Topic: Khost Province

Taliban attack NATO bases in Afghanistan

About two dozen Taliban militants -- at least some dressed in US military uniforms -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a city in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.The attackers targeted US-run Forward Operating Bases (FOB

Taliban 'attack NATO base' in eastern Afghanistan

A NATO base in volatile eastern Afghanistan came under attack early Saturday from possible Taliban militants, police in the region said.NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was unable to confirm reports that a US-run base in Khost provinc

Mosque bomb injures 20 in Afghanistan: general

At least 20 people, including a candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections, were injured Friday when a bomb exploded at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, a general said.The blast seriously injured the candidate, Sayedullah Sayed, who was campaigning at

CIA honors seven killed in Khost attack

Seven CIA operatives killed last December in a suicide attack on their base in Khost, Afghanistan have been honored with stars carved on the spy agency's Memorial Wall, the Central Intelligence Agency said Tuesday.CIA Director Leon Panetta paid tribute in

Suicide attack targets US base in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber on Monday killed an Afghan civilian and wounded two guards at a US base in Afghanistan where seven CIA agents were killed last year by an Al-Qaeda double agent.The Afghan Taliban claimed the attack, which came on the ...

Bomber targets US base in Afghanistan: police

A suicide bomber on Monday killed an Afghan civilian and wounded two guards at a US base in Afghanistan where seven CIA agents were killed last year by an Al-Qaeda double agent.The Afghan Taliban claimed the attack, which came on the ...

Two bomb blasts hit Afghanistan

One Afghan died and two were wounded in a suicide bomb attack early Monday outside the NATO base in Afghanistan where seven CIA agents were killed last year, police said.The car bomber targeted NATO's Forward Operating Base Chapman in the ...
A car bomb exploded early Monday outside the NATO base in eastern Afghanistan where seven CIA agents were killed last year, a local official said.One Afghan was wounded in the suicide attack, which targeted the base in the eastern province of ...

Taliban-style bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan: official

A Taliban-style bomb killed 12 civilians Wednesday when their van struck the device in eastern Afghanistan, an official said.The victims were heading home from a shopping trip when they hit the bomb -- known as an IED or improvised explosive device."There

Roadside bomb kills 12 civilians in Afghanistan

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A roadside bomb struck a passenger van in southeast Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 12 civilians, a local official said.Dawlat Khan Yaqubi, head of the Tani district of Khost province near the Pakistan border, said women a