Two roadside bombs in Afghanistan's most violent province killed five revelers heading to a wedding and five policemen, officials said on August 6.
When a small band of armed "refugees" seized a village in Kyrgyzstan 10 years ago this week, they didn't appear to pose much of a threat. It has since become clear that the storming of the international stage by IMU gunmen dashed Central Asian hopes of escaping Pakistan- and Afghanistan-style Islamist insurgencies.
General Sher Mohammad Zazai, commander of an Afghan military unit in Helmand Province, said the explosion took place in Garmsir, a district of the province that has seen fighting between U.S. Marines and Taliban militants.
A former academic and World Bank executive is introducing a new kind of politics in Afghanistan. In a country ravaged by foreign invasions and internal friction, presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani is running on a broad reform agenda with a manifesto of a prosperous, peaceful future.
The threat assessment map, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, shows 133 of Afghanistan's 356 districts are regarded as high-risk areas with at least 13 under "enemy control."
An air strike by foreign troops killed four members of a family in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, villagers said on Wednesday after bringing the bodies to the provincial capital to show officials.
Taliban militants fired at least eight rockets into Kabul in an attack they said was aimed at disrupting preparations for Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election. It was the biggest coordinated rocket attack on the Afghan capital since 1996, when the Taliban used rocket barrages, tanks, and artillery to seize Kabul and establish their regime.
The Taliban have warned Afghans that possessing pictures of "unrelated women and handsome boys" is against Islamic law and owning "shiny new phones" runs contrary to their religious dignity.
As he prepares to chair his first meeting of NATO ambassadors at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, new Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has promised "success" in Afghanistan, attempts to forge a strategic partnership with Russia, and more dialogue with the Muslim world.
At least 12 people were killed and 26 wounded by a roadside bomb in the western Afghan province of Herat on August 3, a security official said.
The UN special envoy has expressed concern over the conditions in detention centers in Afghanistan, saying they must be brought up to international standards to prevent further radicalization of detainees.
Three U.S. troops were killed in east Afghanistan on August 2, the U.S. military said, continuing a deadly trend after foreign forces in July suffered their worst monthly toll of the 8-year-old war.
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