Double suicide attack kills, wounds at least 20 in southern Afghanistan, official says

August 29th, 2009 Suicide car bomb kills 5 police officers in IraqBAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says a suicide car bomber targeting a police station in a remote village north of Baghdad has killed five officers. The official says the suicide bomber struck at about 8 a.m.

August 29th, 2009 Attack on American patrol kills 2 AfghansKABUL — Officials say two Afghan civilians were killed and 21 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near a group of American troops. U.S. military spokeswoman Lt.

August 23rd, 2009 Suicide bomb in Pakistani city of Peshawar kills 3PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Authorities say a suicide bombing on the outskirts in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed three people and wounded 15 others. Peshawar police Chief Safwat Ghayur says the suicide bomber also died in Sunday's attack.

August 14th, 2009 Suicide attack kills 1 Afghan soldier in the southKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber attacked an Afghan army base in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing a soldier and wounding four other people, an official said. The bomber rammed his vehicle into the base's gate in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, said Daud Ahmadi, the provincial governor's spokesman.

July 16th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 3 police in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden station wagon into a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three police, the Interior Ministry said. Four other police officers were wounded in the morning attack in Nimroz province's Khashord district, the ministry said in a statement.

July 7th, 2009 Grenade attack in Afghanistan kills 1, wounds 28KABUL — A hand grenade thrown at a police vehicle in eastern Afghanistan exploded in a crowd Tuesday, killing one civilian and wounding 28 others, officials said, a day after 10 foreign troops died amid escalating violence across the country. The grenade attack in Khost province targeted policemen passing through the provincial capital, but the victims were mostly civilians, said Tahir Khan Sabari, the provincial deputy governor.

June 13th, 2009 Attack on NATO fuel tankers kills 8 AfghansKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber hit a fleet of fuel tankers intended for a NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing eight Afghans and wounding 21, officials said Saturday. The attack in Helmand province late Friday burned six fuel tankers parked outside the town of Gereshk, said Dawood Ahmadi, the spokesman for the governor of Helmand.

June 9th, 2009 Recent attacks in or linked to PakistanA look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants: — Oct. 12, 2009: A suicide car bomb explodes near an army vehicle in a market in the northwest Shangla district, killing 41, including six security officers, and wounding 45.

June 1st, 2009 Police: Bomb explodes at Baghdad market, kills 4BAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says a bomb exploded at a Baghdad fruit and vegetable market, killing four people and wounding 14. The official says the blast occurred shortly before 8 a.m.

May 14th, 2009 Suicide bomb in Afghanistan wounds 4 policeKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber attacked a police station near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan on Thursday, wounding four officers, an official said. The blast in Kandahar province's Spinboldak district killed the car bomber but there were no other deaths, said Police Commander Gen.

May 13th, 2009 KHOST - Seven people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, an official said. A suicide bomber Wednesday morning drove his explosives laden car towards the gate of a US military base outside Khost city, capital of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and injuring 21, said an official from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) media office.

May 10th, 2009 Afghan double suicide attack kills, wounds 20KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack killed and wounded at least 20 people in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. The majority of casualties were police and army units responding to the initial attack.

May 10th, 2009 Afghan double suicide attack kills 7, wounds 20KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack killed seven people and wounded 20 in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official said. The majority of casualties were police and army units responding to the initial attack.

April 22nd, 2009 Suicide attack at Iraq mosque kills at least 5BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber has killed at least five people in a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad. A police official in Duluiyah says the attacker was mingling with worshippers when he detonated an explosives belt.

January 8th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack Friday morning killed at least 10 people, including a police official, in southern Afghan province of Nimroz, an official said. 'It occurred at around 11.45 a.m.