War News for Saturday, March 22, 2014

Two Canadians among nine killed in Afghan attack  --  Karim Thomas, Roshan Thomas

2 Bangladeshis among Taliban attack casualties --   Dr AK Abdul Momen,

Serena Hotel: Pakistani injured, not killed, in Kabul attack  --  Syed Muhammad Ahmed Sharjeel Zaidi

Indian among nine killed in Kabul hotel attack

Colleagues mourn Afghan journalist killed in Taliban attack in Kabul hotel --  Afghan journalist Sardar Ahmad


Iraq Hit by Wave of Bombings and Attacks  --  Thirty-seven people were killed on Friday in a wave of bombings and attacks across Iraq, and eight soldiers were kidnapped, security officials said.


Reported security incidents
#1: A senior official at the Kandahar governor’s office, Dr. Parvez Najib, succumbed to his injuries late on Friday night, the provincial government said on Saturday. Najib was seriously wounded in a bomb blast at the Shah Wali shrine in Khakrez district earlier in the day, when local officials were on the way to attend a flag-hoisting ceremony there.

#2: At least five miltants were killed and eight arrested in a shootout in Pakistan’s Balochistan province Saturday, a security official said. The shootout took place during a search operation carried out by security forces in the Pidrak area of Turbat in the Kech district of Balochistan, the security official told Dawn online.