Suspected Taliban militants behead 2 children in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Suspected Taliban insurgents beheaded two young children on Sunday after accusing them of being spies for taking food from Afghan security forces, provincial officials said on Monday, although the group claimed [...]
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. [...]
U.S. soldier to plea guilty of massacring 16 Afghan villagers to avoid execution
TACOMA, WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) -- A United States soldier is expected to plea guilty in a southern Afghanistan massacre to avoid the death penalty, prosecutors said.
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 39, in order to avoid execution, has [...]
Twin bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan kill ast least 9
KANDAHAR CITY, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Twin bomb explosions killed at least nine people and injured dozens more in southern Afghanistan, local authorities said Friday.
The bomb blasts took place in the Aino Mena area of Kandahar City, located [...]
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 [...]
Roadside bomb kills 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten people were killed after a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, local authorities said Monday.
The attack took place in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar at around 12 p.m. local [...]
Anti-Pakistan protests in southern Afghanistan turn violent, 11 killed
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least eleven people were killed after the sixth day of protests turned violent in southern Afghanistan, local authorities said Wednesday.
A crowd of hundreds of demonstrators grouped together in the district [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]