Pentagon Acknowledges Eight Afghan Detainee Deaths
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Eight detainees have died in American military custody in Afghanistan, more than previously reported, the Pentagon said on Monday, while a human rights group assailed a US &quot;culture of impunity&quot; on prisoner abuse.
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A suspected suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan leaves at least eight people dead, officials say.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. military said its forces killed more than 20 Islamic fighters on Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan but denied reports it had killed up to eight villagers in the same operation.
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As of Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at least 278 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
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Coalition forces backed by U.S. aircraft killed eight al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents on Wednesday during a raid that also left two Iraqi women dead, the U.S. military said.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - At least eight people were killed in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday in a suicide car bombing against NATO troops and subsequent gunfire by the soldiers, police and witnesses said.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber attacked the office of a US-owned security company in southern Afghanistan today, killing eight people, including two Americans, a government and company official said.
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A NATO soldier was killed and four wounded during an operation in southern Afghanistan early Saturday, while U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces detained a Taliban commander and two suspected al-Qaida militants in the east, officials said.
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Names of 28 US soldiers have been mentioned in an Army investigation into the deaths of two Afghan detainees in American custody in Bagram, Afghanistan in December 2002.
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The first American civilian to be charged with mistreating a detainee during the wars prompted by the Sept. 11 attacks was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 8 1/2 years in prison for beating a man in Afghanistan who later died.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Human Rights Watch said yesterday that it has discovered two more US detainee deaths in Afghanistan, including an apparent murder more than two years ago, and said slow-paced investigations had ''spawned a culture of impunity&quot; that may have fueled prisoner abuse in Iraq.
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Twenty-eight US soldiers have been named in an Army investigation into the December 2002 deaths of two Afghan detainees in American custody in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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A US military criminal investigation has found 28 American soldiers culpable in the deaths of two Taliban suspects at an interrogation centre in Afghanistan.
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KABUL : Twenty-two suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, including three Arabs, were killed in a fierce gun-battle with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, the US military said.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan freed 81  suspected Taliban fighters from military jails across the  country Sunday and some of the released men said they had been  mistreated and tortured in custody.
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Human Rights Watch said Monday that new cases had come to light of deaths of men in American custody in Afghanistan and it accused the Defense Department of operating
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Military officials said Monday that eight prisoner deaths in Afghanistan have been investigated since mid-2002, a higher number than previously reported.