12 Afghan civilians killed after bus hits roadside bombSeptember 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.
5 Afghan civilians killed when their van strikes roadside bomb in western AfghanistanSeptember 23rd, 2009 Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan civiliansKABUL — Five Afghan civilians died when their van struck a roadside bomb in western Farah province, a police official said Wednesday. The private van was heading toward neighboring Ghor province on Tuesday when it hit the bomb, which also wounded eight others, said Raouf Ahmadi, a police spokesman for the western region.
US, British soldiers killed in attacks in AfghanistanAugust 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.
2 US troops killed, 3 wounded in bomb blast in eastern AfghanistanAugust 18th, 2009 2 US troops killed in eastern AfghanistanKABUL — The U.S. military says two American service members have been killed and three others wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan.
12 Taliban killed in clashes, airstrikes in southern AfghanistanAugust 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.
Explosion kills 6 Taliban militants while planting roadside bomb in AfghanistanAugust 10th, 2009 Bomb blast kills 6 Taliban while planting IEDKABUL —Six Taliban militants are dead after a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely. Abdul Zarif, an Afghan official in Zabul province, says the six militants were planting the bomb around 3 a.m.
British soldier killed by roadside bomb while on foot patrol in southern AfghanistanAugust 9th, 2009 British soldier on patrol killed in AfghanistanKABUL —Britain's Ministry of Defense says one of its soldiers has been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan. The soldier died Saturday during a foot patrol in the southern province of Helmand.
Officials: Roadside bombs kills 5 police, 1 guard in southern AfghanistanAugust 7th, 2009 Officials: Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan copsKABUL — Officials say roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan have killed five policemen and an Afghan guard. Local police official Abdul Jabar says a roadside bomb late Thursday in Kandahar's Arghandab district killed five policemen.
Roadside bomb kills 11 civilians in southern Afghanistan, including 5 childrenJuly 17th, 2009 Roadside bomb kills 11 Afghan civiliansKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb tore through a vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 11 civilians, including five children, a border police official said. A British solider died in another explosion.
Roadside bomb kills at least 4 Afghan police, civilian dies in eastern gunbattleJuly 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.
11 Taliban fighters killed in raid; 1 NATO soldier dies in roadside bomb blast in AfghanistanJune 3rd, 2009 11 Taliban, 1 NATO soldier killed in AfghanistanKABUL — Eleven Taliban militants were killed in a joint operation by coalition and Afghan troops while a roadside bomb took the life of a NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. Coalition and Afghan troops attacked the militants in a compound Tuesday night in southern Zabul province, said police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang.
Seven Afghan civilians killed in roadside blastMay 10th, 2009 KABUL - Seven civilians working with a road construction company were killed Sunday in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, a government spokesman said. The workers were on way to a construction site near the border with Pakistan Sunday morning when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in Haskamina district of eastern Nangarhar province, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor said.
Nine killed in roadside blast in AfghanistanMarch 25th, 2009 KABUL - Nine civilians were killed and seven others wounded Wednesday when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, a senior police official said. The blast occurred in Sabari district of the south-eastern province of Khost when a bus en route to the provincial capital of the same name was struck by a roadside bomb, police chief Abdul Qayoom Baqizoy said.
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blastMarch 16th, 2009 KABUL - Two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, bringing the total number of foreign soldiers killed in the country over the weekend to nine, the British military said Monday. The soldiers were part of British forces stationed in Helmand province with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the British Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Nine killed in combat in AfghanistanMarch 15th, 2009 KABUL - Nine people -- a NATO soldier, two Afghan police personnel, five Taliban militants and a civilian -- were killed in a series of clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. A roadside bomb targeting Kandahar city's mayor killed one bystander and wounded six other civilians Sunday morning, Abdul Khaliq, a senior police official in the province, said.
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