US, Afghan forces accidentally kill child in raid in eastern AfghanistanOctober 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.
British reporter freed, Afghan aide killed in raidSeptember 9th, 2009 KABUL - A New York Times reporter taken captive by the Taliban at the weekend in northern Afghanistan was freed, but his Afghan translator and a civilian were killed in a raid by international forces, a district governor said Wednesday. The troops conducted the raid Tuesday night on the house where the two men were being held in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province, Chardarah Governor Abdul Wahid Omarkhel said.
US forces free reporter kidnapped in AfghanistanSeptember 8th, 2009 KABUL - A New York Times reporter taken captive by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan was freed in a raid by US forces, an official said Wednesday. The troops conducted a raid Tuesday night on the house where the British national was being held in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province, Chardarah Governor Abdul Wahid Omarkhel said.
NATO: 2 US service members killed in separate bombings in southern AfghanistanAugust 31st, 2009 NATO: 2 US service members killed in AfghanistanKABUL — The U.S. military says two U.S.
Afghan police kill 11 Taliban insurgentsJuly 31st, 2009 KABUL - Eleven Taliban militants were killed in clashes with the Afghan Police in western Afghanistan, an official said Friday. The fighting took place in Herat Province in western Afghanistan.
17 killed in Afghanistan fightingJuly 12th, 2009 KABUL - Five police personnel were killed in a roadside bomb blast in central Afghanistan, while Afghan and coalition forces killed 12 militants in the southern region, officials said Sunday. The police personnel were driving in a private vehicle Saturday afternoon in Charkh district of Logar province when they were hit by a roadside bomb, Mustafa Khan Mosseni, the provincial police chief said.
19 suspected militants killed in clashes in southern AfghanistanJuly 11th, 2009 19 militants killed in Afghan clashesKABUL — Afghan police and coalition forces killed 19 suspected militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while four Afghan guards were killed near the capital, officials said Saturday. The militants died in two clashes in Uruzgan's Charchino district Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Taliban clash with U.S.-led forces in central Afghanistan, up to 22 militants killedJuly 10th, 2009 Up to 22 Taliban dead in Clashes with US forces in central Afghanistan
KABUL — Fighting overnight between international troops and Taliban militants in central Afghanistan has left as many as 22 insurgents dead, police said Friday. Provincial police chief Khail Boz Sherzai said the militants were killed in an airstrike in Ghazni province.
Two British soldiers, two militants killed in AfghanistanJuly 10th, 2009 KABUL - Two British troops and at least two militants were killed in fighting in Afghanistan, the British and US militaries said Friday. The British soldiers died Thursday in Helmand province, taking to 178 the total number of British military fatalities in Afghanistan, the ministry of defence said in London.
U.S.-led coalition says 12 suspected militants killed in airstrikes in eastern AfghanistanJune 30th, 2009 12 militants killed in Afghan airstrikeKABUL — The U.S.-led coalition says airstrikes have killed over a dozen militants allegedly involved in the movement of foreign fighters into Afghanistan from Pakistan. The coalition said in a statement Tuesday that the strikes targeted insurgents linked to a militant leader Siraj Haqqani in eastern Khost province.
US coalition: 35 militants killed, 13 wounded in southern AfghanistanMay 29th, 2009 US: 35 militants killed, 13 wounded in AfghanistanKABUL — U.S.-led coalition forces killed 35 militants and wounded 13 others during a clash in southern Afghanistan, where insurgents killed eight truck drivers ferrying supplies for foreign troops, officials said Friday. Violence is escalating in Afghanistan as additional U.S.
20 Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanMay 9th, 2009 KABUL - Twenty Taliban militants were killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said. Aziz Ahmad Wardak, the provincial police chief for southeastern province of Paktia, said that their forces backed by NATO air support killed 20 Taliban militants in Ahmadkhail district of the province early Saturday.
NATO: 3 suspected militants killed in Afghan raidApril 17th, 2009 NATO: 3 suspected militants killed in AfghanistanKABUL — NATO-led forces and Afghan troops killed three suspected militants during a raid Saturday in central Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks have spiked this year, officials said. The joint force was targeting insurgent commanders in a village in Logar province.
10 militants killed in AfghanistanMarch 23rd, 2009 KABUL - Ten Taliban militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in southern Afghanistan Friday, officials said. The incident took place in Ghanzi province in southern Afghanistan.
US air raid kills five in PakistanMarch 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD -A US missile strike in Pakistan's troubled northwestern region near Afghanistan killed at least five militants late Sunday, a security official said. The attack took place in Janikhel village just outside the North Waziristan tribal district, a known hotbed of Al Qaeda and Taliban militants.
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