Major insurgent attacks in Afghanistan
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Some of the deadliest insurgent attacks in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led offensive began on Oct. 7, 2001:
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Insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan left one NATO-led coalition soldier dead and seven wounded Sunday, while police killed 10 suspected Taliban militants who struck a government compound, officials said.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide attack killed and wounded several people in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, in what is seen as part of the start of a spring offensive by Taliban guerrillas.
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The results of the Iraqi election are to be announced on Sunday, amid a fresh wave of insurgent attacks.
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Insurgents in Afghanistan are fighting harder and there are more foreign extremists in the battlefield, the top international commander in the country told AFP.
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PASHMUL, Afghanistan -- Warplanes and artillery pounded Taliban fighters hiding in orchards yesterday during a large Afghan-NATO offensive that the alliance said killed more than 200 militants in its first two days. Four Canadian soldiers also were killed.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban movement suffered a serious psychological and military setback after failing to disrupt Afghanistan's presidential election last month, but the radical Islamic militia still poses a formidable military threat and one faction has begun carrying out daring, Al Qaeda-style urban terrorist attacks, say Afghan and foreign analysts.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan expanded operations against extremist fighters yesterday and the military began shelling targets in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan following an insurgent assault that killed 17 troops.
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Afghan and NATO-forces killed and wounded more than 50 Taliban insurgents in a large operation in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Monday.
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Major attacks have continued in recent days, including several apparent efforts to sow divisions between groups.
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Recent upsurge in attacks has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies.
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FALLUJAH: About 1,000 insurgents have been killed and 200 injured in a week-long offensive in Fallujah as US troops backed by tanks and artillery fire, launched a major attack yesterday against insurgent holdouts.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - While US troops drove deeper into insurgent strongholds in southern Fallujah on Friday, insurgent violence raged across the rest of Iraq.
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The three bombings, in one of the countryÂs worst days of violence against civilians, were a clear escalation in insurgent tactics.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Multiple sites in Fallujah came under major attack by US warplanes on Thursday. Jets intensified the offensive against the insurgent stronghold, hitting suspected militants&#39; sites.
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The attack has highlighted fears that insurgents facing military crackdowns are shifting to remoter regions.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad, their second mission in five days to wrest control from militants whose attacks threaten national elections seen as crucial to stabilizing this turbulent country...