Airstrikes

UN: US-Led Airstrike Killed At Least 90 Afghan Civilians, Most Of Them Children

Washington Post | Candace Rondeaux and Karen DeYoung | Posted 08.28.2008 | Home


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- United Nations officials in Afghanistan said Tuesday that there was "convincing evidence" at least 90 civilians -- two...

US Coalition In Afghanistan Kills 25 Militants, 8 Civilians In Skirmishes

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home


KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a doze...

Al Qaida Commander Killed By US Airstrike In Afghanistan

AP | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home


CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida has posted a statement on the Internet saying one of its commanders in Afghanistan has been killed by a U.S. airstrike. ...

Mounting Civilian Afghan Deaths Prompt U.S. Investigation, 78 Killed This Month Alone

The Washington Post | Candace Rondeaux | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


KABUL -- U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan have launched investigations into three separate U.S.-led airstrikes that Afghan officials sa...

US Boosts Its Use Of Airstrikes In Iraq

Washington Post | Josh White | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


The U.S. military conducted more than five times as many airstrikes in Iraq last year as it did in 2006, targeting al-Qaeda safe houses, insurgent bom...

Afghan Prez To Bush: Airstrikes Are Killing Too Many Civilians

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics


After six years, the liberation of Afghanistan has become a triumph without victory. The fighting is the greatest it has been since the beginning of t...