`Pak reluctant in taking action against safe havens`

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 15:24

Pakistan is reluctant to take a strong action against the terrorist safe havens inside the country which is a major source of frustration.

Angry Afghans chop off ears of bomb suspect

Last Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 21:07

Police intervened to save the man`s life, but the furious residents had already cut off his ears.

Afghan official gunned down on way to mosque

Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 19:03

Attackers gunned down a local government official on his way to a mosque in southern Afghanistan.

Afghan official gunned down on way to mosque

Last Updated: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 16:09

The Taliban have pressing a sweeping assassination campaign that has killed hundreds of local political figures in recent years.

Terrorist attack foiled in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Monday, January 2, 2012, 09:46

A terror attack has been thwarted in Afghanistan`s Helmand province, said the provincial government Sunday after a car bomb was defused.

Roadside bomb kills 19 in southern Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 18:03

The blast comes a day after twin bombings on Shiite Muslims celebrating the holiday of Ashoura left 60 dead.

Gunmen kill Afghan government prosecutor

Last Updated: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 12:45

The attackers shot Mohammad Azam, the chief prosecutor for Helmand province`s Gereshk district.

18 Afghan civilians die in Helmand blast

Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2011, 12:54

The latest deaths came a day after coordinated bomb and suicide attacks in the neighbouring province of Uruzgan killed 21 people.

NATO admits 5 Afghan kids wounded in air strike

Last Updated: Monday, July 25, 2011, 16:13

Helmand is the deadliest province for coalition forces fighting the nearly decade-long insurgency.

Afghan governor escapes Helmand ambush

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 23:30

Mohammad Gulab Mangal was returning to Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province, after an official visit to Sangin, a pocket of some of the worst fighting in Afghanistan, when his motorcade came under fire from insurgents.

Taliban stop cell phone signals in key Afghan province

Last Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 15:40

Mobile phones are the primary means of communication in rural Afghan areas.

NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan

Last Updated: Monday, May 10, 2010, 16:31

A NATO soldier has been killed in an attack by insurgents in Afghanistan, the military said Monday, as Afghan authorities reported the deaths of 10 Afghans in separate violence.