US forces kill 5 in Afghan attack
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US troops and helicopter gunships tracked and killed five suspected Taliban rebels early Monday, hours after militants wounded four Afghan army soldiers in an attack in
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KABUL - US-led coalition and Afghan security forces aided by airstrikes killed about 25 suspected militants during raids on a Taliban command center in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said yesterday. The joint force targeted two compounds southwest of Kandahar city Saturday after weeks of observing the area, it said. The clashes killed 25 suspected militants, it said.
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Three American soldiers have been killed in eastern Afghanistan this week, the US military says. A statement by the US military said two soldiers had died in fighting near the Pakistan border in Paktika on Monday.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan  - U.S.-led forces killed seven Afghan policemen, an official said on Tuesday, and three people were shot dead at a NATO checkpoint, raising concern about mistaken fire incidents in Afghanistan.
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Five Americans and two other soldiers died when a Chinook helicopter was apparently shot down Wednesday evening in Afghanistan's most volatile province, a U.S. military official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
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A man and two women were shot dead by Afghan and US-led troops after their vehicle ran through a checkpoint on Saturday, a US military statement said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected Al Qaeda compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said yesterday.
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Five US soldiers are killed in a roadside bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military says.
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U.S.-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected al-Qaida compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said Sunday. The U.S. military said "several Arab fighters" were among the suspects killed or detained in the operation in Nangarhar province, although a local official said only Afghans survived.
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US-led soldiers killed nine Afghan policemen, including a district police chief, and a woman in an overnight raid aimed at Taliban fighters, Afghan officials said Thursday.
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U.S. troops and helicopter gunships killed five suspected Taliban rebels Friday, hours after militants attacked Afghan army troops in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said.
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Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops killed 10 Islamist Taliban guerrillas in firefights in the south on Friday, the U.S. military said, while two policemen died in a roadside bomb blast in the east.
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The US military confirmed on Wednesday that three US military personnel and three civilians were killed when their plane crashed at the weekend in central Afghanistan.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A Taliban roadside bomb killed five Afghan civilians and wounded two others in the south of Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Sunday.
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A suicide attacker detonated explosives close to a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five children and wounding five adults including two soldiers, an official said.
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A bomb killed two US soldiers and wounded three others in southern Afghanistan, the US military said yesterday, and an attack in an eastern province killed at least three children and a policeman on the first day of the Islamic
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An Afghan soldier opened fire inside a military base Monday, killing an American and four Afghans, while a U.S.-led coalition raid in the east killed a Taliban leader and two children, officials said.