Afghanistan
Afghanistan: UN says May deadliest month for civilians
June 11, 2011The UN says May was the deadliest month for civilians in Afghanistan since 2007, when the organisation started recording civilian casualties. The UN said "anti-government elements" were responsible for 82% of the 368 "conflict-related...
Nato apologises for air strike on Afghan civilians
May 30, 2011International forces in Afghanistan have apologised for an air strike that killed up to 14 civilians in the south-west of the country on Saturday. A statement by senior Nato generals said the top priority was to prevent civilian casualties and it took...
Nato air strike 'kills 14 civilians' in Afghanistan
May 29, 2011A Nato air strike has killed 14 people, all civilians, in south-west Afghanistan's Helmand province, local officials say. The strike took place in Nawzad district after a US Marines base came under attack on Saturday. The air strike, which was targeted...
Afghan troops end Taliban attack on Khost police HQ
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May 22, 2011Afghan security forces have retaken control of a government building which was stormed by Taliban suicide bombers, local officials have said. Two of the attackers were shot dead during the fighting in the eastern city of Khost, but two others managed...
Afghanistan: 'Thirteen dead' in Jalalabad suicide blast
May 18, 2011At least 13 people including civilians, police cadets and a suicide bomber have been killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. A health official told the BBC the bomber drove a small car into a van carrying the cadets in Jalalabad city...
Bin Laden's death and the US war in Afghanistan
May 06, 2011The US may have killed Osama Bin Laden, but the US remains engaged in a war in Afghanistan arguably provoked by the dead al-Qaeda leader. In Washington, the BBC's Paul Adams suggests the killing may present a moment of reckoning in that long conflict...
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber 'aged 12' kills four
May 01, 2011A suicide bomber said to be aged 12 has killed four people in east Afghanistan, one of several attacks a day after the Taliban announced a spring offensive. A dozen people were injured as the suicide bomber struck a crowded market in Paktika province...
Afghanistan: Hundreds escape from Kandahar prison
April 25, 2011More than 470 inmates at a prison in southern Afghanistan have escaped through a tunnel hundreds of metres long and dug from outside the jail. Officials in the city of Kandahar said many of those who escaped from Sarposa jail were Taliban insurgents...
Afghanistan: Kabul attack on defence ministry kills two
April 18, 2011Two soldiers have been killed and seven people hurt after a man in army uniform opened fire inside the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul, officials have said. The attacker, who was also wearing an explosive vest, reached the second floor, where the defence...
Pakistan: Calls for revenge after US drones kill 40
March 19, 2011Tribal leaders in the Pakistani region of North Waziristan have vowed revenge against the US after drones killed more than 40 people near the Afghan border. "We are a people who wait 100 years to exact revenge. We never forgive our enemy,"...