US voices regret for accidental deaths of 7 Afghan boys
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The US military expressed regret yesterday over the deaths of seven Afghan children in an air strike a day earlier but blamed Islamic insurgents for preventing the youngsters from leaving the compound that was hit.
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The US army says more people than previously acknowledged have died in its custody in Afghanistan.
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As of Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, at least 375 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Sept. 21, 2007.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the killing of up to 10 civilians after US forces opened fire following an ambush, a statement from the president's office said Monday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday condemned the deaths of 10 civilians shot by U.S. troops after an attack on their convoy over the weekend.
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As of Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at least 297 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. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007.
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As of Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, at least 297 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. The Defense Department last updated its figures Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The family of a 7-year-old Afghan girl raped by two men has come forward to demand justice, defying social customs that view such attacks as a stain on the victim's honor. Two months after the rape, the girl is still in pain, rarely speaks, and looks no one in the eye.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE THUNDER, Afghanistan -- The story of a 6-year-old Afghan boy who says he thwarted an effort by Taliban militants to trick him into being a suicide bomber provoked tears and anger at a meeting of tribal leaders.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 18 -- U.S.-led coalition forces killed seven children and several insurgents during a Sunday airstrike against a suspected al-Qaeda compound, the coalition said in a statement today.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A US military helicopter crashed before dawn yesterday in southern Afghanistan, killing eight American service members and injuring the remaining 14 who were aboard, military officials said.
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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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The US Marine Corps expressed regret about what is being called a traffic accident that killed a Romanian rock star, but gave no details on the incident involving a marine embassy guard possibly driving under ...
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Seven children were killed in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition on a compound in eastern Afghanistan where al Qaeda fighters were believed gathered Sunday, according to a U.S. military statement.
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TEN people, most of them youths, were killed and an unknown number were injured when a bomb went off overnight in a religious school in Afghanistan, the US military said today.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan  - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan mistakenly killed seven policemen in an air strike after Afghan forces came under attack from the Taliban and asked for help, a provincial official said on Tuesday.