Kabul: Some 13 Afghan militants, including a Taliban leader, were killed in different areas across Afghanistan in the last 24 hours, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said yesterday. It said in a statement that the militants were killed during joint operations conducted by the force and Afghani security forces. The identified the killed Taliban leader as Mohammed Khan. He was killed during an operation in Kandahar. Latest of these operations was this morning when five gunmen were killed in Kunduz City in the North of Afghanistan. ISAF and Afghan security forces engaged with the gunmen while they were searching for a Taliban leader responsible for making IEDs that were used to target Afghani soldiers.
Measles death toll hits 139
Islamabad: Two more children died of measles in the Paksitani province of Lahore yesterday, bringing the death toll up to 139. Eight-month-old Arman was being treated in Children Hospital Lahore while Momina was under treatment in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Both of them were referred to hospitals for better treatment but unluckily they could not survive. Sources said at least 246 new cases of this disease came on surface while as a whole approximately 15,762 patients have suffered from this fatal disease which has claimed lives of more than one hundred people across the Punjab.
Cargo may have caused crash
KABUL: Investigators have found that a cargo plane which crashed in a ball of flames in Afghanistan may have been brought down by armoured military vehicles shifting in the hold, officials said yesterday.
The National Air Cargo flight plunged into the ground and exploded shortly after take-off at the US-run Bagram airbase north of Kabul on April 29, killing all seven crew members.
“One possibility, though it’s not confirmed, is that it was the displacement of the load in the back of the plane,” Nangyalai Qalatwal, the Afghan transport ministry spokesman, said.
“The plane took off and, if confirmed, the load displaced and hit the back of the plane, further lifting the nose and causing the crash.”
Qalatwal said that final investigations into the cause of crash could take several months.
Agencies
