US Warplanes Strike Herat in Western Afghanistan, AFP Reports
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- US-led coalition warplanes bombed the forces of an Afghan warlord near the western city of Herat, Agence France-Presse reported from Afghanistan&#39;s capital Kabul, citing Herat&#39;s police chief Ziahuddin Muhmoodi.
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The US military in Iraq says American warplanes carried out air strikes in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah overnight, destroying safe houses and weapons storage facilities used by militants linked to wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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Warplanes struck a Taliban compound in southern Afghanistan with &quot;precision munitions,&quot; killing an area commander and about 10 of his men, the NATO force said.
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KUNAR, Afghanistan  - A U.S. bombing raid killed  at least six civilians and wounded nine in the eastern Afghan  province of Kunar early on Tuesday after assailants attacked  government positions, an Afghan official said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants ambushed US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle and airstrikes that killed an estimated two dozen militants, the coalition said yesterday. Villagers said seven civilians were among the dead.
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At least one demonstrator was killed and two others injured in violent clashes between demonstrators and local police and American soldiers in the western Afghan city of Herat
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US-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan yesterday in ground clashes and air strikes that left more than 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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At least 13 Afghan civilians have been killed in a Nato air strike near  Kabul, a provincial official says.
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KABUL, July 7 -- Afghan elders said Saturday that 108 civilians were killed this week in a bombing campaign in western Afghanistan, and villagers in the northeast said 25 Afghans died in airstrikes.
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More than 100 insurgents were killed Tuesday in a battle in southern Afghanistan in which fighter aircraft destroyed several rebel positions, the US-led coalition said.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - An air strike targeting a Taliban commander has killed seven civilians from one family in southwestern Afghanistan, provincial officials said on Monday.
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The US issued a travel alert for its citizens in Afghanistan after weekend bombings that killed at least 19 people in the capital, Kabul, and in Paktia province.
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The regional U.S. air commander stands by initial reports that American airstrikes killed scores of Taliban in two western Afghan villages in recent weeks &#151; not 72 or more civilians, as Afghan officials and other witnesses say.
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US officials broker a truce between rival factions in the south-western Afghan city of Herat after heavy fighting.
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KABUL The Afghan government appealed for US help to end fierce fighting that was continuing in western Afghanistan for a fourth day. The fighting moved closer to the city of Herat on Tuesday, causing significant casualties and anxiety among residents, ...
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KABUL  - Three US military personnel and three American civilian crew members were killed when their plane crashed at the weekend in central Afghanistan, the US military said.
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Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces were attacked by insurgents during a combat patrol in southern Afghanistan and called in airstrikes, killing more than 65 suspected militants, the coalition said.