Kabul - A group of Taliban militants, including suicide bombers, attacked a US military base in south-eastern Afghanistan but were pushed back by Afghan and foreign forces using airstrikes, officials said Tuesday.
The attack late Monday against Camp Salerno, a US military base in Khost province, came hours after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled vehicle outside the same base, killing 10 civilians and wounding 13.
Kabul - A suicide attack outside a US military base in eastern Afghanistan killed nine Afghan civilians Monday, while NATO forces earlier killed four civilians with rockets in the south, officials said.
Kabul- An Afghan government spokesman said Monday the resignation of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would create an opportunity for both countries to fight against terrorism "in a better way."
Kabul - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle outside a US military base in south-eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians and wounding 13 others, officials said.
The bomber attacked outside a compound in Khost province, killing nine labourers who were standing in line for a security check to enter the base, provincial governor Arsala Jamal told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Kandahar/ Ottawa, Aug 18 : The Taliban have threatened Canada that it will launch attacks like last week if the Canadian troops didn’t pull out of Afghanistan. Several Canadian aid workers were gunned down near Kabul last week by unidentified militants.
In an letter written to the Canada Government, the Taliban warned that if its troops continued to stay in Afghanistan, they would kill them.
Kabul - The US military claimed Saturday to have killed more than three dozen Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, and an unspecified number of others in the north-eastern region.
A military statement said joint Afghan and coalition forces were attacked by groups of Taliban militants in the southern region.
The combined forces responded by small-arms' fire and close air support and killed "more than three dozen militants over two days of fierce fighting," the statement said, but did not give any specific details of casualties.
Kabul - A group of Taliban militants, including suicide bombers, attacked a US military base in south-eastern Afghanistan but were pushed back by Afghan and foreign forces using airstrikes, officials said Tuesday.
Kabul - A suicide attack outside a US military base in eastern Afghanistan killed nine Afghan civilians Monday, while NATO forces earlier killed four civilians with rockets in the south, officials said.
Kabul- An Afghan government spokesman said Monday the resignation of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would create an opportunity for both countries to fight against terrorism "in a better way."
Kabul - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle outside a US military base in south-eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians and wounding 13 others, officials said.
Kabul - The US military claimed Saturday to have killed more than three dozen Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, and an unspecified number of others in the north-eastern region.
