NATO involved in incident that kills 1 Afghan civilian, wounds 5

October 8th, 2009 US, Afghan forces kill Afghan child in raidKABUL — The U.S. military says American and Afghan forces accidentally killed a child during a raid on a Taliban compound in eastern Afghanistan.

September 7th, 2009 Taliban car bomber hits convoy in Afghan capitalKABUL — A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul's military airport early Tuesday in an apparent attack on an international convoy, killing at least two civilians and wounding six, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast.

September 4th, 2009 KABUL - Up to 90 people were feared dead and wounded after a Nato air strike hit two fuel tankers stolen by insurgents in northern Afghanistan. The blast was thought to have burned alive villagers as they gathered to collect fuel from the tankers when one became stuck in a river.

September 4th, 2009 Afghan official: Airstrike on fuel trucks kills 40KABUL — NATO launched an airstrike on two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people, an Afghan official said Friday. Militants seized the two trucks, which were delivering fuel to NATO forces, around midnight and the alliance launched an airstrike while the Taliban fighters tried to drive the vehicles across a river in Kunduz province, Police Chief Gulam Mohyuddin said.

September 3rd, 2009 Afghan officials: A NATO airstrike kills 40KABUL — Officials in northern Afghanistan say a NATO airstrike on hijacked fuel tankers has killed at least 40 people. Chief of Police Gulam Mohyuddin says the airstrike hit two tankers in Kunduz Province near the Tajikistan border.

July 19th, 2009 Reports: Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 15KABUL — A civilian helicopter crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, military officials said. Russia's air transportation agency reported 15 people died.

July 12th, 2009 Roadside bomb kills at least 4 Afghan policeKABUL — A roadside bomb killed at least four Afghan police officers south of Afghanistan's capital, officials said Sunday. The officers were driving in a private car Saturday in Logar province's Charkh district when an explosion hit the vehicle, said provincial police chief Gen.

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 11th, 2009 Afghan clashes kill 12 insurgents, 1 soldierKABUL — Clashes in northern Afghanistan killed 12 insurgents and one Afghan soldier, the government said Thursday. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that Wednesday's fighting spanned three villages in Baghlan province.

June 2nd, 2009 Bomb kills 6 Afghan family members near US baseKABUL — Six Afghan family members, including two children, were killed in an explosion Tuesday close to a U.S. military base just outside the capital, authorities said.

April 13th, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan district chief said Monday that a NATO airstrike killed six civilians and wounded more than a dozen others, but the alliance said 'multiple intelligence sources' suggested that four to eight insurgents were killed in the air raid. Zelmai Yousifzai, the chief of Watapur district in the eastern province of Kunar, claimed that six civilians, including two children, one woman and three men, were killed when their house was bombed by an aircraft under NATO command.

March 17th, 2009 KABUL - A foreign soldier was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Tuesday, raising the number of NATO troops killed in the past three days to 10. The soldier died of wounds Monday, the ISAF said in a statement.

February 16th, 2009 KABUL - The UN said Tuesday that Afghan civilian deaths rose by 40 percent last year, to 2,118, the highest toll in the country since the fall of Taliban regime in late 2001. Taliban insurgents were responsible for 55 percent, or 1,160, of the overall death toll while Afghan and international forces killed 828 civilians, or 39 percent, the UN said in its annual report.

February 13th, 2009 KABUL - Afghanistan and the US-led Coalition said Saturday they would work in harmony to avoid civilian casualties in the war-ravaged country. 'In an ongoing endeavour to ...