Tag: Afgan
Afghan parliament protesters block centre of Kabul
Hundreds of supporters of would-be Afghan lawmakers, declared winners by a court but losers by an election body, blocked a main junction...
Afghan leader meets would-be child suicide bombers
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met children who had been rescued by authorities before carrying out suicide bombings they had been groomed to...
Blast kills 20, wounds 12 in Afghanistan’s Herat
A roadside blast killed 20 people and wounded at least 12 travelling in two minibuses in the western Afghan province of Herat...
German commandos upset at release of Afghan suspect
`Germany's elite KSK commando unit issued a rare statement to signal its disapproval over the release of an Afghan it had detained...
NATO soldiers killed as Afghan violence flares
A NATO service member was killed in an apparent "rogue" shooting by a man dressed as an Afghan policeman the coalition said,...
Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phones hacked
The Taliban denied their supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died, saying false messages claiming his death had been sent to media...
Influential brother of Afghan president killed
The younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of the most powerful and controversial men in southern Afghanistan, was shot dead...
UN mission in Afghanistan deplores killing of de-miners
The United Nations has strongly condemned the brutal killing of four de-miners in the western Afghan province of Farah, stating that attacks...
Police search Kabul hotel after Taliban attack kills 10
Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul's landmark hotels room by room for any more casualties or security threats after an overnight...
