2 US troops killed in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed two U.S. troops Friday, the U.S. military said.

Afghan police say battle in south leaves 16 militants, 1 police officer dead

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — International and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban militants in a gunbattle in the country’s south, police said Friday. One police officer also died in the fighting.

Bicycle bomb kills 2 Afghans, including a child, in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A bomb strapped to a parked bicycle exploded near a construction office in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one employee and a child about 11 years old, police said.

Suicide attack on NATO fuel tankers kills 8 Afghans, wounds 21 in the south

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber hit a fleet of fuel tankers intended for a NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing eight Afghans and wounding 21, officials said Saturday.

15 Afghan security guards among 35 killed in violence

KABUL — A suicide attack and a roadside bomb killed 15 Afghan security guards, part of a spate of violence that left 35 people around Afghanistan dead, including a British soldier, officials said Wednesday.

Police say 5 Afghan security guards killed in a suicide attack near Pakistan border

KABUL — Police say five Afghan private security guards escorting a supply convoy have been killed in a suicide bombing near the southern border with Pakistan.

11 insurgents killed in clash in southern Afghanistan where NATO jet crashes on takeoff

KABUL — Overnight fighting between Afghan police and insurgents in southern Afghanistan left 11 militants dead, officials said. A NATO pilot was injured after his jet crashed following takeoff in the same region.

Suicide car bomb wounds 4 Afghan police near Pakistan border

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber attacked a police station near Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan on Thursday, wounding four officers, an official said.

Taliban using voter cards as ‘visas’ in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR - Taliban fighters are using recently acquired voter identification cards as makeshift passports to smooth border crossings from Pakistan and ease travel between cities in Afghanistan’s southern provinces, reports the Globe and Mail.

Double suicide attack kills 7, wounds at least 20 in southern Afghanistan, official says

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 20 in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. The majority of casualties were police and army units responding to the initial attack.

Double suicide attack kills, wounds at least 20 in southern Afghanistan, official says

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack killed and wounded at least 20 people in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. The majority of casualties were police and army units responding to the initial attack.

Double suicide attack kills, wounds at least 20 in southern Afghanistan, official says

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan has killed and wounded at least 20 police, soldiers and civilians.

Taliban warns US of bloody summer campaign in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR - Taliban militants fighting in Afghanistan have warned American troops of a bloody summer campaign with the rise in the number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), suicide bombings and assassinations.

Afghan official: 3 suicide bombers attack Kandahar governor’s compound, killing 5 police

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Three Taliban suicide bombers evaded tight security to attack a governor’s compound in southern Afghanistan, killing at least five police officers, authorities said.

Insurgent attacks in south Afghanistan kill 3 Afghan police; roadside bombs kill 3 civilians

KANDAHAR, 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.

5 suspected militants killed in Afghan raids

KABUL — NATO-led forces and Afghan troops killed three suspected militants during a raid Saturday in central Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks have spiked this year, officials said. At least two other suspected militants died in an airstrike in the south.

Five killed, 17 wounded in Kandahar suicide bomb attack

KANDAHAR - At least five people were killed and 17 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a police drug eradication unit in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.

20 Afghan police killed in Taliban ambush

KANDAHAR - At least 20 Afghan security personnel were killed after a group of Taliban insurgents ambushed the convoy of a district chief in southern Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.