Insurgent attacks in south Afghanistan kill 3 Afghan police; roadside bombs kill 3 civiliansKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Insurgents attacked Afghan policemen in three separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, killing three officers and wounding eight, while roadside bombs killed three civilians, officials said Monday. Officials: Military, Taliban clash in northwest Pakistan, killing 3 civiliansDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces shelling Taliban attackers in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border killed at least three civilians, officials said Monday. Karzai calls on NATO general to explain Afghan civilian deaths; 5 police killed in attackKABUL — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan said Sunday there wasn’t enough money in the world to replace the loss of an Afghan civilian, in comments that followed repeated calls by President Hamid Karzai for explanations of civilian deaths. Sri Lankan health official says 28 civilians killed in civil war crossfireCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least 28 civilians have been killed in two days of fighting as Sri Lankan troops try to push into a small “no-fire zone” where Tamil Tiger rebels have bunkered down for their final stand, a health official said. |