Violent protests left at least five dead and others wounded Wednesday as demonstrations over Quran burning intensified in Afghanistan.
At least 10 people died and 35 others were injured Wednesday when a tanker filled with tons of fuel and strapped with a mine exploded near a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan, a government official said.
An assassination attempt on Afghanistan's interior minister failed when a suicide bomber was shot dead by body guards Sunday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.
At least two suicide bombers attacked a fuel depot near Kandahar International Airport late Monday evening, leaving at least three people dead and six wounded, officials said.
Eight people died when a cargo plane chartered by NATO crashed into the mountains in Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Wednesday.
At least two people were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber apparently targeting a provincial governor in Afghanistan blew himself up, officials said.
The death toll from a series of avalanches that struck a mountain pass in northern Afghanistan has risen to 167, with hundreds more wounded, authorities said Thursday.
Security forces in Afghanistan have killed or captured more than 30 high-level militants, including many accused of participating in roadside bomb attacks, military officials said.
NATO hopes training will allow Afghan forces to take over security responsibilities. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.
A Canadian soldier was killed and four others were wounded on Monday in southern Afghanistan, Canadian Forces said in a statement Tuesday.
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush on Sunday issued a statement condemning last week's killing of the woman director of Peace Radio in Afghanistan, citing the slaying represents the threat terrorism poses to the dignity of women in that country.
Three gunmen fatally shot a female owner of a radio station in northern Afghanistan early Wednesday, less than a week after another female reporter was gunned down in her house
An Italian soldier serving with NATO's International Security Assistance Forces died late Wednesday when his armored vehicle overturned on a steep incline outside of Kabul, an ISAF statement said.
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