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Insurgents kill NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed Sunday when insurgents opened fire foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force...

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Afghanistan: Attack on Red Cross offices in Nangarhar kill at least 8

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A suicide attack on Wednesday targeted Red Cross offices in Afghanistan, killing at least eight people, local authorities said. The suicide bombers laucnched the attack...

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Three children among 4 killed in western Afghanistan roadside bomb

FARAH CITY, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Three children were among the four killed during Tuesday’s roadside bomb attack in western Afghanistan, local authorities said. A couple and their three children on...

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Truck bombing kills 7 Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan

NAWZAD, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Seven Georgian troops were killed Thursday and nine others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden truck outside a military base in southern...

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Suspected Taliban militants behead 2 children in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Suspected Taliban insurgents beheaded two young children on Sunday after accusing them of being spies for taking food from Afghan security forces, provincial...

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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber attacks Supreme Court killing at least 17

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A suicide bomber attacked government offices in the Afghan capital, killing at least seventeen people, local authorities said Tuesday. Suspected Taliban militants...

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Roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 8 civilians

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed at least eight civilians on Friday, local authorities said. The blast took place in the Cholan area of Khost City, the...

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Coalition airstrike kills 7 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least seven suspected Taliban insurgents were killed Tuesday when coalition forces carried out an airstrike in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. A...

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Roadside bomb kills 4 girls in southwestern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least four girls were killed after a roadside bomb detonated in southwestern Afghanistan, local authorities said Friday. The improvised explosive device (IED) planted...

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Roadside bomb tears off children’s legs in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Two young boys were seriously injured on Friday when a bomb explosion ripped both their legs off as they walked along a road in southern Afghanistan, local officials...

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Suicide bomber on donkey kills 8, including 3 Americans, in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Three American service members were among eight people killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber riding a donkey attacked Afghan and coalition forces in eastern...

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Roadside bomb kills 2 foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Two coalition service members were killed Friday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said....

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Bomb blast kills NATO service member in southern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It...

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U.S. soldier shot dead in eastern Afghanistan

GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — An American soldier was killed over the weekend when insurgents attacked his unit in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed on Sunday. It raises...

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Premature detonations kill 7 Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Seven suspected Taliban insurgents were killed in southern Afghanistan late on Friday when their own explosives detonated prematurely, officials said on Saturday. It...

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Taliban fighters attack U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan, killing 4 Afghans

HERAT, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Suspected Taliban insurgents attacked a U.S. Consulate in western Afghanistan, killing at least four Afghans and injuring a number of others, officials said on Friday,...

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Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Two coalition service members were killed Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said....

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Roadside bomb kills NATO soldier in southern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It...

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Roadside bomb kills 18 wedding guests in eastern Afghanistan

GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least 18 civilians, including two young children, were killed Sunday when a vehicle carrying wedding guests drove over a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan,...

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NATO soldier shot dead in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed Sunday when he was shot by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. It...

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U.S. drone strike in southern Afghanistan kills toddler

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A child was killed Thursday and two women were injured when a U.S. drone targeted a suspected militant riding a motorcycle in southern Afghanistan, coalition officials...

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U.S. military plane crashes in Afghanistan, killing 3 Americans

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A small U.S. military plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan on early Friday morning, killing three Americans on board the aircraft, the NATO-led International Security...

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NATO soldier, 9 militants die in Taliban attack on base in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed Monday when a group of Taliban fighters disguised as soldiers attacked a NATO base in southern Afghanistan, but all were killed...

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Canada’s military ends mission in Afghanistan after 12 years

By Tashauna Thompson KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Canada’s armed forces formally ended their military operations in Afghanistan on Wednesday with a symbolic flag lowering ceremony at the Kabul...

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Police officer kills German AP photographer in Afghanistan

By Tashauna Thompson KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A rogue Afghan police officer opened fire Friday on two women working for the Associated Press news agency, killing one of them and wounding the...

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