Afghanistan

TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai and Afghan people on Afghanistan’s national day.

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into the gate of the main U.S. military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians and wounding 13, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Two Iranian nationals missing in western Afghanistan for several days are believed to have been kidnapped, Afghan officials said Saturday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 90 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani artillery and helicopter gunships killed nine pro-Taliban militants in an assault on their hideouts in the restive northwestern Swat valley on Saturday, army officials said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Unknown armed men kidnapped two Iranian businessmen in Afghanistan’s western Herat province and police have yet to locate them, police spokesman in western region Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said Saturday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 60 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Insurgents killed two soldiers from NATO-led forces in an attack in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

KABUL (Reuters) – An explosion killed three U.S.-led coalition soldiers while they were on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the U.S. military said.

KABUL (Reuters) – Foreign humanitarian agencies in Afghanistan have restricted staff movements and said on Thursday they are considering suspending operations in some areas after suspected Taliban insurgents killed three women aid workers.