Coalition airstrike kills 7 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven suspected Taliban insurgents were killed Tuesday when coalition forces carried out an airstrike in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. A number of explosives and weapons were [...]
Roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 8 civilians
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed at least eight civilians on Friday, local authorities said.
The blast took place in the Cholan area of Khost City, the provincial capital of Khost, at around 2:30 [...]
Afghan militants release Kyrgyzstani hostage after 1.5 month
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Taliban insurgents have released a Kyrgyzstani hostage who was abducted in late April after a Turkish military helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Two other [...]
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks Supreme Court killing at least 17
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A suicide bomber attacked government offices in the Afghan capital, killing at least seventeen people, local authorities said Tuesday.
Suspected Taliban militants targeted the Supreme Court in Kabul, the Afghan [...]
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. [...]
Afghan police officers kill 7 sleeping colleagues at checkpoint
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Two Afghan police officers opened fire at their sleeping colleagues on early Tuesday morning, killing a police commander and six of his men, officials said. There were conflicting reports about the exact circumstances [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]