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.
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,” […]
MIRANSHAH: Three US drone attacks killed 18 people in North Waziristan on Saturday, intelligence officials said. The United States has widened pilotless drone aircraft missile strikes against al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan’s northwest, with 21 attacks in September alone, the highest number in a single month on record.
KABUL: A US-led airstrike has killed at least 15 people in northeastern Afghanistan amid growing discontent over the rising number of civilian deaths in the war-torn country.
An amateur video posted on a social networking site appears to show Pakistani troops unlawfully killing six young men, raising fresh concerns over the conduct of US-backed Pakistani forces in their battle against Taliban-allied groups.