Articles Written by:    ABDUL WAHEED WAFA     

Suicide Motorcyclist Kills 7 Afghan Civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber driving a motorcycle detonated his payload near a densely crowded traffic intersection in the eastern city of Khost on Monday, killing seven Afghan civilians and wounding 44, including seven children, local officials ...

From ADAM B. ELLICK AND ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  22 Jun 2009
Related Topics: NATO

Afghan Toll Is 50 Dead Over 2 Days

KABUL, Afghanistan A series of clashes in various corners of this fractured nation left more than 50 people dead in two days, Afghan and NATO officials said Saturday. In a battle on Friday and Saturday, Afghan troops killed at least 30 militants in ...

From ADAM B. ELLICK AND ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  30 May 2009
Related Topics: NATO,  Muhammad Omar,  United Nations

29 Militants Killed in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan American and Afghan forces backed by airstrikes engaged in a “fierce firefight” with Taliban insurgents in a remote and mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 29 militants in an effort to capture one ...

From ABDUL WAHEED WAFA AND ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  28 May 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Barack Obama

3 Americans and a Civilian Die in Afghanistan Attack

KABUL, AfghanistanA suicide car bomber driving a Toyota Corolla plowed into a NATO convoy at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, killing three American soldiers and a civilian passer-by on a main road north of Kabul, according to Afghan and U.S. military ...

From ADAM B. ELLICK AND ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  26 May 2009
Related Topics: NATO

Karzai’s Brother Survives as Convoy Is Ambushed

KABUL, Afghanistan Ahmed Wali Karzai, a younger brother of President Hamid Karzai, survived an ambush Monday morning when his convoy was attacked while he was traveling from the eastern city of Jalalabad to the capital, he said. “I was driving in a ...

From ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  18 May 2009
Related Topics: Hamid Karzai

Ex-Allies Vie to Replace Karzai as Afghanistan’s President

KABUL, Afghanistan Forty-four candidates submitted nominations to run for president before the close of registration on Friday, a field full of people who served under President Hamid Karzai but have since broken with him, often over his management ...

From CARLOTTA GALL AND ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  8 May 2009
Related Topics: Hamid Karzai,  Abdul Rashid Dostum,  United Nations,  Ashraf Ghani

Karzai Registers for Afghan Presidential Vote

KABUL, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai officially registered Monday to stand for reelection in national voting on August 20. Mr. Karzai also registered Muhammad Fahim Qasim, a former vice president, and Muhammad Karim Khalili, the current vice ...

From ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  4 May 2009
Related Topics: Hamid Karzai,  Electoral Commission

Afghan Official Says NATO Strike Killed Civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan An airstrike by NATO forces early Monday in mountainous eastern Afghanistan killed six civilians, including two children, a local Afghan official said, the latest accusation of civilian casualties leveled against NATO and American ...

From RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. AND ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  13 Apr 2009
Related Topics: NATO

Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 9 Police Officers

KABUL, Afghanistan Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six officers were wounded in two attacks by Taliban insurgents in southern and central Afghanistan on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said. The attacks came one day after the police said an ...

From ABDUL WAHEED WAFA, The New York Times,  26 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  United Nations,  NATO,  Ban Ki-moon

NATO says a top Taliban leader is killed

KABUL: A senior Taliban leader responsible for numerous roadside bombings and suicide attacks against NATO forces has been killed with nine other insurgent fighters, NATO said Monday. Maulawi Hassan, described as a Taliban commander in southern ...

From ABDUL WAHEED WAFA AND MARK MCDONALD, International Herald Tribune,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  Barack Obama

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