HERAT (Afghanistan) – POLICE in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that US-led air strikes against insurgents had killed 100 people including civilians, in one of the deadliest attacks in nearly eight years. Continue Reading

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KABUL: NATO-led troops shot and killed a 12-year-old girl and wounded
two other civilians in western Afghanistan after they opened fire at a
vehicle close to a convoy, police said on Sunday. Continue Reading

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KABUL – THE Taleban vowed on Wednesday to launch a wave of attacks in a spring offensive as a surge of American troops arrives in Afghanistan, a threat delivered on the same day that 42 militants were reported killed in clashes. Continue Reading

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KABUL: Two earthquakes jolted eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 22 people and destroying scores of homes when they struck two hours apart overnight, local authorities said on Friday.

The quakes hit the district of Khogyani in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border. Continue Reading

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A group of Afghan women who braved an enraged mob yesterday to protest against an “abhorrent” new Afghan law had to be rescued by police from a hail of stones and abuse.

The protest by about 200 women, unprecedented in recent Afghanistan history, was directed at the Shia Family Law passed last month by the Afghan parliament which appears to legalise marital rape and child marriage. Continue Reading

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A Taliban firing squad killed a young couple in southwestern Afghanistan for trying to elope, shooting them with AK-47s in front of a crowd in a lawless, militant-controlled region, officials said Tuesday.

The woman, 19-year-old Gul Pecha, and the man, 21-year-old Abdul Aziz, were accused by the militants of immoral acts, and a council of conservative clerics decided that the two should be killed, officials said.

The two had hoped to travel to Iran, which borders their home province of Nimroz, but their parents sent villagers to bring them home, said Sadiq Chakhansori, the chief of the provincial council. Once back home, the pair was either turned over to the Taliban by their parents or the militants took them by force, the officials said, providing slightly varying accounts.

Riflemen in the remote district of Khash Rod shot them Monday, said Chakhansori.

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