Taliban threatens to attack polling stations in this week’s election, Afghan official saysKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban are threatening to attack polling centers in the key southern province of Kandahar, a warning likely to have a chilling effect on potential voters in this week’s presidential election. Rocket hits southern Afghan city, wounding 2 children, as election materials distributedKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A rocket attack in Afghanistan’s south wounded two children Sunday, a reminder of militant violence threatening the country as the presidential election approaches. Suicide bomb outside Afghan army base kills 1 soldier, wounds 4, including civiliansKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber attacked an Afghan army base in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing a soldier and wounding four other people, an official said. 2 rockets fired at Afghan capital airport, no damage or casualtiesKABUL — The U.S. military says two rockets were fired at Kabul’s airport, but neither caused damage or casualties. US airstrikes target Taliban firing from mountains as Marines push into Afghan townDAHANEH, Afghanistan — U.S. aircraft and missiles pounded Taliban mountainside positions around Dahaneh on Thursday as Marines pushed through mudbrick compounds searching for militants in the second day of fighting to seize this strategic southern town. US Marine Op: ‘No civilian casualties’ order protects Afghans but frustrates, slows MarinesDAHANEH, Afghanistan — The British jet called in by the U.S. Marines had the Taliban position in sight, but the pilot refused to fire, a decision that frustrated Marines on the ground but was in line with new orders by the top U.S. commander to protect civilians. Roadside bombs kill 14 civilians in southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two separate roadside blasts in southern Afghanistan killed 14 civilians, including three children, underscoring the high price paid by ordinary people in the conflict with the Taliban, officials said Thursday. Marines launch new assault in Afghanistan, target Taliban-held town so residents can voteDAHANEH, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines battled Taliban fighters Wednesday for control of a strategic southern town in a new operation to cut militant supply lines and allow Afghan residents to vote in next week’s presidential election. US Marines storm into strategic Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday and exchanged heavy fire with insurgents, killing at least seven. US Marines assault Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines have mounted a helicopter assault to seize the Taliban-held town of Dahaneh in southern Afghanistan and are fighting gain control of the area ahead of next week’s presidential elections. Marines assault Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday, the launch of a new operation to uproot Taliban fighters from a longtime base and provide security for next week’s presidential election. US, NATO deaths from bombings spike 6-fold in Afghanistan; 3 more US troops killedKABUL — U.S. and NATO deaths from roadside and suicide bomb blasts in Afghanistan soared six-fold in July compared with the same month last year, as militants detonated the highest number of bombs of the eight-year war, figures released Tuesday showed. NATO says 3 American troops killed in separate clashes in southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Clashes with insurgents killed three American troops in southern Afghanistan, where roadside bombs also killed nine civilians, officials said Tuesday. 12 Taliban fighters killed in clashes, airstrikes in southern AfghanistanKABUL — An Afghan official says clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan have killed a dozen Taliban fighters. 12 Taliban killed in clashes, airstrikes in southern AfghanistanKABUL — Insurgents killed a NATO soldier during a firefight in eastern Afghanistan, bringing the death toll among foreign troops this month to at least 24, officials said Tuesday. Karzai invites Taliban to tribal council, despite militant assault on city that kills 6KABUL —President Hamid Karzai said Monday that if he wins re-election as Afghan president this month he will invite Taliban and other militants to a grand tribal council — but said they would have to lay down their weapons first. 2 police, 3 attackers killed in Taliban grenade attack on city south of KabulKABUL —A half dozen Taliban fighters infiltrated a provincial capital just south of the Afghan capital on Monday and fired rocket-propelled grenades at government buildings, officials said. Two police and three attackers died in the violence. 1 dead as 6 Taliban fighters attack Afghan government buildings in town south of KabulKABUL —A half dozen Taliban fighters infiltrated a provincial capital south of the Afghan capital on Monday and fired rocket propelled grenades at government buildings, killing at least one police officer, officials said. Explosion kills 6 Taliban militants while planting roadside bomb in AfghanistanKABUL —Six Taliban militants are dead after a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely. UN: Violence affecting election in ’significant’ parts of AfghanistanKABUL —Insecurity in significant portions of Afghanistan has hindered election preparations and disproportionately affected Afghan women, a report co-authored by the U.N. mission in the country said Sunday. British soldier killed by roadside bomb while on foot patrol in southern AfghanistanKABUL —Britain’s Ministry of Defense says one of its soldiers has been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. Karzai’s main challenger in Afghan elections says security insufficientKABUL —President Hamid Karzai’s top challenger charged Saturday that the government was failing to establish safe conditions for the Aug. 20 election, but pledged that his supporters would not protest violently if he lost. 3 British paratroopers, 1 American killed in Afghan attacksKABUL — Three British paratroopers and an American service member were killed in attacks in Afghanistan’s south and east, officials said Friday, raising the number of international troops slain in the first week of August to 19. 3 British paratroopers killed in an attack in southern AfghanistanKABUL — Three British paratroopers were killed in a Taliban attack on their patrol in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, raising the number of international troops slain in the first week of August to 18. Officials: Roadside bombs kills 5 police, 1 guard in southern AfghanistanKABUL — Officials say roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan have killed five policemen and an Afghan guard. Officials: 4 US troops, 15 Afghans killed by roadside bombs, airstrikeKABUL — Four U.S. Marines were killed Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in western Afghanistan, driving up Western military deaths at a pace that would make August one of the deadliest months of the war. NATO says 4 US troops killed by roadside bomb in western AfghanistanKABUL — NATO says four American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in western Afghanistan. Officials: Roadside explosions and airstrike kill at least 15 across southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Roadside explosions and a U.S. airstrike killed at least 15 people across southern Afghanistan, including members of a family who hit a mine on their way to a wedding party, local officials said Thursday. Afghan officials drop toll of civilians hit by mine on way to wedding from 21 to 5KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan officials have lowered the death toll in the bombing of a wedding party, saying five people, not 21, were killed when their vehicle hit a mine. Afghan police chief says airstrike kills 5 farmers; US says it attacked militantsKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A local police chief says a Western airstrike has killed five farmers loading cucumbers into a taxi in southern Afghanistan. |
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