Place: Paktika province

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Afghan rickshaw blast kills 13 passengers

A motorised rickshaw packed with civilian passengers struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan today, triggering a blast that killed all 13 people in the vehicle.

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Massive search as US troops go missing in Afghanistan

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Taliban shows video of 'captured US soldier'

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US-led airstrike leaves seven children dead

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Suicide bomber attacks foreign convoy south of Kabul

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Gunmen kill director of women's affairs in southern Afghanistan

Bomb hits Kabul taxi as Afghan violence kills 10

A roadside bomb along a busy Kabul road killed two Afghans today as fighting in the eastern provinces left a US-led coalition soldier and seven suspected Taliban dead, officials said.

Tue, 25 Jul, 2006

Coalition kills 12 rebels in Afghan clashes

Fighting between insurgents and US-led coalition and Afghan forces in the country’s troubled east left 12 rebels dead and one US soldier slightly wounded, the US military said today.

Sun, 22 May, 2005

US soldier killed in Afghanistan attack

A US soldier died from wounds and another was slightly injured by a bomb in separate incidents in the same Afghanistan province, the US military said yesterday.

Fri, 22 Aug, 2003

Soldiers wounded in ambush

A coalition convoy was ambushed in south-eastern Afghanistan, injuring two coalition troops and an Afghan soldier, the US military said today.

Sun, 20 Jul, 2003

Coalition troops injured in Afghan ambush

A coalition convoy was ambushed in south-eastern Afghanistan, injuring two coalition troops and an Afghan soldier, the US military said today.

Sun, 20 Jul, 2003

US launches 'champion strike' operation

US forces have launched a large-scale operation in southeastern Afghanistan aimed at Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2002

16 detained in weapons sweeps

Coalition forces detained four men after several rocket-propelled grenades were fired at a US special operations forces base in eastern Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said today.

Sat, 24 Aug, 2002