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Taliban mount series of attacks in Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Afghan police investigate the wreckage of a car used in a suicide attack in Kabul November 12, 2010. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Taliban fighters attacked a foreign military base at the main airport in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, one of four incidents in 24 hours that marked a sudden upswing…

New wave of bomb attacks targets Athens embassies (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Investigators arrive at the Swiss Embassy in Athens after a bomb alert November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos KarahalisReuters - A bomb exploded at the Swiss embassy in Athens on Tuesday and police found suspect packages at two other embassies, in the latest wave of parcel bomb attacks…

Attacks hit Kandahar, killing 2 Afghan civilians (AP)

October 16th, 2010

An Afghan soldier performs the call for prayers at Howz-e-Madad Forward Operating Base, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - A series of blasts killed at least two civilians and wounded several others Saturday in Afghanistan’s main southern city, the scene of several recent deadly attacks on police.


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Officials: US missile attacks kill 9 in Pakistan (AP)

October 16th, 2010

Photograph taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames gushing out of The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. The wife of a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai attacks warned US federal agents three years beforehand that her husband was training with a Pakistani militant group, the Washington Post reported(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AP - Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft launched two missile strikes in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, killing nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.


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3 NATO troops die in Afghanistan as attacks surge (AP)

October 15th, 2010

An Afghan soldier peers from the turret of a military armored vehicle at Howz-e-Madad Forward Operating Base, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Three NATO troops were killed Friday in Afghanistan in a surge of attacks that raised the death toll to 17 in three days for international troops in the country.


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Taliban steps up attacks in Kandahar with blasts (AP)

October 5th, 2010

A man killed in a blast is surrounded by his relatives in a hospital in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas long held by the Taliban. At least eight people were killed and another 22 were wounded in the blasts, according to the province's officials. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday, the second day of deadly blasts in the southern Afghan city where Taliban insurgents are fighting back against U.S. and Afghan forces…

Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks in Pakistan (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers following the gunmen attack on the outside of Islamabad. Three people were killed on Monday and up to eight others wounded when about 20 NATO oil tankers were attacked and set ablaze near the Pakistani capital, in the second mass torching in days.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AP - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for U.S. and other NATO forces, vowing to continue raiding supply lines…

Hamas leader: Arafat urged attacks on Israel (AP)

September 30th, 2010

FILE - In this June 1, 2006 file photo, Hamas strongman Mahmoud Zahar walks past portraits of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, at the embassy of the Palestine Authority in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 1, 2006. It's been 10 years ago, almost to the day, since Palestinians rose up in revolt against Israel, sweeping away peace talks, triggering a ferocious Israeli reaction and leaving thousands dead on both sides.There is an enduring mystery and competing narratives over why the uprising erupted, but Zahar now seems to confirm a key Israeli claim: that Yasser Arafat was playing a double game while insisting he was trying to stop the violence.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - It has been 10 years since Palestinians began an uprising that swept away peace talks, triggered a ferocious reaction by the Jewish state and left thousands dead on…

Afghans vote despite attacks, turnout appears low (AP)

September 18th, 2010

An Afghan woman shows her inked finger at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, after casting her ballot in parliamentary elections on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)AP - Despite Taliban rocket strikes and bombings, Afghans voted for a new parliament Saturday, the first election since a fraud-marred presidential ballot last year cast doubt on the legitimacy…

Afghans vote for parliament amid threats, attacks (AP)

September 18th, 2010

An Afghan policeman stands guard near posters of candidates contesting in the upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Thursday Sept. 16, 2010. Afghan officials and political figures sought to reassure wary Afghans on Thursday that it will be safe to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite an upswing in violence in recent months. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Men in traditional tunics and women covered in sky-blue burqas trickled into polling centers to vote in Afghanistan’s parliamentary election Saturday, as scattered attacks and the closure of…

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