 859th Engineer Company (Vertical) at former Forward Operating Base Hughie. The base was turned over to the Afghan National Army in 2012 and American engineers returned ... [Published Stars and Stripes - May 20 2013]

Entities: Afghan National Army, Forward Operating Base, Josh Smith, Afghanistan, Jalalabad (Afghanistan)

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Taliban

She Works: Standing Up And Speaking Out

For our series on the Changing Lives of Women, we're asking NPR women about their careers — and inviting you to join the conversation. This question goes to NPR's Rachel Martin, the host of Weekend Edition Sunday, who was a longtime foreign correspondent ... [Published NPR - May 19 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Burqa, Rachel Martin, Taliban

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Abdul Rashid

Afghanistan: UN-backed radio discussions highlight consequences of war on Afghan families

Source: UN Assistance Mission in AfghanistanCountry: Afghanistan 17 May 2013 – In a series of United Nations-facilitated round-table discussions held across Afghanistan over the past week to mark the International Day of Families (15 May), officials, ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 19 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Abdul Rashid, Jalalabad (Afghanistan)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

NATO

Report: Six Americans killed in Kabul bombing

A massive car bomb ripped through an American convoy travelling through downtown Kabul on Thursday, killing 16 people including six American military advisers.$ Hezb-i-Islami, a militant faction of the Afghan insurgency allied with the Taliban, claimed ... [Published The Hill - May 16 2013]

Entities: Kabul, Afghanistan, Bombing, NATO

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

RC-East operational update | May 15

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed six insurgents, detained five suspected insurgents, discovered one weapons cache and found and safely cleared five improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan ... [Published DVIDS - May 15 2013]

Entities: IED Improvised Explosive Device, Afghan National Security Forces, Coalition, National Security

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Explosion rocks Jalalabad City

Kabul: A heavy explosion rocked Jalalabad City in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan early yesterday morning, injuring at least nine people, including Afghan security forces.The incident took place near Sherzai stadium targeting Afghan national ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 16 2013]

Entities: Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Islamabad, Detonation

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 4 reports

Twin bombs strike Afghan checkpoint, killing 1

KABUL, Afghanistan Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer and wounding nine people, an official said.The explosions struck in the early morning ... [Published Rock Hill Herald - May 15 2013]

Entities: Bomb, Police Officer, Afghanistan, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

9 Wounded in Afghanistan Blast

Officials in eastern Afghanistan say a bomb blast has wounded nine people, including at least five police officers.Authorities say the explosion Wednesday in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, targeted security forces.No one has claimed responsibility ... [Published VOA News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Bomb Explosion, Taliban

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

1 killed,8 wounded in blast in Afghanistan

Policemen inspect the blast site in Jalalabad, capital of east Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, May 15, 2013. A policeman was killed, another policeman and seven civilians were wounded when an IED went off in Jalalabad on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Tahir Safi) ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 15 2013]

Entities: Afghanistan, Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Police Officer

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 6 reports

Earthquake Kills 16 in Eastern Afghanistan

At least sixteen people were killed and more than 100 others were injured in a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan Wednesday afternoon, with strong tremors felt in the capital Kabul, Nangarhar, and Kunar.Sixteen people were killed ... [Published Tolo News - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Earthquake, Afghanistan, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, Jalalabad (Afghanistan)

Quotes

"Four members of Afghan Border Police died following a roadside bombing in Khawari area of Muhmad Dara district at around 10 a.m. local time Sunday" the statement said

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 19 [Published CHINAdaily - May 19 2013]

...We had a burqa in the car for an emergency, and I asked Barry if I should put it on and just stay mute. He said, "No. If you get caught, they will think you are a spy and it will end badly." Instead, I covered my head tightly with my scarf and averted my eyes when the man carrying the Kalashnikov rifle peered in the window and asked in Farsi...

She Works: Standing Up And Speaking Out [Published NPR - May 19 2013]

"The US and NATO have cut secret deals with Pakistan over the Durand Line issue. The US should not sell out our land and should respect Afghanistan’s sovereignty" he demanded

Muslimyar alleges Pak-US deal on Durand Line [Published Afghanistan Times - May 18 2013]

...I'm bothered by eyewitness accounts like that of William Dalrymple, author of , who recently told a Seattle audience: "In movies there's usually one drone, and these guys in their shirt sleeves in Virginia directing them. But in Jalalabad it's sort of like a New York taxi rank: all these drones taking off, one after the other."

Ethan Casey: Drones Are the Napalm of Our Crazy Time [Published Huffington Post - May 16 2013]

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ISAF targets 'insurgent leader' linked to Haqqa... [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - May 02 2013] Coalition and Afghan special operations forces targeted a "senior insurgent leader" with links to the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, the Haqqani Network, and "Arabs" operating in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. The leader also commands ...
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