Afghanistan News

By Terry Friel KABUL (Reuters) – As the bloodshed in Afghanistan worsens, the Taliban are increasingly targeting civilians, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a new report on Monday. The group accuses the Taliban and other insurgents of war crimes in its latest report, “The Human Cost.” “Suicide …

By Mark Dummett, BBC News Civilians have been the main victims of insurgent attacks in Afghanistan in the past 15 months, a study has revealed. Even though most attacks have been on military and government targets, most victims have nothing to do with either, the Human Rights Watch study said. …

KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide attacker ran onto a police training ground and blew himself up, killing up to 10 policemen and wounding dozens more Monday in northern Afghanistan, a security official said. The attack happened in the relatively quiet city of Kunduz, said Abdul Hadi, a security official. Hadi …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A preliminary investigation by the military says U.S. Marines killed or wounded more than 40 Afghan civilians after a suicide attack on a convoy last month, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The newspaper said work by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service would decide whether to call …

BERLIN (AFP) – The UN envoy in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, urged talks with all the forces in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, to stanch the bloodshed in the country, in an interview published Friday. “If there is to be a chance for peace, we must talk to everyone, including alleged war …

KABUL (AFP) – US and Afghan troops backed by warplanes killed more than 35 Taliban militants during a five-hour battle in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said Friday. Meanwhile a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in a separate gunbattle with rebels …

KABUL (AFP) – US and Afghan troops backed by warplanes killed more than 35 Taliban militants during a five-hour battle in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said Friday. Meanwhile a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in a separate gunbattle with rebels …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – Two NATO soldiers were killed Thursday in separate explosions in Afghanistan, as US-led warplanes and soldiers killed 24 Taliban who were hiding in caves in the south, officials said. The killings followed the deaths of two Canadian troops on Wednesday, and takes the number of foreign …

Afghanistan calls for the settlement of Iran’s nuclear case through dialogue and negotiations, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said here in Tehran on Wednesday.

KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan promised Tuesday to do its utmost to free two French aid workers seized a week ago by the Taliban as Australia pledged to nearly double its military force in the insurgency-hit country Highlighting the dangers posed by the resurgent Islamic movement that was toppled by US-led …