U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan said Monday that eight civilians were killed when coalition aircraft bombed a compound not knowing that the suspected Taliban militants they were targeting had taken "hostages" including young children.
Two NATO troops, four Afghan police officers and at least 26 militants were killed in two days of violence in southern and eastern Afghanistan this week, Afghan authorities said Tuesday.
A roadside bomb killed four U.S. Marines in Afghanistan Saturday, the U.S. military said.
Afghan and American troops repelled a "failed attack" on U.S. and Afghan bases Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 12 insurgents and wounding 12 others, the U.S. military said.
Roadside bombings and a military operation across Afghanistan over the last two days left six people dead, five others wounded, and three detained, officials said on Wednesday.
Dutch troops killed two of their own comrades and two Afghan soldiers during "confused" weekend skirmishes with Taliban fighters in south-central Afghanistan, the Netherlands' Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Two Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan in September died as a result of friendly fire from British forces, a Danish military report revealed on Tuesday.
One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials.
One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials.
Afghan and coalition forces killed several militants and detained at least 18 others on Wednesday during operations targeting Taliban fighters in two volatile southern Afghan provinces, the U.S.-led coalition said in statements issued on Thursday.
U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan said Monday that eight civilians were killed when coalition aircraft bombed a compound not knowing that the suspected Taliban militants they were targeting had taken "hostages" including young children.
Two NATO troops, four Afghan police officers and at least 26 militants were killed in two days of violence in southern and eastern Afghanistan this week, Afghan authorities said Tuesday.
A roadside bomb killed four U.S. Marines in Afghanistan Saturday, the U.S. military said.
Afghan and American troops repelled a "failed attack" on U.S. and Afghan bases Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 12 insurgents and wounding 12 others, the U.S. military said.
Roadside bombings and a military operation across Afghanistan over the last two days left six people dead, five others wounded, and three detained, officials said on Wednesday.
Dutch troops killed two of their own comrades and two Afghan soldiers during "confused" weekend skirmishes with Taliban fighters in south-central Afghanistan, the Netherlands' Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Two Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan in September died as a result of friendly fire from British forces, a Danish military report revealed on Tuesday.
One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials.
One Australian soldier, three civilians and Taliban militants were killed early Friday during heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan, according to information from Australian and NATO officials.
Afghan and coalition forces killed several militants and detained at least 18 others on Wednesday during operations targeting Taliban fighters in two volatile southern Afghan provinces, the U.S.-led coalition said in statements issued on Thursday.
Two children died as U.S.-led coalition forces stormed a compound in Afghanistan where a suspected Taliban militant had holed himself up with his young family, a military spokesman said Thursday.
A British soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a blast in southern Afghanistan, the British Defence Ministry said on Friday.
Afghan and coalition troops have killed about 170 insurgents in three days of intense fighting concentrated in Afghanistan's restive south, according to NATO and U.S.-led coalition reports.
Scores of insurgents have been killed over the last day during fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said on Wednesday.
Afghan and coalition forces have destroyed an opium drug lab in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province, after a short skirmish with Taliban militants, a statement from the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday.
Almost a dozen insurgents were killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan on Friday after militants attacked a force led by Afghan police, the U.S.-led coalition said.
Taliban militants attacked a coalition military base in southern Afghanistan for the second time Saturday and the third time this week, the U.S.-led coalition said.
With even Hamid Karzai a critic, it's clear that mounting casualties are turning more of the country against the West
Seven children were killed in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on a compound in eastern Afghanistan where al Qaeda fighters were believed to be gathered on Sunday, according to a U.S. military statement.
A roadside bomb detonated Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing three coalition troops and an Afghan interpreter, a U.S. military spokesman told CNN.
A suicide bomber walked on to a bus carrying officers to a police academy and detonated himself in Kabul, killing at least 35 police officers, police say.
A NATO soldier and at least 50 Taliban militants were killed when joint NATO and Afghan soldiers clashed with insurgents in southern Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, the alliance said Sunday.
NATO's military operation formally expanded into eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, extending the alliance's presence across the war-torn nation.
This year's upsurge in fighting is causing serious dislocation in southern Afghanistan, where NATO and government troops are battling insurgents, the U.N. refugee agency said.
A battle between insurgents and soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force in the Uruzgan province of central Afghanistan ended with 17 insurgents dead and no ISAF casualties Friday night, the ISAF said.
Australia will add an extra 150 troops to a reconstruction task force it is sending to Afghanistan next month, increasing the force size to about 400.
Two British soldiers, four Afghan soldiers and 29 Taliban militants were killed in recent fighting across southern Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan authorities said on Tuesday.
In an ongoing battle to extend Kabul's control of Afghanistan's southern provinces, Afghan soldiers and coalition forces engaged with Taliban fighters in Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces Friday, killing 65, according to a U.S. military news release.
U.S.-led coalition forces have destroyed an enemy bunker in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 insurgents, the military said Friday.
A minibus carrying workers to an American base blew up in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding 15 others in an incident thought to be caused by the detonation of explosives planted on the vehicle.
At least 40 alleged insurgents were killed as part of Operation Mountain Thrust, a military operation aimed at routing out resurgent Taliban fighters who have recently cropped up in southern Afghanistan, the military said Thursday.
The Taliban has regrouped in recent months in southern Afghanistan, prompting a combat operation involving more than 10,000 U.S., Afghan and coalition forces, military officials said.
Troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan killed a few dozen insurgents earlier this week in two restive southern provinces, the coalition command in Kabul said on Saturday in press releases.
At least 29 people have been killed in the latest bloodshed in the escalating conflict in southern Afghanistan, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
Three soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and one soldier with the NATO-led coalition have been killed in a firefight with militants, a spokesperson for the Combined Forces Command said.
A U.S. soldier was killed Friday and six troops were wounded in fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
The Taliban's influence has grown in parts of southern Afghanistan over the past year, the top U.S. commander in that country said Wednesday.
Prisoners armed with chains and knives are roaming Afghanistan's highest-security prison after negotiations to quell the uprising broke down, an American prisoner taken hostage by his fellow inmates has said.
A U.S. Humvee struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province Monday, killing four U.S. service members, the U.S. military said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded area of Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, killing 10 Afghans and wounding 50 others, a provincial deputy governor said.
A roadside bomb tore through a Humvee in central Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing a U.S. service member and an Afghan interpreter, according to the U.S. military.
The U.S. military has charged two soldiers with assaulting detainees in Afghanistan, according to a news release issued Sunday.
A U.S. soldier, an Afghan soldier and 11 enemy fighters died this week in fighting in central Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when an explosion rocked their convoy, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday.
A U.S. soldier was killed and two others wounded Monday near the southern Afghan city of Kandahar as American troops battled Taliban fighters along the rugged border with Pakistan, a U.S. commander said.
One U.S. Marine was killed and another wounded overnight during a gunfight while on patrol in the Afghan province of Uruzgan, north of Kandahar, the military said Saturday.
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