Afghan-Taliban using high-tech undetectable bombs to attack NATO forces

October 10th, 2009 KABUL - Three NATO soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in southern and eastern Afghanistan, while Afghan and international forces killed more than 20 militants, officials said Saturday. Two NATO-led International Security Assistance Force soldiers were killed in a roadside blast in the eastern region Friday, while a US soldier was killed in similar attack in southern Afghanistan the same day, the military alliance said in a statement.

October 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Thursday extended the mandate of the international forces in Afghanistan for another 12 months to pursue the training of Afghan national security troops. The new mandate begins Tuesday amid a growing Taliban insurgency against NATO and US-led troops.

October 6th, 2009 KABUL - Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in southern Afghanistan while the defence ministry said Tuesday that more than 100 Taliban militants were killed and wounded elsewhere in the country. The militants attacked an army patrol Monday in the Gerishk district of Helmand province, sparking a battle that lasted for an hour, said Shir Mohammad Zazai, army commander in south-western Afghanistan.

October 4th, 2009 KABUL - Eight US soldiers and two Afghan troopers were killed when suspected Taliban insurgents attacked their outposts in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan, officials said Sunday. The militants launched a "complex" attack from a local mosque and nearby village on Afghan and US forces Saturday that raged throughout the day in Nuristan province, the US military said in a statement.

September 30th, 2009 KABUL - A US soldier was killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy in southeastern Afghanistan, while Afghan and foreign troops killed 22 Taliban militants in a joint operation in the west of the country, officials said. A US military spokesman in Kabul said that one US serviceman died from injuries he sustained in a roadside bomb blast in the southeastern province of Khost Wednesday morning.

September 11th, 2009 KABUL - The commission appointed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to investigate last week's NATO airstrike on two fuel tankers that claimed dozens of Taliban and civilian lives has exonerated the German Army, which ordered the strike, a German television station reported Friday. Civilians were indeed among the victims, but responsibility for the incident lies with the Taliban, ARD television reported, citing investigators in the commission.

August 18th, 2009 KABUL - NATO said it would suspend military operations during the forthcoming Afghan presidential elections, as two rockets believed to have been fired by Taliban militants landed near the presidential palace Tuesday morning, causing no casualties. "In support of the Afghan National Security Forces who lead the security efforts during the electoral process, only those operations that are deemed necessary to protect the population will be conducted on that day," the alliance said in a statement.

August 13th, 2009 KABUL - Three British soldiers serving in a NATO-led international military force were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. The soldiers died Sunday during a military patrol in the Sangin district of volatile Helmand province, the British defence ministry said in a statement.

July 26th, 2009 KABUL - Two Afghan army soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, while Afghan troops backed by international forces killed 16 insurgents in the same region, officials said Sunday. The Afghan soldiers were blown up in their vehicle as they were travelling in Barmel district of south-eastern Paktika province Saturday, the defence ministry said in a statement.

July 25th, 2009 KABUL - Seven Taliban fighters were killed and five people were wounded when a group of militants, wearing suicide vests and carrying automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, attacked government buildings in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. Meanwhile, two NATO troops and several insurgents were killed in separate incidents of gun-battle, airstrike and roadside blasts elsewhere in the country.

July 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - People in more than a dozen countries have a misperception of how Afghans feel about the presence of NATO in their country, a poll released Thursday shows. The poll taken in 20 nations found that most of those surveyed believe the Afghans want NATO forces to leave, although the Afghans appear to disagree.

June 24th, 2009 KABUL - Thirty Taliban militants were killed in clashes with NAvTO and Afghan forces in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. A statement from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said 25 Taliban fighters were killed in the southern Kandahar province Tuesday night in a raid on rebel hideouts.

June 13th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against a convoy of fuel tankers bound for NATO forces in southern Afghanistan killed eight drivers and wounded 21 others, while a NATO soldier was killed in a roadside attack in the same region, officials said Saturday. The attack near the main market of Geriskh district in southern Helmand province took place late Friday when a bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the convoy parked near a NATO military base, district chief Abdul Ahad said.

June 12th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Iran is playing a double game in Afghanistan, supporting the Taliban while proclaiming its friendship to the Afghan regime, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. "Iran is playing a bit of a double game in Afghanistan...

May 27th, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan district governor, his three sons and a civilian were killed in a Taliban ambush in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, while 15 militants were killed in fighting with Afghan and NATO-led forces in the same region, official said. Nader Khan, the governor of Umni district in southeastern Paktika province, was en route to Yahyakhel district Wednesday afternoon when his vehicle was attacked by Taliban militants, the police said.