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 [...]
Taliban kill senior peace envoy in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A senior member of Afghanistan's peace council was killed Wednesday when suspected Taliban insurgents ambushed his vehicle in the country's south, local officials said. In a separate incident elsewhere in the [...]
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 [...]
Civilian cargo plane crashes at military base in Afghanistan
BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A large civilian cargo plane crashed Monday afternoon at a U.S. military base in northeastern Afghanistan, witnesses and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It was not immediately [...]
Afghan Taliban declare spring offensive again coalition troops
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- The Taliban on Saturday announced the beginning of its so-called spring offensive against coalition forces in Afghanistan, vowing to carry out deadly bombings at military bases and to continue insider attacks [...]
Plane crash in southern Afghanistan kills 4 ISAF troops
QALAT, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least four coalition service members were killed Saturday when a small plane crashed in the southern region of Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. The exact cause [...]
Afghan militants abduct 11 after Turkish military chopper makes emergency landing
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A Turkish military helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan where members of the Taliban abducted 11 of those on board, local officials said Monday.
The helicopter, which was contracted by NATO, landed [...]
Helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan kills 2 Americans
JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A coalition helicopter crashed in a field in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two American service members, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and a U.S. military official [...]