http://www.icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx This is the syndication feed for icasualties.Org OEF Coalition Casualties News According to local authorities in eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, at least ten Afghan local police officers were killed or injured during clashes with the Taliban militants in Moqor district on Sunday. District governor for Moqor, Sahib Khan Elham confirming the report said the incident took place around 10am local time after a number of Taliban militants attacked Afghan local police forces check points. http://www.khaama.com/10-afghan-local-police-officers-killed-or-injured-in-taliban-attack-1466 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said. http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=207226 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT An International Security Assistance Force C-130 had a hard landing in Logar province, Afghanistan today. There are no casualties, and there was no indication of insurgent activity in the area at the time. http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/eng/security/item/7560-isaf-plane-conducts-hard-landing-in-eastern-afghanistan.html Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Afghan security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Khost city, eastern Afghanistan. (At least one person has been killed and twelve others injured when an improvised explosive device (LED) went off in Afghanistan™s eastern province of Khost, Press TV reports. http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/blast-kills-1-injures-12-in-afghanistan/34369/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said Saturday. Police Chief Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car outside his home in Farah province when the two raced up and opened fire. http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Afghan-police-chief-shot-dead-outside-home-4527469.php Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A law banning violence against women, considered a major step forward in women's rights in Afghanistan, failed to pass parliament. The law would have also created shelters for abused women, and limited the number of wives permitted to two. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0518/Afghanistan-fails-to-pass-law-banning-violence-against-women?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+(Christian+Science+Monitor+'+World) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Afghan Mines Minister Waheedullah Shahrani had led a delegation to Sydney, Australia to attend a mining development conference there next week. The Minister is expecting to hold a series of meeting with Australian officials on the sidelines of the conference to discuss Australia’s assistance in the development of Afghanistan’s mining industry and tapping into mineral and energy reserves. http://www.wadsam.com/australia-to-assist-afghanistan-in-developing-the-mining-sector-878/ Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, 29, of Hesperia, Calif., assigned to 766th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Stewart, Ga...died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16014 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Spc. Mitchell K. Daehling, 24, of Dalton, Mass., both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas...died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16014 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Spc. William J. Gilbert, 24, of Hacienda Heights, Calif., both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas...died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16014 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Two bombs exploded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday evening, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 50, officials said. "One blast was a vehicle IED (improvised explosive device)," Javed Faisal, spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor, told AFP. "Seven people are dead and more than 50 are wounded, most of them civilians. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/May-17/217474-bombs-kill-7-wound-50-in-afghan-south-officials.ashx#axzz2TZPi6aa2 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, of Oakley, Kan., died May 15, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, after drowning while attempting to cross a body of water during combat operations. He was assigned to the 603rd Military Police Company, 530th Military Police Battalion, 300th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, Belton, Mo. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16011 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A militant group said its attack Thursday on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital marked a stepped-up campaign against the foreign presence in Afghanistan, and promised more such assaults. The suicide bombing killed six Americans, including four civilian contractors, and at least nine Afghan civilians, including two children, according to local and coalition officials. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-bombing-20130517,0,3770088.story Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A number of civil society organizations including independent human rights commission of Afghanistan expressed concerns for modifying the violence against women act. http://www.khaama.com/violence-against-women-act-modification-sparks-furor-in-afghanistan-2365 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Once known as a city of gardens and abundant fruits, Kabul is fighting hard to maintain even a basic level of cleanliness, among its many other problems. Kabul municipality has now recruited a popular cartoon character to encourage children to keep the city clean and green. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22396133 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT