Suicide bombing injures three German soldiers in Afghanistan

September 21st, 2009 Afghanistan leaps to fore of German electionBERLIN — Police with machine pistols patrolled airports and train stations Monday after al-Qaida threatened Germans to vote to leave Afghanistan or face attack. The threats, and a German-ordered airstrike that killed dozens in northern Afghanistan, have forced Germany's Afghan mission to the forefront of a national election campaign despite attempts from all candidates in Sunday's vote to avoid it.

September 17th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against an Italian military vehicle shook the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, leaving at least two people dead, witnesses and officials said. A spokesman of the public health ministry told DPA the bodies of two civilians had been brought to a hospital.

September 17th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against an Italian military convoy shook the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, leaving six soldiers and at least three civilians dead and 38 others wounded, officials said. The defence ministry in Rome and the Italian military in Afghanistan said that six of its soldiers, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed in the attack, which took place in the eastern part of the city on the road leading to Kabul's international airport.

September 5th, 2009 Bomb targets German troops in north AfghanistanKUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Associated Press reporters say a roadside bomb has exploded near a convoy of German troops in northern Afghanistan. Afghan officials confirmed that an explosion occurred Saturday near the northern city of Kunduz, but couldn't immediately provide details.

August 25th, 2009 3 police killed in Chechnya suicide bombingROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — A suicide bombing in Chechnya killed three police officers Tuesday, authorities in the restive Russian region said. Magomed Diniyev, a spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry, said the blast took place about midday in a gas station-carwash complex in the town of Mesker-Yurt, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of the capital Grozny.

August 15th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five security personnel were killed and four others including a civilian,were injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a checkpoint in Swat valley on Saturday. "A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a military checkpost in Waliabad village, killing at least three soldiers," The Nation quoted a senior security official, as saying.

July 6th, 2009 German troops honored for bravery, 1st since WWIIBERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel presented medals for bravery on Monday, marking the first time since World War II that the nation has bestowed such an honor, long tainted by the Nazi military effort. Merkel honored four soldiers who rushed to aid injured soldiers and civilians after a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, saying that the Cross of Honor for Bravery is an "important innovation" in Germany's military tradition and that they were deserving of the award.

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 6th, 2009 2 more US troops killed in southern AfghanistanKABUL — A U.S. military spokesman says 2 more U.S.

July 3rd, 2009 BERLIN - Germany will send its advanced Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to Afghanistan to help the NATO forces in the fight against Taliban, a media report said Friday. The decision to send four AWACS to the Central Asian nation was approved by the German parliament Thursday, the Online news agency reported.

June 29th, 2009 KABUL - Four foreign soldiers were killed Monday in a roadside bombing outside Kabul, said a spokesman for the government of Maidan Wardak province. Shahidullah Shahid said the troopers died when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in the Jalrez district, about 40 km west of Kabul.

June 23rd, 2009 BERLIN - Three German soldiers died in a gunfight in the northern Afghanistan region of Kunduz Tuesday, Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said. The three soldiers were taking evasive action with their armoured vehicle when they were involved in a fatal accident, sources told DPA.

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.

April 29th, 2009 1 German soldier killed, 9 wounded in AfghanistanBERLIN — Two attacks on German forces in Afghanistan killed one soldier and wounded nine Wednesday as Germany's foreign minister began a two-day visit to the country. Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived for the previously unannounced visit to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, his foreign and interior ministers, and international representatives in Kabul.

April 29th, 2009 German soldier killed in AfghanistanBERLIN — A German soldier was killed during an attack on a patrol in Afghanistan on Wednesday as Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier held talks with the nation's leader in Kabul. Four other German soldiers were lightly wounded when a patrol came under fire northwest of Kunduz, the Defense Ministry said.