U.S. soldiers inspect the site of a bomb blast in Kabul August 3, 2008. A roadside bomb struck a U.S.-led military convoy outside the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing one soldier and wounding another, the military said. The attack happened in Bagrami district on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, the latest in a spiralling cycle of violence blamed on a resurgent Taliban.
(NSI News Source Info) KABUL August 17, 2008 - The Afghan government in a bold step to stabilize security in the country's capital deployed more than 7,000 police on Sunday to ensure security in the war-torn Kabul city, a statement of the Afghan interior ministry said.
"This is the ever biggest operation over the past several months, launched Sunday morning with the involvement of more than 7,000 police in the capital city and adjoining areas to ensure peace and security," the statement added.
The major operation kicked off just a day before the country's 89th anniversary of Independence Day to thwart any possible terror eventuality.
Militants fighting the Afghan government and international troops based in Afghanistan had disrupted the 16th anniversary of the Afghan Mujahidin victory Day on 27th April by firing on the military parade and forced President Hamid Karzai and the cabinet members to run away.
Early this month, the Afghan National Army began taking over the security charge of Kabul from international troops and the process is going to be completed by the end of the month.
The Afghan capital of Kabul has experienced a series of terrorist attacks since the beginning of this year and the deadliest one was a suicide car bombing against the Indian embassy in early July, killing over 41 people and injuring more than 140 others, almost all of them civilians.
"The objective of this operation is to foil terrorist designs, arrest drug smugglers and outlaws in order to ensure peace and security in the capital city," the statement of the interior ministry stressed.
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