Explosions, gunbattles in Afghanistan’s Kandahar (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Four explosions hit the center of Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar after nightfall on Saturday, and a shootout between police and militants followed, a Reuters reporter in Kandahar said.
Explosion rocks southern Afghan city: ministry (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – A loud explosion on Saturday rocked the centre of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, capital of the country’s former Taliban rulers, an interior ministry spokesman said.
Government releases terms of Afghan detainee review (CTV.ca)
The federal Justice Minister on Saturday released the terms of reference for the former Supreme Court justice reviewing the issue of Canadian detainees in Afghanistan.
Explosions across Afghanistan’s Kandahar; 30 dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Taliban suicide bombers struck across Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, killing 30 people and wounding scores in a series of strikes the militants called a message to NATO.
Explosions hit Afghanistan’s Kandahar; 27 dead (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Twenty-seven people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a series of explosions hit the center of Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar after nightfall on Saturday, a hospital official said.
US military deaths in Afghan region at 936 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Friday, March 12, 2010, at least 936 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP via Yahoo! News)
A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.
Karzai relents to UN demand over elections watchdog (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to let two non-Afghans join the country’s elections watchdog ahead of September polls, a spokesman said on Saturday after pressure from Western backers.
