Baghlan, Afghanistan News

Uzbekistan News.Net Tuesday 9th February, 2010 Twenty-eight people were killed in avalanches in northern Afghanistan as rescuers pulled out 1,500 passengers stranded at a snow-blocked mountain pass, officials said Tuesday.

Anti-government militants attacked a convoy of NATO-led troops in Baghlan province north of Afghanistan Sunday, provincial police chief Mohammad Kabir Andarabi said.

An extraordinary and intimate documentary depicting the lives of fighters within the Taliban's insurgency in Afghanistan reveals the challenges faced by the West if it is to "buy off" the rebels and persuade them to reintegrate into civilian life.

It's nice to know that even the mujahideen have their Dad's Army moments. A remarkable reporter, Najibullah Quraishi, who can probably add another award to his collection, went Behind Enemy Lines .

An Afghan tribe in eastern Nangarhar province has signed a pact to keep the Taliban out of its lands, pledging to burn down the houses of those who shelter insurgents.

American Forces Press Service Jan. 28, 2010 - International Security Assistance Force officials in Afghanistan expressed regret today for the death of a religious leader who was killed when an ISAF convoy fired on what appeared to be a threatening vehicle.

Police say 11 suspected Taliban militants, including two senior commanders, have been killed in an air and ground assault by NATO-Afghan forces in northern Afghanistan.

Two U.S. soldiers, four Afghan civilians, a police officer and 22 Taliban fighters were killed in a series of blasts and clashes in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.

A roadside bomb struck a family traveling home after visiting a shrine Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing five people, including four children.

Two U.S. service members died and four Afghan soldiers were killed in separate explosions Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, an area of the nation rife with violence, officials said.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Partnered forces killed several insurgents while responding to an attack against Afghan national army soldiers and Afghan national police in the Baghlan Jadid District of Baghlan province yesterday.

Several militants were killed as coalition forces responded to an insurgent attack against Afghan soldiers and police in Afghanistana s Baghlan Jadid district yesterday, military officials reported.

Recent reports indicate that a new stage may have been reached in the war in Afghanistan.

This video from the USA is called Rethink Afghanistan War : Civilian Casualties.

Afghans demonstrate Wednesday against a U.S. operation that the Afghan government says killed civilians.

Kabul, Dec 29 An Afghan soldier shot fire Tuesday on Italian and US soldiers attached to the International Security Assistance Force in Badghis province, reported military sources.

Policemen killed an Afghan senator and his driver in the country's north early Wednesday after their car failed to stop at a checkpoint, the Interior Ministry said, and a high-level delegation has been sent to look into the case.

Editor's note: This list is no longer being updated. As of Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, at least 4,171 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation into the incident, which took place overnight in Baghlan province, in Afghanistan's north.

KABUL: An Afghan senator was shot dead by police when his car failed to stop at a checkpoint, the interior ministry says.