14 January 2013
Afghan National Army (ANA) conducted military operations in Helmand, Baghlan, Nangarhar and Maidan Wardak provinces. The ANA says four Mujahideen were killed, and eight wounded. Three ANA troops were killed, two wounded.
President Hamid Karzai stated that Afghanistan will be “…more secure and a better place…” without U.S. led occupying troops. Karzai also said that the issue of legal immunity for U.S. troops will be decided, and probably ended, by the end of 2013. This comes a couple of days after U.S. officials said they want legal immunity for U.S. personnel to continue.
Afghan Finance Minister, Hazrat Omer Zakhilwal, said the United States has promised between $800,000 and $1 million USD in taxpayer money, to the Afghan government for every year after the 2014 pullout. The United States government has already given the government of Afghanistan $22.34 billion in U.S. taxes ever since the Bush Jr ordered invasion in 2001!
13 January 2013
In Maidan Wardak Province, local government officials say a U.S. led NATO airstrike hit a Mosque/school. Witnesses say the airstrikes continued for several hours. As many as 15 people were killed: “All those people killed here were school students, teachers and also university students. They were all civilians. There were no armed men here!”-witness
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan stated they will stop their attacks on Pakistani targets and focus only on U.S. led NATO targets in Afghanistan.
12 January 2013
In Badghis Province, local government officials report that Mujahideen launched a major attack, killing four cops and wounding two. The battle lasted two hours, one Mujahideen was killed and one cop is missing. In a separate incident, another Mujahideen attack left three cops wounded.
In Baghlan Province, heavy snow has closed highways and left hundreds of people (including 80 children) trapped.
In Bamiyan Province, heavy snow caused an avalanche that buried a car with four people inside. They were rescued, but one person is in critical condition.
11 January 2013
In Badghis Province, and explosion killed a Spanish NATO soldier. The Spanish Sergent was trying to diffuse a bomb when it, or possibly another bomb, went off.