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Ten French NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan during a battle with the Taliban near Kabul.
Presidential sources in Paris revealed that the troops had been involved in a fierce fire fight in the Sorubi district, some 30 miles east of the Afghan capital.
Around 13 Taliban fighters are also thought to have died, with fighting […]

A bomb struck NATO soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday, with initial reports saying an interpreter was killed and troops had suffered casualties, an Afghan official and the force said. The Taliban movement said its men had carried out the bombing which was caused by a roadside land mine. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force confirmed the […]

Militants wearing suicide vests tried to storm Camp Salerno in Khost city, a main U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, late on Monday evening, Arsallah Jamal, the governor of Khost province, said Tuesday. They were pushed away, and coalition troops were using airstrikes to attack the assailants. He said Afghan troops are reporting militants blowing themselves […]

Iran successfully test-launched a rocket capable of carrying a satellite to outer space, White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday night.
Israeli security officials were quoted by Israel Radio as saying that even though a successful test-launch was no cause for panic in Israel, it did mean that Iran was making strides in […]

Suicide bomber kills 15 in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Aug 18 (AFP) A suicide bomber blew himself up near a mosque in Baghdad’s Adhamiyah district on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 30, security officials told AFP.
The bomber detonated his explosives vest at a checkpoint near the Abu Hanifa mosque, the officials said. A security […]

KABUL, Aug 18 (AFP) NATO-led soldiers operating in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province “accidentally” killed four civilians and wounded three others in a rocket attack intended for insurgents, the alliance force said Sunday.
The Ministry of Defence in London later said British NATO troops were involved in the deaths, adding, “a full investigation will be carried out.” […]

KABUL, Aug 17 (AFP): A NATO-led soldier was killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, the alliance’s International Security Assistance Force said. “An ISAF soldier died August 16 after an IED (improvised explosive device) strike in eastern Afghanistan,” it said in a statement that gave no other details. Most of the international soldiers […]

BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (AFP) At least six people were killed in a car bombing in Baghdad Saturday targeting pilgrims heading to the holy city of Karbala for a religious festival, police and hospital officials said. Saturday’s attack, in the northeastern Baghdad district of Ur, also wounded 11 people, the officials said. (First Posted @ 13:30 […]

KABUL, Aug 15 (AFP) - Afghan security forces withdrew early Friday from Nawa district in Ghazni province after more than two weeks of fighting with Taliban, allowing the rebels to move in and capture the area, Interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary confirmed but did not give details. Police on Thursday had also pulled back from […]

Bei zehntägigen Kämpfen in einem Stammesgebiet in Pakistan sind nach Behördenangaben fast 500 Menschen getötet worden. Unter den Opfern seien 460 Aufständische und 22 Soldaten, hieß es am Freitag. In den Stammesgebieten an der Grenze zu Afghanistan gewannen radikal-islamische Gruppen wie die Taliban zuletzt Boden. Über weite Teile der Region hat die Regierung in Islamabad […]