Afghanistan

Afghans mourn loss of 41 people in suicide attack

Kabul, Nov.7 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai has declared three days of mourning in honour of the 41 people killed in Tuesday evening’s suicide bomb attack in northern Baghlan Province.

80 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

Kabul, Oct 28 : Nearly 80 Taliban militants were killed when they tried to ambush a patrol of Afghan and international soldiers in the south Afghanistan, the US-led international coalition has said

Former Taliban Foreign Minister favours presence of US, NATO forces

Kabul, Oct 25 : Maulvi Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, Foreign Minister in the Taliban regime, has said that there no such thing as a moderate Taliban, and favoured the presence of NATO and US forces in Afg

11 dead in Kabul suicide blast

Kabul, Oct 2 : At least 11 people, including women and school children, have died in a suicide blast that took place near a bus carrying policemen in Kabul on Tuesday.

27 killed in Kabul blast

Kabul, Sep 29 : At least 27 people were killed and several others were injured when a suicide bomber boarded a crowded army bus here and detonated a huge bomb, officials said.

A high-ranking Afghan army medical official said 27 bodies had been taken to two hospitals.

Witnesses said that the bus was destroyed by the blast and several dead bodies can be seen around the wreckage.

The bus was completely destroyed by the blast and shop windows were shattered all around.

Two Red Cross workers abducted in Afghanistan

Kabul, Sep 27 : Two foreign employees of the International Red Cross have been abducted in Wardak province in southern Afghanistan.

The area police chief General Ewaz Muslimyar said that the two were kidnapped along with their two Afghan drivers while travelling in Salar district.

The Red Cross office in Kabul has not yet commented on the report.

The number of kidnappings has soared in Afghanistan where foreign and Afghan troops are battling Taliban insurgents.

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