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...
View ArticleAfghanistan: 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...
View ArticleThree 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...
View ArticleTruck 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...
View ArticleSuspected 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...
View ArticleAfghanistan: 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...
View ArticleRoadside 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...
View ArticleCoalition 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...
View ArticleRoadside 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...
View ArticleRoadside 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...
View ArticleSuicide 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...
View ArticleRoadside 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....
View ArticleBomb 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticlePremature 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...
View ArticleTaliban 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,...
View ArticleRoadside 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....
View ArticleRoadside 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...
View ArticleRoadside 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,...
View ArticleNATO 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleNATO 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...
View ArticleCanada’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...
View ArticlePolice 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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