A suicide car bomber attacked a government building protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post and wounding three NATO soldiers inside, officials said.
NEW YORK, Mar 3 (OneWorld) - A leading international aid organization has released a new study concluding that efforts to bring peace and security to Afghanistan are more likely to succeed if they build on the work of traditional councils
A suicide car bomber attacked a government building protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post and wounding three NATO soldiers inside, officials said.
RTTNews) - Three NATO soldiers and two Afghan policemen were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, according to media reports quoting military officials and local authorities.
A suicide car bomber attacked a government building protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan, collapsing a guard post and wounding three NATO soldiers inside, officials said.
A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post with American soldiers inside, an Afghan official said. Three NATO soldiers were wounded, a U.S. military official said.
A suicide car bomber attacked a government center protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post with soldiers inside, officials said. Three NATO soldiers were wounded in the attack, a U.S. military official
It follows two attacks on telecommunication towers in neighboring Kandahar Province on February 29 and March 1 after a Taliban demand that all telephone signals be turned off during the evening and overnight.
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