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Mohammad Zahir Azimi

Type: Person

Name: Mohammad Zahir Azimi (Mohammed Zahir Azimi)

Title: Defense Ministry Spokesman

Organization: Defense Ministry, Afghanistan

Nationality: Afghanistan

Fact Sheet: Biography for Mohammed Zahir Azimi

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 2 reports

Taliban

Taliban Bombing & Compound In North

by RFE/RLTaliban insurgents have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan that authorities say killed at least 14 people, including a senior provincial politician.Sadeq Muradi, Baghlan Province's deputy police chief, said a ... [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Taliban, Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Azimi

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Upgrading Air Force and Stopping Terror Activities on High Priority: MoD

Based on the information received by the Ministry of Defense (MoD), all Madrasas (religious schools) which previously were the hotspots for terror activities in Pakistan have been closed and all the students of these Madrasa are now being sent to Afghanistan ... [Published Tolo News - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Mohammad Zahir Azimi, NATO, Ministry of Finance, Afghanistan, Ministry of Defence

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Ministry of Defence

TOLOnews 20 May 2013

Top news in this Bulletin:A suicide attack took place on Monday in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Baghlan province killing the Provincial Council Head Mohammad Rasol Mohseni, Baghlan Police Chief, General Asadullah Shirzad said. The Council Head was entering ... [Published Tolo News - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Afghan National Army, Suicide Attack, Suicide Bomb, Ministry of Defence

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

Press conference planned

KABUL, Afghanistan - Kabul based media representatives are cordially invited to attend a Joint press conference held by Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Ministry of National Defense Spokesman, Gen. Gunter Katz, ISAF spokesman and Dominic Medley, NATO senior ... [Published DVIDS - May 19 2013]

Entities: Kabul, Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Afghanistan

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

IEC Concerned over Voter Registration Process

KABUL - However, the spokesman for Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that the country's security forces have promised to take security of the election process but still there are challenges ahead.It comes a few days after transportation of voter ... [Published Daily Outlook - May 14 2013]

Entities: Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan, Security, Elections

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Stanley McChrystal

Afghan defense ministry deny secret deal with Pakistan

Afghan defense officials denied reports regarding secret deal between former Afghan defense officials with the Pakistani officials regarding border related issues.This comes as a delegation of the Afghan lawmakers after their return from Goshta district ... [Published Afghan Voice Agency - May 07 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Stanley McChrystal, Corroboration

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

NATO

Afghan Air Force Struggles To Take Off

Afghanistan's fledgling air force is scrambling to prepare to take control of the country's airspace. But while expectations are high, the force is having trouble getting off the ground.Air power has proved crucial in rugged Afghanistan, where road networks ... [Published Radio Free Europe - May 07 2013]

Entities: Afghan National Army Air Corps, Afghanistan, NATO

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

ISAF, NATO to hold press conference

KABUL, Afghanistan: Kabul based media representatives are invited to attend a Joint press conference held by Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Ministry of National Defense Spokesman, Gen. Gunter Katz, ISAF Spokesman and Dominic Medley, NATO Senior Civilian Representative ... [Published DVIDS - May 05 2013]

Entities: International Security Assistance Force, NATO, Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Kabul

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Afghan army to take lead role in all operations in two months

Afghanistan's army will take a lead role in operations across the country within the next two months as Nato-led international troops pull back, a Defence Ministry official said Wednesday. Zahir Azimi, a ministry spokesman, said: "The national army is ... [Published Business Recorder - May 02 2013]

Entities: Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Taliban, NATO, Threat

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Media Advisory/Press conference by MOD spokesman

KABUL, Afghanistan - Kabul-based media representatives are cordially invited to attend a press conference held by Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Ministry of National Defense Spokesman.Speaker: Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Ministry of National Defense Spoke ... [Published DVIDS - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Kabul, Ministry of Defence

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

Drones to stay for ‘support’: NATO general

Following withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Washington and London will keep their drones to support Afghan security forces continue fighting against insurgency, NATO’s Air Force General Jake Polumbo said.Present challenges ... [Published Pakistan Today - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: NATO, Drone, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Afghanistan

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

13 Ghazni uprising members killed in Taliban attack

Azimi disputes Gen. Dunford’s remarks on PakistanKABUL: Calling Pakistan "the main obstacle to the peace process in Afghanistan," Defence Ministry spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi on Thursday rejected as wrong US top commander Gen. Joseph Dunford's r.... READ ... [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Taliban, Suicide Bomb, Kabul, Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Pakistan

Quotes

...believes that by the end of 2014, as foreign combat forces withdraw from Afghanistan, they can bring about change to the country,' Azimi said, "but we assure the people of afghanistan and call on afghanistan's enemies that by no means their threat will bring any change to afghanistan."

