41 - 50 of 75 results for "Afghanistan commander"

  1. 41. news | 22 May 2013

    7 dead in Afghan suicide blast: officials

    By AFP

    » A teenage suicide bomber killed seven people in central Afghanistan on Wednesday when he targeted local fighters who battle against Taliban insurgents, officials said.

  2. 42. news | 21 May 2013

    Eleven Afghan police killed in latest violence

    By AFP

    » A roadside bomb in western Afghanistan and clashes in the volatile south left eleven police officers dead, officials said Tuesday.

  3. 43. news | 09 May 2013

    Karzai says US could keep nine Afghanistan bases

    By AFP

    » Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he could allow the United States to keep nine military bases in the country as part of negotiations over a long-term security pact with Washington.

  4. 44. news | 15 May 2013

    Afghan village gold mine lures modern-day prospectors

    By AFP

    » After scrambling up a steep mountainside in north Afghanistan, Morad Ali crouches beside a gap cut in the slope and touches some reddish-brown rock. "The gold is in here," he says.

  5. 45. news | 30 Mar 2013

    NATO airstrike 'kills two Afghan children'

    By AFP

    » A NATO helicopter strike killed two children in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, in the latest civilian casualties to beset the coalition's war against Taliban militants.

  6. 46. news | 03 May 2013

    Afghan father guns down daughter over 'affair'

    By AFP

    » In front of 300 villagers, Halima's father shot her in the head, stomach and waist -- a public execution overseen by local religious leaders in Afghanistan to punish her for an alleged affair.

  7. 47. news | 15 Apr 2013

    Afghan roadside bomb kills 7 civilians

    By AFP

    » A roadside bomb hit a tractor in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing seven civilians and wounding four others, officials said.

  8. 48. news | 14 Apr 2013

    Freed French hostage returns to France

    By AFP

    » French photographer Pierre Borghi returned to France on Sunday, a week after he was freed in Afghanistan following four months in captivity, officials said.

  9. 49. news | 28 Mar 2013

    Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of wrecking peace hopes

    By AFP

    » The Afghan government on Thursday accused Pakistan of wrecking efforts to end the Taliban's bloody 11-year insurgency, in the latest sign of worsening cross-border relations.

  10. 50. news | 22 May 2013

    Afghan interpreters to get British visas

    By AFP

    » Around 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in Britain, the government revealed on Wednesday.

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