British aid worker kidnapped; NATO forces begin push in Kandahar

British aid worker kidnapped; push in Kandahar

NATO: 3 Afghan journalists freed after outcry over detainments for alleged Taliban propaganda

NATO says 3 detained Afghan journalists released

Afghan president Karzai calls for quick release of detained journalists

Afghan president calls for release of journalists

US official: CIA runs Afghan counterterrorism team to hunt Taliban and al-Qaida targets

US official: CIA runs elite Afghan fighting force

Afghans vote for new parliament despite militant attacks but turnout appears low

Afghans vote despite attacks; turnout appears low

Suicide car bomber in southern Afghanistan kills 4, including a district police chief

Suicide car bomber kills 4 in southern Afghanistan

Suicide car bomber attacks NATO & police convoy in northern Afghanistan, kills 7 police

Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north

Afghan police: 6 guards poisoned, fatally stabbed in bank heist in northern Afghanistan

6 guards fatally stabbed in Afghan bank heist

Afghan police: 6 guards poisoned, beheaded in bank heist in northern Afghanistan

6 guards poisoned, beheaded in Afghan bank heist

Taliban stymie NATO push to strengthen government in crucial southern Afghan district

Taliban stymie NATO push to bolster government

Gunmen kidnap 5 Afghan health workers; district official killed on road as violence soars

Afghan health team abducted; local official killed

Gunmen kidnap 5 Afghan health workers in Afghanistan’s south; police kill Taliban commander

5 Afghan health workers kidnapped in Afghanistan

5 Afghan health workers kidnapped in Kandahar

5 Afghan health workers kidnapped in Kandahar

Suicide attack near security checkpoint kills Afghan policeman in Kandahar

Suicide attack kills Afghan policeman in Kandahar

Soldiers in Afghan river valley try to prod villagers toward gov’t in areas gov’t fears to go

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

4 killed after USAID compound attacked by 6 suicide bombers in northern Afghanistan

USAID compound attacked in Afghanistan; 4 killed

2 Afghans sentenced to 17 years prison for heroin smuggling; 2 Afghans died in roadside bomb

2 Afghan men convicted for heroin trafficking

Afghan security firms linked to Taliban allegedly extorting money from U.S.-paid contractors

Investigators probing US money flow to insurgents

Nine killed in Afghan blast

KANDAHAR - A roadside bomb hit a minibus in southern Afghanistan’s restive Kandahar province Friday, killing nine civilians and wounding eight others, an official said.

Suicide bomber attacks Afghan wedding, kills 40 civilians (Second Lead)

KANDAHAR - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a wedding party in the southern province of Kandahar, killing 40 people and injuring 87 others, officials said Thursday.

Suicide attack on a wedding party kills 40 in Afghanistan; suspicion falls on Taliban

Suicide attack kills 40 at Afghan wedding party

Up to 40 killed in Afghan wedding blast

KANDAHAR - Up to 40 people were killed and more than 70 injured in a “massive bomb” attack on a wedding party in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, officials said Thursday.

39 killed, 73 injured in Afghanistan blast

KANDAHAR - At least 39 people were killed and 73 injured in a powerful blast at a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.

AP Interview: Afghan ex-spy boss opposes talking to Taliban; 4 Americans killed in chopper

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama
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Afghan ex-spy boss calls President Karzai strategy of Taliban reconciliation dangerous

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14 militants killed in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR - The Afghan forces backed by NATO-led troops killed 14 Taliban militants in Kandahar province, the provincial government said in a statement Tuesday.

Suicide bombers strike police training center in southern Afghanistan’s main city

Suicide bombers attack Afghan police compound

British soldiers, policeman killed in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR - A blast killed one police officer and injured 15 other people Saturday in southern Afghanistan, where two NATO-led British soldiers had also been killed in an earlier insurgent attack, officials said.

American service member killed in insurgent attack in Afghanistan; 24th NATO death this month

NATO soldier killed in Afghan insurgent attack

Taliban says it’s ready to face offensive as bombers attack base

KANDAHAR - The Taliban said Wednesday that its forces were ready to face a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province as suicide bombers stormed a private security firm’s base there.

Three Afghan kids killed in donkey-drawn cart bombing

KANDAHAR - Three children were killed and four people were injured when a bomb hidden in a donkey-drawn cart exploded in southern Afghanistan, officials have said.

Kandahar deputy mayor slain in mosque in the latest militant attack on Afghan officials

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan
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Insurgents blamed in mosque slaying of deputy mayor in volatile southern Kandahar city

The White House

Afghan, NATO soldiers, 3 children killed in blasts

KANDAHAR - Three children were killed and four other people injured when a bomb hidden in a donkey-drawn cart exploded in southern Afghanistan Monday, officials said.

Afghan president names new election panel chief ahead of parliamentary elections

Afghan president names new election panel chief

Four killed in Afghanistan bombing

KANDAHAR - A roadside bomb explosion killed four people in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan Sunday, a doctor in the Kandahar main hospital said.

3 Italian medical workers among 9 people held in alleged Afghan hospital murder plot

3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot

Afghan leader seeks support for new offensive, promises consultations first

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Taliban attacks kill 35 in Kandahar (Second Lead)

KANDAHAR - A series of five explosions and gunfire killed at least 35 people, including police forces in southern city of Kandahar, an interior ministry spokesman said Sunday.

Over 30 killed in serial suicide attacks in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR - Four suicide bombers attacked different parts of southern city of Kandahar Saturday, killing more than 30 people, and injured at least 40, officials said.

4 suicide attackers strike in southern Afghanistan city; at least 30 reported killed

4 suicide attacks hit Afghanistan; at least 30 die

UN envoy to Afghanistan says it’s ‘time to talk’ to Taliban, find political resolution to war

UN envoy says it’s ‘time to talk’ to the Taliban

Afghan provincial official in the south shot by armed men on motorbike

Afghan provincial official gunned down in south

Five NATO troops killed in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR - Two NATO and three US soldiers were killed in separate attacks Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the same day thousands of US, British and Afghan forces began their biggest-ever operations in the country.

Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast

KANDAHAR - Three US soldiers were killed when a homemade bomb exploded Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the same day thousands of US, British and Afghan forces began the biggest-ever operation in the country.

Afghan police mistakenly kill seven civilians

KANDAHAR - Seven Afghan civilians were killed when security forces opened after mistaking them as insurgents, police said Saturday.

Afghan police say border patrol fatally shot 7 civilians it mistook for insurgents

Afghan police patrol kills 7 civilians

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan police official says a border patrol mistook a group of villagers gathering wood near the Pakistan border as insurgents and opened fire, killing seven civilians.

Afghan president travels to Saudi Arabia to discuss Taliban reconciliation efforts

Karzai to talk Taliban reconciliation with Saudis

Suicide bombers attack police station in southern Afghanistan; wound 1 officer

Afghan police repel suicide attack in south

Afghanistan: Gunbattle breaks out with suicide-vest-wearing attackers in southern province

Afghanistan: Fighting breaks out in southern city