Suicide attack on NATO fuel tankers kills 8 Afghans, wounds 21 in the south

September 8th, 2009 Taliban car bomber kills 3 in Afghan capitalKABUL — A car bomb exploded near the entrance to the military airport in Kabul early Tuesday in an apparent attack on a NATO convoy, killing at least three civilians, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, the third major attack by insurgents in the capital in four weeks.

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 5th, 2009 NATO probes airstrike on tankers in AfghanistanKUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is "very seriously" concerned over reports civilians may have died in an airstrike against hijacked fuel tankers, an aide said Saturday, as the alliance investigated the attack that killed up to 70 people.

September 5th, 2009 US general inspects Afghan tanker airstrike siteKUNDUZ, Afghanistan — The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan visited the site of an airstrike on fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban, as the alliance began an investigation Saturday into whether civilians were among scores who died.

September 5th, 2009 NATO probes airstrike on tankers in AfghanistanKUNDUZ, Afghanistan — NATO investigated Saturday whether villagers siphoning fuel were among scores killed in a U.S. airstrike on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban, while a bomb blast wounded four German troops in the same northern Afghan province.

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.

August 31st, 2009 Pakistan army kills 30 Taliban; border reopensISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers killed at least 30 Taliban militants in overnight gunbattles across the northwestern Swat Valley after a suicide bombing on a police station killed 17 cadets, the military said Monday. Hundreds of miles (kilometers) away, a southwestern border crossing with Afghanistan reopened after an administrative dispute culminated in an attack on a line of waiting NATO fuel tankers.

August 30th, 2009 Pakistan: Border blast sets NATO fuel trucks afireCHAMAN, Pakistan — An explosion ripped through a line of trucks ferrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan, setting several oil tankers ablaze Sunday at a backed-up Pakistani border crossing, police said. The blast appeared to be the second terrorist attack Sunday in Pakistan and the second in a week to target a border crossing.

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 18th, 2009 Bomb attack kills 7 in Kabul; UN workers woundedKABUL — A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy Tuesday on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least seven civilians and wounding 50 people, including several international troops, officials said. A U.N. spokesman said three U.N.

July 17th, 2009 Official: blasts hit 2 NATO tankers in NW PakistanISLAMABAD — A government official says militants launched two attacks on oil tankers in northwest Pakistan carrying fuel supplies to NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan. One bystander has been killed.

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.

May 10th, 2009 Afghanistan suicide bombs kill, wound at least 20KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A double suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan has killed and wounded at least 20 police, soldiers and civilians. Helmand deputy provincial police chief Kamaluddin Khan says the attack began when a first suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a taxi stand in the town of Gereshk.