Fighting in Kabul ends with explosions, heavy gunfire
Apr 16, 2012
Multiple attacks in Kabul; beginning of spring offensive, says Taliban
Apr 15, 2012
60 killed in rare attacks on Afghan Shiites
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Twin blasts kill three in northwestern Pakistan, say officials
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013
Twin bomb blasts killed at least three people Friday in a remote area of northwest Pakistan, close to the restive tribal districts along the Afghan border, officials said.
Suicide attack on NATO convoy in Kabul kills six civilians
Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013
A powerful suicide car bomb targeting a NATO military convoy in Kabul killed six Afghan civilians on Thursday in the first major attack in the capital for more than two months.
Motorcycle bomb at Afghan market kills three, says official
Associated Press | Tuesday May 14, 2013
An Afghan official says a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle has ripped through a crowded bazaar in a remote region of the southern Helmand province, killing at least three people and wounding seven.
Five US troops killed in Afghan roadside blast: officials
Associated Press | Saturday May 4, 2013
Five members of the US-led international military coalition were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the latest deadly attack against foreign troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive this week.
Taliban start spring Afghan offensive with bombing
The Associated Press | Sunday April 28, 2013
Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that killed three police officers.
Bomb blast destroys election office in Pakistan before historic polls
Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 27, 2013
A bomb blast has destroyed an election office in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday, the latest violence ahead of historic polls next month.
US diplomat killed on Afghan mission she coveted
Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times | Monday April 8, 2013
Family and friends said Anne Smedinghoff had chafed at the restrictions that American diplomats faced in Afghanistan, the excitement and passion for foreign service often dampened by a life circumscribed by blast walls and checkpoints and fortified c...
Afghan attacks kill US diplomat, soldiers, others
Reuters | Sunday April 7, 2013
A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.
Three Afghans dead in new blast at US base in Afghan east
Reuters | Wednesday December 26, 2012
A suicide bomber killed three people in an attack on a US base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the same base that is believed to be used by the CIA and which a suicide bomber attacked three years ago killing seven CIA employees.
Blast in Pakistani market kills at least 15 people
Reuters | Monday December 17, 2012
A blast in a market in northwest Pakistan on Monday killed at least 15 people, a security official said..
Landmine kills 10 Afghan girls: officials
Agence France-Presse | Monday December 17, 2012
Ten young girls were killed when a landmine exploded on Monday while they were collecting firewood in eastern Afghanistan's Nanagahar province, officials said.
Suicide attack kills two Pakistan soldiers: officials
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday December 5, 2012
Two suicide bombers targeted Pakistan's main army camp in a key tribal district on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and damaging a field hospital, officials said.
Afghan suicide bomber kills two, wounds 40: police
Agence France-Presse | Friday November 23, 2012
A suicide car bomber killed two people and wounded 40 others, including women and children, in an attack on Friday in Wardak province west of Kabul, police said.
Bomb kills 17 Afghans on way to wedding: officials
Agence France-Presse | Friday November 16, 2012
A roadside bomb planted by Taliban insurgents killed 17 civilians -- mostly women and children -- on their way to a wedding party in western Afghanistan on Friday, officials said.
Newborn baby among six killed in Afghan blast: Police
Agence France-Press | Sunday November 11, 2012
A mother and her newborn baby were among six family members killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan overnight, police and witnesses said Sunday. The victims were heading home from the hospital after the mother had given birth when the bo...
