(Arman-e-Milli) An American helicopter crashed June 28 after coming under fire in Asad Abad, the capital of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. US-led Coalition forces said the aircraft was ferrying troops to an area near the Pakistani border and was shot down as it was preparing to land. Latif Hakimi, a Taleban spokesman, claimed responsibility, saying insurgents attacked the helicopter.
(Arman-e-Milli is an independent daily run by a group of journalists.)
Police commander killed
(Cheragh) A police officer in the Sarkano district of Kunar province died when his vehicle hit a land mine. Two others, relatives of the officer, were also injured in the explosion. No one has yet been arrested and the police are looking for culprits. The incident occurred as the coalition forces continue military operations in the region.
(Cheragh is an independent daily run by the Development and Democracy Association.)
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Karzai opens Gardez military compound
(Anis) President Hamid Karzai has inaugurated a 70 million US dollar military compound in the southern city of Gardez, capital of Paktia province. The huge compound for the 203rd unit of the Afghan National Army can house as many as 4,500 soldiers. Corps commander Rahmatullah Raufi said that the project was financed with some of the 250 million dollars pledged by the United States for the Afghan army. Tribal elders and governors of Khost, Paktia and Paktika also met with Karzai and briefed him on the situation and the progress in their provinces.
(Anis is a state-run daily published mostly in Dari.)
Uruzgan governor escapes assassination
(Erada) The governor of the southeastern province of Uruzgan said he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on June 28. The bomb attack on his convoy killed two of his body guards. Jan Mohammad said his car was traveling through Dara-i-Noor, a valley between Kandahar and Uruzgan, when a remote controlled explosive device hit the vehicle ahead. Uruzgan, in the south, has witnessed increasing insurgency from remnants of the ousted Taleban regime. A number of people, including Afghan army troops, have been killed and wounded in the violence.
(Erada is an independent daily run by the Afghan Media and Resource Center.)
Badakhshan narcotics seized, labs destroyed
(The Kabul Times) Police destroyed seven heroin manufacturing laboratories in the Argo district of the northeastern Badakhshan province. Badakhshan police chief Colonel Shah Jehan Noori said labs were wiped out in the villages of Aab Barek, Dah Dara, Hazar Mashi, Tajikha over three days. Twenty one kilogrammes of opium and four kilogrammes of heroin were also recovered during the crackdown.
(The Kabul Times is a state-run paper published in English every other day.)
New governor for Ghazni
(Islah) Ghazni's new governor, Haji Sher Alam Ibrahimi, took office on June 28. Appointed under a presidential decree one week earlier, Ibrahimi was introduced to provincial officials at a ceremony conducted by interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali.
The governor vowed he would concentrate on reconstruction efforts and promote literacy in the southern province.
(Islah is a state-run daily published mostly in Dari.)
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