A US air strike killed at least two Afghan policemen and wounded four others in Helmand, officials said Saturday, in apparently the first “friendly fire” incident since American Marines returned to the southern province in April. Afghan border police were on a patrol in the volatile district of Nad Ali when they came under fire … Read more
At least 11 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb ripped through their vehicle in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials said Saturday. The blast occurred when the passengers were travelling from remote Nawa district to the provincial capital Lashkar Gah on Friday, government spokesman Omar Zhwak told AFP. “The blast was powerful … Read more
At least six people were killed Saturday when a Taliban bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into Afghan soldiers who had queued outside a bank in southern Helmand province to collect their salaries, officials said. Nearly two dozen others, including women and children, were wounded in the explosion in the capital Lashkar Gah, many of them … Read more