Suicide bombers kill 5 civilians in eastern Afghanistan, 3 Afghan soldiers in the south

September 30th, 2009 30 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blastKABUL — Officials say the civilian death toll in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan has reached 30. Kandahar provincial police chief Sardar Mohammad Zazai says nine women and seven children are among the 30 killed.

September 30th, 2009 12 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blastKABUL — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan has killed 12 civilians. Police chief Bismullah Khan says a civilian bus hit a bomb in Kandahar province's Maiwand district Tuesday morning, killing the 12 civilians and wounding another 15.

September 17th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against an Italian military convoy shook the Afghan capital Thursday, leaving 10 Afghan civilians and six Italian soldiers dead, officials said. "The attack left 10 civilians dead," General Zahir Azimi, a spokesman for defence ministry told DPA.

August 21st, 2009 KABUL - One NATO-led US and two British soldiers were killed in separate roadside bomb blasts in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday. The two British soldiers were killed Thursday, the same day as Taliban conducted more than 130 attacks during the country's presidential and provincial elections.

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 6th, 2009 4 US soldier killed in AfghanistanKABUL — A roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan killed four American soldiers Monday, while a suicide attack in the south killed two civilians, officials said. The bombing in the northern Kunduz province targeted an American military convoy, said Kunduz Gov.

July 5th, 2009 KABUL - A terrorist who allegedly recruited Afghan children to serve as suicide bombers has been taken into custody, US officials said Sunday. The arrest was made south of the Afghan capital of Kabul.

June 23rd, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 2 civilians in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in central Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing two Afghan civilians, officials said. The driver of the car rammed into the convoy on a highway in Ghazni province about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) west of Ghazni city, said Ismail Jahangir, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

June 22nd, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 6 civilians in AfghanistanKABUL — A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed six civilians Monday when he drove into the center of an eastern Afghan city and set off explosives. It was unclear who the bomber was targeting when he detonated a bomb on his motorbike in front of Khost city's electric power headquarters and then explosives on his body a few minutes later, said Kuchi Naseri, a spokesman for the governor of Khost province.

June 12th, 2009 NATO mortar rounds kill Afghan civiliansKABUL — NATO mortar rounds killed two Afghan civilians during a clash with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, while a bomb blast killed a British soldier in the south, officials said Friday. The fighting in eastern Kunar province Thursday began when insurgents attacked NATO forces.

May 12th, 2009 KABUL - A group of Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and carrying automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade launchers attacked several government buildings in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, causing an unknown number of casualties, officials said. Zemarai Bashary, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, confirmed that Taliban suicide bombers attacked the provincial governor's office and municipal buildings in Khost city, the capital of the province of the same name.

May 12th, 2009 Hostages held in attack on Afghan govt buildingKABUL — Teams of suicide bombers and insurgents attacked two government buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking running gun battles in a major Afghan city, officials said. Armed insurgents took government workers hostage and ambushed an American quick-reaction force, wounding one U.S.

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.

March 2nd, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan child was killed and five civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan, while eight militants were killed in two clashes elsewhere in the country, officials said Sunday. The bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle near a convoy of NATO forces outside of Nangahar provincial capital Sunday, wounding six people including three children, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor said.

February 11th, 2009 KABUL - Two suicide attacks in eastern and western Afghanistan killed two Afghan security personnel and wounded 12 others, officials said Thursday. A suicide bomber with explosives strapped to his body attacked the provincial police headquarters Thursday in southeastern province of Paktika, killing one policeman, the interior ministry said in a statement.