Rocket attack on U.S. base near Kabul kills 4 American troops
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Four American service members were killed Wednesday when suspected Taliban insurgents fired two rockets at a large U.S. military base near the Afghan capital, officials said, less than a day after the U.S. government [...]
Truck bombing kills 7 Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan
NAWZAD, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Seven Georgian troops were killed Thursday and nine others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck outside a military base in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday. [...]
Insurgents kill NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A coalition service member was killed Sunday when insurgents opened fire foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Monday. It raises the number [...]
Security alert briefly closes one of UK’s busiest motorways
COVENTRY, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) -- British police closed one of the country's busiest motorways in both directions on Friday after two men were seen acting suspiciously before running away from a van, briefly raising fears that the vehicle could [...]
Suicide bomber kills 14, including 6 Americans, in Afghan capital
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A suspected Hezb-i-Islami suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car Thursday next to a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing eight Afghan civilians and six Americans working for the multinational [...]
4th U.S. service member dies after Afghanistan attack
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Another U.S. service member has died after being injured in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, raising the death toll from the bombing to four, the coalition said on Wednesday. It raises [...]
8 NATO troops die in three Afghan attacks
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Eight coalition service members were killed Saturday in three separate attacks across Afghanistan, less than a week after the Taliban announced the start of their so-called spring offensive, the NATO-led International [...]
‘Powerful’ bomb kills 3 British soldiers in southern Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three British soldiers were killed Tuesday and six others were injured when their armored vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Britain's Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. It raises [...]
Roadside bomb kills 3 foreign troops in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Three coalition service members were killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It raises the number of foreign troops [...]