Afghan officials say an apparent NATO airstrike has killed 15 people, nine of them civilians, including women and children in an eastern province where the Taliban are strong. NATO, however, says 10 insurgents were killed.

Afghan security forces on Friday freed 35-40 hostages taken by Taliban insurgents in an attack on a lakeside hotel at a beauty spot on the outskirts of Kabul, the interior ministry said.

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The Taliban on Wednesday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Pakistani-linked Haqqani network which is regularly blamed for major attacks in Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents on Monday vowed revenge against 'sick minded American savages' for the weekend rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes.

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At least six people were killed and seven wounded on Monday in a suicide car bomb attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan where NATO forces have a base, police said.

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Afghan and NATO coalition forces killed or captured about 200 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan during two operations targeting the lethal Haqqani network, which has links to al-Qaida and the Taliban,