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Afghan suicide attack kills 14, including politician

Agence France-PresseMay 20, 2013 06:46

A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 14 people including a local politician in the latest attack to target provincial officials. Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing police uniform, blew himself up next to Rasoul Mohseni, the head of Baghlan's provincial council.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left note admitting to Boston bombings

Agencia EFEMay 16, 2013 16:51

Washington, May 16 (EFE).- The surviving suspect in the April 13 Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, wrote a note claiming responsibility and citing U.S. action in Iraq and Afghanistan as the reason for the attack, CBS News reported Thursday. Dzhokhar, 19, scrawled the message on the walls of the boat where he holed up after the gunbattle with police that resulted in the death of his brother and fellow suspect, 27-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, sources told John Miller of CBS.

Kabul suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 15

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 04:45

A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 15 people including five Americans in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year, officials said. The powerful explosion, which struck at 8:00 am (0330 GMT) in the Shah Shaheed southeastern residential district, also injured about 40 passers-by including many children going to school, officials said. Nine Afghans including two children died, along with two US soldiers and four NATO-contracted civilians who were travelling through the city's busy rush-hour traffic.

Canada officially declares Taliban and Haqqani network as terrorists

The Canadian PressMay 15, 2013 20:02

OTTAWA - More than a decade after going to war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Canadian government has officially declared them a terrorist group. The minister of public safety added the Taliban to the so-called list of entities earlier this month. The government also added the Haqqani network, an Islamist group believed to be behind attacks on international coalition forces still in Afghanistan. The two additions bring to 46 the number of groups on the terrorist list, which was set up in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Four U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar

Thomson ReutersMay 14, 2013 18:15

By Sarwar Amini KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, the coalition and officials said, a day after three Georgian soldiers were killed in nearby Helmand. The soldiers were in a vehicle on patrol in Kandahar's Zhari district when they were killed, provincial spokesman Jawid Ahmad Faisal said.

Four Turkish hostages freed in Afghanistan

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 12:05

Taliban insurgents on Tuesday announced they had released the final four Turkish engineers held hostage since their helicopter crash-landed in eastern Afghanistan last month. "The remaining four Turkish nationals were released today as a sign of goodwill and as an Islamic and humanitarian gesture of respect to the Muslim Turkish nation," the insurgents said in an emailed statement. "They were delivered to relevant Turkish authorities." Four other Turkish engineers on board the helicopter were freed on Sunday.

Four US soldiers killed in south Afghanistan

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 11:30

A roadside bomb killed four US soldiers in south Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said, the latest fatalities for the NATO-led coalition which is winding down after 12 years of fighting. The soldiers died in the volatile province of Kandahar, where five US troops were killed by a similar improvised explosive device targeting a vehicle on May 4. Kandahar is a hotbed of insurgent activity, with large areas under the control of Taliban militants who were ousted from power in Kabul in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan

Agencia EFEMay 13, 2013 13:33

Kabul, May 13 (EFE).- Ten Afghan civilians were killed and a dozen others wounded Monday when a roadside bomb detonated as their vehicle was passing, the police chief in Kandahar province told Efe. The blast occurred shortly after midday in the Maruf district and the fatalities include four women and three children, Abdul Raziq said, blaming the attack on the Taliban. Efe was unable to reach any Taliban spokesman for comment.

AFP 1900 GMT news advisory

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 22:01

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Bomb kills five U.S. soldiers in southern Afghanistan

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 10:44

KABUL (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the U.S. Armed Forces said on Saturday. The Taliban launched their annual spring offensive on Sunday, saying it would take aim at foreign military bases and diplomatic areas. Three British troops were killed by a roadside bomb earlier this week in the southern province of Helmand. (Reporting by Dylan Welch and Amie Ferris-Rotman)