By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press Writer
Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, officials said Saturday.
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By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer
The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents Friday in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials said civilians were traveling in the vehicles.
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AFP - Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 25 Taliban militants in a 10-hour gun battle in western Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said on Thursday.
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer
A helicopter from the U.S.-led forces was shot down south of the Afghan capital Wednesday, but the crew escaped without serious injury, the coalition said.
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer
Helicopters and a bomber attacked insurgents massing in eastern Afghanistan under cover of darkness, killing an estimated 33 people, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday.
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By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer
U.S.-led forces backed by warplanes battled militants in southwestern Afghanistan, killing 28 rebels including several Taliban commanders, an Afghan official said Monday.
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer
The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a senior U.N. official said Sunday.
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AFP - Dozens of people including six security guards and a policeman were killed in a fresh wave of violence across insurgency-hit Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
The Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan and the pace of its attacks is likely to increase this year, according to a Pentagon report that offers a dim view of progress in the nearly seven-year-old war.
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By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press Writer
Pakistan's new government gave its strongest commitment yet on containing Islamic militancy, vowing Wednesday to prevent attacks on Afghanistan but insisting foreign forces would not be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil.
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By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer
An Afghan official on Wednesday accused Pakistan's premier spy agency of organizing a recent assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the most serious in a string of allegations against Pakistan.
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AP - Germany plans to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall, senior defense officials said Tuesday, following requests by Western commanders for more troops to counter a resilient Taliban force.
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer
Coalition airstrikes killed 22 militants who were attacking two towns in eastern Afghanistan, and explosions killed two more foreign soldiers in the south, officials said Wednesday.
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By Emranullah Arif, AFP
NATO warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while two NATO soldiers died in separate attacks, officials said Tuesday.
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By Kate Clark, BBC News
The Taleban made an estimated $100m (Ł50m) in 2007 from Afghan farmers growing poppy for the opium trade, the United Nations says.
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