Taliban Bombing & Compound In North [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 2 hours ago]

General Zahir Azimi said, "the main challenge is to upgrade the afghan air forces for which the minister of defense has expressed his concerns and the national securitynational security council decided to buy five russian antonov cargo planes."

Upgrading Air Force and Stopping Terror Activities on High Priority: MoD [Published Tolo News - 5 hours ago]

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Taliban Bombing & Compound In North [Published GlobalSecurity.org - 2 hours ago]
TOLOnews 20 May 2013 [Published Tolo News - 4 hours ago]
Upgrading Air Force and Stopping Terror Activit... [Published Tolo News - 5 hours ago]
Taliban Claims Deadly Bombing Near Government C... [Published Radio Free Europe - 10 hours ago]
Press conference planned [Published DVIDS - May 19 2013]
Election Commission Concerned Over Voter Regist... [Published Afghanistan News Center - May 16 2013]
IEC Concerned over Voter Registration Process [Published Daily Outlook - May 14 2013]
Afghan Air Force Struggles To Take Off [Published Radio Free Europe - May 07 2013]
Afghan defense ministry deny secret deal with P... [Published Afghan Voice Agency - May 07 2013]
MoD To Begin Repairing of Weapons and Armoured ... [Published Tolo News - May 06 2013]
ISAF, NATO to hold press conference [Published DVIDS - May 05 2013]
Afghan army to take lead role in all operations... [Published Business Recorder - May 02 2013]
Roadside bombs - 'the deadliest weapon' in Afgh... [Published BBC - May 01 2013]
Afghan Forces Will Lead All Military Operations... [Published Tolo News - May 01 2013]
Media Advisory/Press conference by MOD spokesman [Published DVIDS - Apr 30 2013]
NATO to keep drone for post-2014 support of Afg... [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 25 2013]
Drones to stay for ‘support’: NATO general [Published Pakistan Today - Apr 25 2013]
Nato to Keep Drone for Post-2014 Support of Afg... [Published Tolo News - Apr 24 2013]
LH to draft new mechanism for peace process [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 22 2013]
ANSF capable of maintaining security beyond 201... [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 22 2013]
Karzai links post-2014 US-NATO role to peace [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 22 2013]
Protesters block all roads to Jalalabad [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 22 2013]
Sherzai wants allegations against him probed [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 22 2013]
Global Fund pledges $20m in aid to MoPH [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 22 2013]
13 Ghazni uprising members killed in Taliban at... [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]
Dunford expects bilateral security pact by May ... [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]
No compromise on constitution in peace talks wi... [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]
Heratis refuse to bury relatives killed in Iran [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]
13 corpses of Afghans arrive in Herat from Iran [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]
Norway pledges $130m in aid per year till 2017 [Published Afghanistan Times - Apr 20 2013]

Blogs

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Taliban Attack Kills 13 Afghan Soldiers [Published The China Blog - Apr 12 2013] (KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Defense Ministry says Taliban militants have attacked an army outpost near the border with Pakistan, killing 13 soldiers. Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi says the fighting began around dawn Friday in the Nari district ...
Taliban Attack Kills 13 Afghan Soldiers [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Apr 12 2013] (KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Defense Ministry says Taliban militants have attacked an army outpost near the border with Pakistan, killing 13 soldiers. Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi says the fighting began around dawn Friday in the Nari district ...
U.S., Afghans Reach Deal on Wardak Troop Pullout [Published The China Blog - Mar 20 2013] (KABUL, Afghanistan) — The U.S. military says it has reached an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a plan for gradually pulling out American forces from an eastern province where the Afghan government says they have been behind egregious ...
U.S., Afghans Reach Deal on Wardak Troop Pullout [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Mar 20 2013] (KABUL, Afghanistan) — The U.S. military says it has reached an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a plan for gradually pulling out American forces from an eastern province where the Afghan government says they have been behind egregious ...
Suicide Bomber Hits Afghan Defense Ministry As ... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - Mar 09 2013] Taliban claim responsibility: “This was not a direct attack to target him [Hagel] but we want to send a message that we are always capable of hitting Kabul.” U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel steps off his helicopter with U.S. Marine General ...