Topic: Yousaf Ahmadi

A U.S.-led airstrike in Afghanistan has accidentally killed at least 17 government officers and injured more than a dozen, Afghan officials said Friday.

Motorcycle gunmen shot and killed a female Afghan police officer and her son sustained injuries in the Kandahar attack, officials said Sunday.

A suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan Sunday morning killed two doctors and their driver, and injured 16 others, officials said.

Attacks by Taliban militants in southern and central Afghanistan claimed the lives of five Afghan soldiers and four policemen.

Sources involved with negations to secure the release of South Korean hostages in Afghanistan say a $2 million ransom was paid.

A South Korean woman, one of 22 surviving Taliban hostages in Afghanistan, reportedly has sent an appeal to get them freed, saying all are quite sick.

The Taliban in Afghanistan, having already killed one of 23 South Korean hostages, set a Friday deadline to kill others if their demands are not met.

An Afghan suicide bomber hit an Italian-led reconstruction team, killing two and injuring nine, in the western city of Herat, reports Pajhwok Afghan News.