At least 20 civilians have been killed during an operation by US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, officials and residents say.

ZAHEDAN: The official website of Sunni community in Iran (SunniOnlilne) has been targeted by unknown hackers for another time as they faced failure.

Two US-led soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb placed on a highway in southern Afghanistan, and in eastern Afghanistan five members of a family were killed by another roadside bomb.

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has confirmed unofficial talks between his government and the Taliban aimed at ending the nine-year conflict have been going on for “quite some time”.

MIRAMSHAH: A suspected US drone attack killed seven people in the North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday, DawnNews quoted sources as saying.

At least four Italian soldiers have been killed and another seriously injured in an attack in western Afghanistan, Italy’s Defense Ministry says.

Unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have attacked 30 NATO tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan. Gunmen set fire to more than two dozen tankers on Saturday, Reuters quoted an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying.

ZAHEDAN: The new educational year was opened on 25th of Shawwal (04/10/2010) on Monday by the recitation of first Hdeeth of Sahih Al Bukhari which is the most accurate book after the holy Quran, and new classes were started absolutely in Zahidan.

Powerful multiple explosions have reportedly killed at least ten people and wounded several others in the troubled southern Afghanistan. The blasts took place in Kandahar Province where heavy fighting is taking place between US-led foreign forces and militants.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Monday claimed responsibility for two attacks on NATO supply convoys in Islamabad, Sindh and threatened to carry out more. “We accept responsibility for the attacks on the NATO supply trucks and tankers,” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Azam Tariq told AFP. “I am talking about attacks both in Sindh and in Islamabad,” […]