17 insurgents killed in AfghanistanKABUL - Seventeen militants were killed in fighting with the US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan, the US military said Wednesday. Nine Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL - Afghan police backed by Nato troops killed nine Taliban militants in a fight in southern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday. Suicide bomb attack kills 16 in AfghanistanKABUL - Sixteen people have been killed and 58 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, officials said. Suicide bombing kills two, injures 18 in AfghanistanKABUL - At least two people were killed and 18 injured in a suicide bombing Monday morning in the northern Afghan province of Parwan, officials said. Suicide attack kills six in AfghanistanKABUL - Six people were killed and 31 injured when a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a police compound and detonated it in the eastern Afghan province of Khost Sunday morning, a police official said. Afghan tribal elders threaten to boycott electionsKABUL - Chieftains and tribal elders in Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul have warned that they would boycott the upcoming presidential election if the government fails to protect civilians from being harmed in the anti-terror campaign, a newspaper reported Saturday. Rocket attack kills three in KabulKABUL - Two rockets hit western part of Afghan capital Kabul Saturday night, killing at least three people, witnesses said. 11 Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL - The US-led coalition forces have killed 11 Taliban militants and arrested two during an operation in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a coalition statement said Friday. Taliban leader rejects reports of peace talksKABUL - Taliban’s supreme leader rejected reports of peace talks between the militants and Afghan government on ways to end the war in Afghanistan, calling the reports as ‘baseless’ and ‘planned propaganda’. Six militants killed near Afghan capitalKABUL - Six Taliban militants have been killed and three others detained in an operation carried out by the coalition forces near the Afghan capital, officials said Tuesday. |