Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:people/josef_blotztag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/05/25/Afghan_forces_battle_Taliban_district_75ec

Hundreds of Taliban and Afghan government forces were locked in deadly fighting for control of a northeastern district that is home to 35,000 people, an official said Wednesday.

2011-05-25T10:57:34ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/03/02/commander_apologises_over_Afghan_civilian_e70e

The commander of international troops in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, said Wednesday he was "deeply sorry" for the deaths of nine civilians in a coalition air strike.

2011-03-02T15:54:38ZAFP Asian Editionby Yasar Hameedtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/02/22/Afghan_militants_ramp_suicide_strikes_8d36

A recent wave of deadly Afghan suicide attacks with mass civilian casualties shows that insurgents waging a war now in its tenth year are resorting to bombing "soft" targets, officials and experts say.

2011-02-22T04:28:08ZAFP South Asian Editionby Sardar Ahmadtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/19/Bomb_blast_kills_Afghan_civilians_a09f

KABUL (Reuters) - Twenty Afghan civilians, including 13 children, were killed by a roadside bomb in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, a senior official said, in the country's deadliest insurgent attack in nearly six months.

2011-01-19T14:03:28ZReuters US Online Report World NewsJonathon Burchtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/11/Troops_caused_100_million_damage_6e0e

A major coalition military operation in a volatile southern Afghan province has caused about 100 million dollars worth of damage to property, a government delegation said Tuesday.

2011-01-11T18:15:14ZAFP Asian Editionby Sardar Ahmadtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/04/Afghanistan_warns_Iran_fuel_could_ad4f

Afghan officials warn of fuel crisis as Iran stops thousands of tankers from crossing border. Iran's decision to stop up to 2,500 fuel trucks at its border with Afghanistan is tantamount to an "embargo," an Afghan commerce official said Tuesday, as others warned the move could leave millions of Afghans shivering as winter rolls in.

2011-01-04T13:35:55ZAP NewsTAREK EL-TABLAWY and AMIR SHAHtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/03/Afghan_violence_2010_kills_thousands_f8f7

KABUL (Reuters) - The number of Afghan police killed during 2010 fell about seven percent to 1,292, the government said on Monday, despite violence spreading across the country as the war entered its tenth year.

2011-01-03T13:03:45ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2011/01/03/Afghan_violence_had_worse_better_3e7b

Violence levels in Afghanistan had to get worse before they got better, a spokesman for the US-led NATO force in the war-torn country said Monday, after its bloodiest year yet in the war.

2011-01-03T11:52:35ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/12/27/NATO_disputes_Afghan_authorities_over_806d

KABUL (Reuters) - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan disputed Monday an Afghan government accusation that foreign troops had violated a security deal by conducting a night raid in Kabul in which two guards were killed.

2010-12-27T13:23:43ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsHamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/12/14/names_soldiers_killed_Afghan_attack_a800

Military names 6 soldiers killed in Afghanistan minibus attack; blast leveled building. A suicide bomb attack that killed six American soldiers in Afghanistan used enough explosives to bring down the building the soldiers were in, their commander said Tuesday.

2010-12-14T19:40:35ZAP NewsStafftag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/12/13/Afghan_lawmakers_demand_Karzai_inaugurate_5818

Afghan lawmakers demanded Monday that President Hamid Karzai inaugurate a new parliament on December 19 and draw a line under disputed results of a fraud-hit September election.

2010-12-13T14:56:06ZAFP Asian Editionby Waheedullah Massoudtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/12/06/NATO_declares_winter_let-up_against_d421

NATO forces will fight through the bitter Afghan winter to step up the pressure on the Taliban, concentrating on their strongholds in the south and east, a spokesman for the alliance said Monday.

2010-12-06T15:03:14ZAFP South Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/12/06/Friendly_fire_may_have_killed_7894

NATO and Britain have said they are investigating whether friendly fire caused the weekend death of a British soldier in southern Afghanistan.

2010-12-06T14:06:45ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/11/21/More_than_militants_killed_NATO_fa24

Three civilians and a senior police officer died in Afghanistan on Sunday, as foreign forces and officials said more than 20 militants were killed in air strikes and fighting, mainly in the restive south.

2010-11-21T16:56:24ZAFP Asian Editionby Phil Hazlewoodtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/11/15/NATO_more_service_members_Afghan_5697

Taliban says it will keep fighting to force NATO out of Afghanistan before 2014. The Taliban on Sunday vowed to force the U.S.-led coalition to abandon Afghanistan before a 2014 date set by the alliance for handing over security responsibility to its allied Afghan forces.

2010-11-21T15:21:42ZAP NewsPATRICK QUINNtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/11/21/Afghan_withdrawal_timeline_irrational_Taliban_b637

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban described NATO's plan to withdraw combat troops by the end of 2014 as "irrational," reiterating on Sunday its demand for all foreign troops to leave immediately or risk more bloodshed.

2010-11-21T14:16:11ZReuters US Online Report World NewsJonathon Burchtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/10/24/Afghan_president_says_firm_private_6d20

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday he was committed to disbanding private security companies, but signaled he may consider exceptions for some development projects after Washington asked for more discussions.

2010-10-24T14:49:15ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERStag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/10/19/Afghan_detainee_possibly_killed_coalition_4444

The announcement came one day after NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said that a man had been "found dead in his holding cell" in the southern province of Kandahar.

2010-10-19T16:49:11ZAFP Global Editionby Lynne O'Donnelltag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/10/03/NATO_supply_route_again_Pakistan_9e32

Pakistan reopens key Afghan border crossing used by NATO to ship supplies into Afghanistan. Trucks bearing NATO supplies began flowing again Sunday across a critical border crossing into Afghanistan, opened a day earlier than expected by Pakistan and ending a blockade that had raised tensions between Washington and a key ally.

2010-10-10T16:55:07ZAP NewsDAVID RISINGtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/10/10/Suicide_vest_blamed_workers_death_8904

A British aid worker in Afghanistan who died during a botched US rescue raid was likely killed by an exploding suicide vest held by one of her captors, a government source in London said on Sunday.

2010-10-10T11:03:41ZAFP European EditionAFP