NATO admits more civilian deaths in anti-Taliban fight
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The NATO-led force in Afghanistan admitted Sunday to killing more civilians, this time in Pakistan, a day after harsh criticism from President Hamid Karzai about military operations.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, upset over the deaths of civilians caught in the middle of fighting between coalition troops and militant fighters, had harsh words for NATO forces Saturday.
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NATO forces cornering Taliban guerrillas   killed up to 60 fighters in artillery and air strikes and   ground battles on Tuesday in a major offensive to crush a   revitalised Taliban in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said.
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KABUL, June 22 -- An airstrike by NATO-led forces killed dozens of civilians as well as Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan late Thursday, according to Afghan officials.
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Up to 380 Afghan civilians have been killed in fighting between Taliban insurgents and Afghan and international forces this year, the United Nations said Monday.
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A suicide blast in the Afghan capital has wounded three NATO soldiers and three civilians, while officials said 14 people had died in other attacks blamed on the extremist Taliban movement.
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A second NATO soldier was killed Thursday as Taliban strongholds came under attack in the alliance's biggest joint operation with Afghan forces.
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More than 165 Taliban fighters have been killed in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, following fierce fighting between militants and coalition forces, Nato said.
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NATO and Afghan troops have killed scores   more Taliban guerrillas as part of the alliance's biggest   offensive against the resurgent militants in Afghanistan, the   alliance said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO nations failed to agree on calls by military commanders for 2,500 extra troops to help crush the growing Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, where at least 50 people were killed yesterday in widespread violence.
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Two Taliban ambushes of civilian convoys left 30 people dead, while coalition and Afghan forces killed at least 11 militants in an ongoing U.S.-led offensive across southern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 30 -- Just a week after Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised international forces for being "careless," Afghan officials reported Saturday that possibly 100 or more civilians had been killed in a NATO and U.S.-led assault.
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NATO battled Taliban holdouts in the   deserts of southern Afghanistan on Saturday amid a security   crackdown in the capital after at least 16 people were killed   by a suicide bomber.
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NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan shot to death an Afghan civilian mistaken for a suicide bomber because of twine and straps protruding from his jacket, the alliance said Sunday.
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NATO and Afghan forces killed 22 Taliban fighters in separate clashes in a southern Afghan province where hundreds of militants have gathered, a police official said Tuesday.
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Two civilians, one a child, were found dead and five others wounded after a clash between insurgents and NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday.
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Afghan and US-led troops killed more than 60 Taliban rebels in two days of fierce fighting, while two NATO soldiers died in separate clashes, officials said Monday.