Insurgents attack 2 US bases in east Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2010
Kabul suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 14
Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013
A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 14 people including six NATO personnel and two children in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year.
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.
Deadly car bombing hits Libya's capital Benghazi, more than 10 people killed
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 14, 2013
A powerful car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi, killing and wounding dozens and unleashing international condemnation.
Seven US troops killed in Afghan bomb attack
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 5, 2013
Seven US soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO and Western officials in Kabul said, capping off one of the bloodiest weeks for international forces this year.
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.
Bombs kill 3 NATO troops, 9 Afghans
The Associated Press | Wednesday May 1, 2013
Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the insurgents' annual spring offensive is underway.
Taliban vow suicide and 'insider' attacks in new spring offensive
Reuters | Saturday April 27, 2013
The Taliban in Afghanistan vowed on Saturday to start a new campaign of mass suicide attacks on foreign military bases and diplomatic areas, as well as damaging "insider attacks", as part of a new spring offensive this year.
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.
Biggest-ever truck bomb defused in Kabul, say sources
Agence France-Presse | Friday March 15, 2013
Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Friday that it had foiled a massive truck bomb plot in which 7,800 kilogrammes of explosives could have wiped out an area of Kabul.
Afghanistan's biggest-ever truck bomb defused in Kabul: spy agency
Reuters | Friday March 15, 2013
Security forces in the Afghan capital have defused a truck bomb packed with nearly eight tonnes of explosives, the biggest of its kind discovered in the country, the spy agency said on Friday amid heightened security.
Suicide bomb in Kabul during US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visit; Taliban claim responsibility
Agence France-Presse | Saturday March 9, 2013
A large suicide bomb exploded near the defence ministry in central Kabul during a visit to the Afghan capital on Saturday by new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, officials said.
Taliban suicide bomber targets Kabul army bus
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday February 27, 2013
A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army personnel in Kabul Wednesday, wounding 10 people and highlighting a growing trend of strikes on Afghan rather than NATO military targets.
Taliban suicide attack on Afghan NATO base kills 12
Reuters | Sunday December 2, 2012
Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major US base in Afghanistan on Sunday and police said 12 bodies were found near a gate, highlighting the country's security challenges ahead of the 2014 NATO combat troop pullout.
Two killed in suicide bomb attack near Kabul NATO base
Reuters | Wednesday November 21, 2012
A suicide bomber killed two Afghan guards outside a NATO-run compound in the main diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, Interior Ministry officials said, an attack that was quickly claimed by the Taliban.
Casualties as suicide attack hits Afghan base: NATO
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 17, 2012
A suicide car bomb attack on a joint NATO-Afghan army base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday caused several casualties to Afghan forces, the International Security Assistance Force said.
