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  Afghan Forces Fighting Taliban Morning After Kandahar Airport Raid

  Afghan security forces in the southern city of Kandahar on today were fighting Taliban insurgents who raided the city's sprawling airport late on Tuesday, officials said.

• At Least 7 Afghan Policemen Killed in Ambush: Officials

  At least seven policemen were killed today in an ambush in northern Afghanistan, provincial officials said, highlighting the challenges facing local forces battling the Taliban without NATO combat help.

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  US, NATO Ceremonially End Afghan Combat Mission

  The US and NATO ceremonially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan today, 13 years after the September 11 terror attacks sparked their invasion of the country to topple the Taliban-led Government.

• Afghan Forces Fight Back Against Taliban Onslaught

  Afghan troops have launched a counter-offensives to beat back a five-day Taliban attack that targeted several southern districts previously protected by departing NATO forces, officials said on Thursday.

• Twin Blasts, Minutes Apart, Kill Afghan Policeman and NATO Soldier

  An Afghan officer says two roadside bombings in the southern city of Kandahar have killed one policeman and wounded four.

• Five NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash

  Five members of the US-led NATO force in Afghanistan died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Saturday, NATO officials said, adding the cause of the incident was being investigated.

• Seven US troops killed in Afghan bomb attack

  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.

• Bombs kill 3 NATO troops, 9 Afghans

  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.

• Afghan attacks kill US diplomat, soldiers, others

  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.

• Insurgent attacks kill six NATO personnel in Afghanistan

  Six NATO personnel were killed on Saturday in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said, in the deadliest day for foreign forces this year.

• US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 1

  NATO officials say a helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing one coalition service member and injuring another.

• Kandahar: Hamid Karzai's cousin killed by NATO troops

  President Hamid Karzai's brother said on Thursday that US-led coalition forces mistakenly killed one of the President's cousins during a raid in southern Afghanistan.NATO forces stormed 65-year-old Mohammad Karzai's home in the southern city of Kandahar late Wednesday, killing him and detaining his son, according to the President's brother, Ahmad W...

• Roadside bomb kills 15 civilians in Afghanistan

  A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban has killed 15 civilians in a dangerous and remote region of southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.The attack happened Friday afternoon as a pickup truck carrying villagers to a nearby bazaar rolled over the bomb, detonating it in the Khan Neshin district of Helmand province, said Daoud Ahmadi, spokesma...

• NATO destroys booby-trapped Afghan homes

  In the newly won districts around this southern city, American forces are encountering empty homes and farm buildings left so heavily booby-trapped by Taliban insurgents that the Americans have been systematically destroying hundreds of them, according to local Afghan authorities.The campaign, a major departure from NATO practice in past military o...

• After deadly attacks, Kandahar cleans up

  Residents of Afghanistan's main southern city of Kandahar began clearing up on Sunday morning after a series of blasts killed at least two civilians and wounded several others on Saturday.NATO and Afghan troops were deployed to seal off the attack sites on Sunday as residents sifted through the damage.In one attack, a motorised rickshaw carrying ex...