News Source: The New York Times
| 28 days ago
Attacks by insurgents killed 12 people on Friday in eastern and southern Afghanistan . Nine travelers in a station wagon, including a woman and a child, were killed in Nangahar Province, according to Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman for the...
News Source: Press TV
| 28 days ago
Afghanistan is currently grappling with the highest level of violence, largely seen as an insurgent reaction to the presence of more than 100,000 international forces under the US command. Continued involvement, Akhund said, "Will only deepen your...
News Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald
| 28 days ago
Afghan police officers stand guard Thursday at the bullet-riddled gate of a guest house used by U.N. staff, which was attacked Wednesday, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home Thursday, one day...
News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 28 days ago
Former French president Jacques Chirac will stand trial for an alleged corruption scandal from his years as Paris mayor. A so-called spokesman for a Somalian pirate group holding a British couple captive says they will be moved to another hijacked...
News Source: Press TV
| 28 days ago
The Friday blast ripped through a passing station wagon in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Reuters reported. It is believed that the elder, who was among the vehicle's passengers, was the target. The incident came shortly after the Taliban said they...
News Source: Epoch Times
| 29 days ago
Afghanistan—A roadside bomb killed eight civilians in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, the latest attack in a surge of violence before a presidential election run-off next week. The blast in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan's east...