NATO forces attacked, militants killed in Afghanistan

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.

August 11th, 2009 12 Taliban killed in Afghan clashKABUL — Insurgents killed a NATO soldier during a firefight in eastern Afghanistan, bringing the death toll among foreign troops this month to at least 24, officials said Tuesday. Clashes and airstrikes in the south killed a dozen Taliban fighters, officials said.

July 16th, 2009 KABUL — Taliban militants attacked a military supply convoy in southern Afghanistan, sparking a gunbattle that killed 21 insurgents and three border police, a provincial official said Thursday. The convoy was targeted Wednesday soon after it crossed the border from Pakistan, said Hamidullah Zhwak, a spokesman for the governor of Paktika province.

July 12th, 2009 KABUL - Five police personnel were killed in a roadside bomb blast in central Afghanistan, while Afghan and coalition forces killed 12 militants in the southern region, officials said Sunday. The police personnel were driving in a private vehicle Saturday afternoon in Charkh district of Logar province when they were hit by a roadside bomb, Mustafa Khan Mosseni, the provincial police chief said.

May 31st, 2009 18 Taliban killed in western Afghanistan fightingKABUL — Afghan and NATO troops killed 18 Taliban militants Sunday after insurgents attacked a joint patrol, while four police were killed in a separate militant ambush, Afghan officials said. Militants attacked the troops in the western province of Farah, the site of a major battle with numerous civilian casualties in early May.

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.

May 9th, 2009 KABUL - Twenty Taliban militants were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said. Aziz Ahmad Wardak, the provincial police chief for southeastern province of Paktia, said that their forces backed by NATO air support killed 20 Taliban militants in Ahmadkhail district of the province early Saturday.

May 7th, 2009 KABUL - Afghan army forces killed five Taliban militants in a clash in eastern Afghanistan while three other insurgents were killed by their own bomb, officials said Thursday. Taliban militants attacked an army outpost in Yahyakhel district of the south-eastern Paktia province Wednesday, but the soldiers at the post repulsed the attack, the Afghan Defence Ministry said in a statement.

May 7th, 2009 KABUL - Afghan army forces killed five Taliban militants in a clash in eastern Afghanistan while three other insurgents were killed by their own bomb, officials said Thursday. Taliban militants attacked an army outpost in Yahyakhel district of the south-eastern Paktia province Wednesday, but the soldiers at the post repulsed the attack, the Afghan Defence Ministry said in a statement.

May 5th, 2009 KABUL - Around 30 people, including 'a big number' of civilians and several Taliban militants, were killed in a clash with international forces in western Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Tuesday. The violence erupted Monday afternoon when Taliban militants attacked police posts in Shiwan and Gunj Abad, two villages in Bala Bulok district of the western province of Farah, provincial Governor Ruh-ul-Amin said.

May 4th, 2009 KABUL - A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed 12 civilians Monday, while Taliban militants attacked a supply convoy in the same region, killing six private security guards and two civilians, officials said. The roadside bomb blew up a tractor-trolley carrying civilians in Shamalzai district of southern Zabul province Monday morning, killing 12 civilians, Wazir Jawadi, the district's administrative chief said.

May 1st, 2009 US: Afghan clash kills 5 international troopsKABUL — Officials say five international troops, including three Americans, have been killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan. NATO forces say insurgents attacked Afghan and international forces Friday with rocket-propelled grenades and guns.

April 2nd, 2009 KABUL - Twenty suspected Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike carried out by the US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, officials said in a statement Thursday. The airstrike was prompted after Taliban militants attacked Afghan and international troops in southern Afghanistan.

December 29th, 2008 KABUL - Afghan police backed by Nato troops killed nine Taliban militants in a fight in southern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday. The militants were killed in Nawa district of the Hemland province after they attacked an Afghan police checkpoint in the area Monday, Assadullah Shirzad, provincial police chief, said.

December 29th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's security forces opened a new front against militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan early Tuesday, the News Network International (NNI) news agency reported. The security forces launched an offensive in Jamrud, a main town in the Khyber tribal region, said the report.