Kabul (dpa) – A gunman wearing the Afghan National Army uniform shot dead two soldiers from the NATO-led international force in the south of the country on Monday, the alliance said.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) (...)
Kandahar, Afghanistan (dpa) – A bomb detonated by remote control in southern Afghanistan killed seven Afghan policemen, a foreign soldier and their interpreter, an Afghan official said Sunday.
The bomb struck a patrol of Afghan police and the (...)
Kabul (dpa) – The US military has paid compensation to the families of the victims of a shooting spree in which a US soldier is accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians, officials said Saturday.
“The Americans paid 50,000 dollars for each Afghan (...)
Kandahar, Afghanistan (dpa) – A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, killing a former Afghan senator, two of his bodyguards and a tribal elder, a police spokesman said.
The bomb went off as Hajji Khairullah (...)
KABUL (dpa): An airstrike by NATO-led forces in north-eastern Afghanistan killed three civilians and injured two others, a local police chief said on Saturday.
The incident took place in the Tagab district of Kapisa Province on Friday evening (...)
CAIRO (dpa) – A suicide car bomber Wednesday targeted a supply convoy of the NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan, injuring seven Afghan civilians, the Interior Ministry said.
The bombing took place in Lashkargah, the provincial capital of (...)
Kabul (dpa) – Two foreign military advisors, reportedly United States nationals, were killed in a gun fight inside Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, as scores of Afghans took to the streets for a fifth day over the desecration of the (...)
KABUL: Ahmad Bakshi says he was one of the first to protest when he found out about the burning of the Qu'ran by US forces.
“This is an insult to all Muslims. We can't tolerate it. We have to show to the Westerners that if you insult us, we won't (...)
Kabul (dpa) – The Taliban accused the United Nations on Sunday of falsifying statistics which had shown NATO forces in Afghanistan had killed fewer civilians after imposing strict rules on troops.
The riposte came a day after the UN Assistance (...)
Kunduz, Afghanistan (dpa) – The death toll from heavy snow and avalanches rose to at least 28 in a mountainous northern province of Afghanistan, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
The avalanches happened last week in several districts of (...)
Kabul (dpa) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday condemned allegations of children abuse by two British soldiers in Afghanistan, calling it an “immoral” action by the troops.
The London-based Sun newspaper reported that two British (...)
Kandahar, Afghanistan (dpa) – Three Afghan army soldiers opened fire on NATO troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and wounding six, a security officials said.
The shooting took place during a sports game at a joint military base (...)
Kabul (dpa) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday backed possible US-led negotiations with the Taliban militants who have been waging a decade-long war against Afghan and international soldiers.
Karzai, in a statement, said that his (...)
Kabul (dpa) – The Afghan Taliban said Tuesday they would open an office in Qatar and were willing to enter discussions – but not peace talks – after a decade of insurgency against the international forces that toppled their regime.
The time was (...)
Kandahar, Afghanistan (dpa) – A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked an Afghan police patrol in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing a girl and injuring a dozen people, officials said.
The attacker drove into several police in Kandahar city, (...)
Kabul (dpa) – A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 policemen while elsewhere a gunman in Afghan army uniform shot dead two NATO soldiers, officials said Thursday.
In the southern province of (...)
Kabul (dpa) – The Afghan government on Wednesday signed a deal worth seven billion dollars with a Chinese company to explore fuel resources in its north, bordering the Central Asian countries.
The deal will allow the China National Petroleum (...)
Kabul (dpa) – Gunmen in southern Afghanistan have shot dead a local council chief along with his son and a grandson, the provincial governor's office said on Wednesday.
Abdul Baqi, a local council chief of Musa Kala district of Helmand province, (...)
Taloqan, Afghanistan (dpa) – A suicide bomber blew himself up during a funeral ceremony in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people, a senior police official said Sunday.
The victims included a politician, Abdul Mutalib Beg, an ally of (...)