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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai opened a new, Japanese-built $37 million terminal at Kabul airport on Thursday, but said he hoped it would survive undamaged for at least one year now that it is in Afghan hands.
Read More »U.S. civilian kills Afghan after fire attack
KABULÂ – A U.S. civilian shot dead an Afghan civilian who tried to set fire to another American on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
Read More »Taliban lift daytime phone ban in Afghan province
KABULÂ – Taliban insurgents have lifted a ban on mobile telephone companies operating their networks during daylight hours in the Afghan province of Ghazni, residents said Tuesday.
Read More »Gunmen kidnap French aid worker from Kabul street
KABUL, Afghanistan – Gunmen kidnapped a French aid worker off the streets of Kabul on Monday and killed an intelligence agency employee who tried to intervene, in the latest attack against Westerners in the Afghan capital. Three assailants in a red Corolla blocked the roadway, then tried to grab two …
Read More »U.S. says troops kill 25 militants in Afghanistan
ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition forces killed 25 militants, including a woman fighter, in separate raids aimed at a suspected al Qaeda commander and Taliban in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Saturday.
Read More »Smoke from car in Afghan capital spreads blast fear
KABUL (Reuters) – Smoke from a car engine spread fears of an explosion on a road often targeted by suicide bombers in the Afghan capital on Tuesday with police saying there had been a blast.
Read More »Gunmen kill one foreigner, 3 Afghans in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Unknown gunmen shot dead at least one foreigner and three Afghans in the heart of the capital Kabul Saturday, police officials said.
Read More »Fifteen Afghans may face death in UAE over heroin
DUBAI (Reuters) – Fifteen Afghans may face the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates for smuggling 202 kg (445 lb) of heroin hidden in the fuel tanks of trucks, newspapers reported on Thursday.
Read More »Bomb kills three coalition soldiers in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A roadside bomb has killed three soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition force in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.Violence has surged to its worst level this year, resulting so far in the killing of some 4,000 people, a third of them civilians, the bloodiest period since U.S.-led troops …
Read More »Afghan soldiers killed by international “friendly-fireâ€
As German troops paid a ceremonial tribute to two comrades killed in a suicide attack on Monday, allies in the Afghan army have become the latest victims.
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