Kandahar
American Soldier in Custody after Early Morning Attack Kills 16 in Afghanistan
A rogue US Army staff sergeant has been accused of killing 16 villagers in Kandahar, Afghanistan early Sunday morning. The soldier reportedly went from house to house shooting victims which include nine children and three women. The soldier, who acted alone, is in custody at a NATO base in Afghanistan. After weeks of violence due […]
Suicide Bomber Attacks Shiite Shrine in Kabul
Suicide bombers killed at least 58 people and wounded over 100 at a shrine in Kabul on Tuesday, the holy Shiite day of Ashura. Two other attacks were carried out, killing four at a mosque in Mazar-i-Shari, and the other in Kandahar, where no one was killed. The attacks, coming on the most important day […]
Kandahar Mayor Killed in Suicide Attack
Ghulam Haidar Hameedi, the mayor of Kandahar, has been killed in a suicide bombing. The attack comes just two weeks after Amhad Wali Karzai, the half-brother of the Afghan president and one of the most powerful men in the country, was killed in the same city. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The […]