GARDEZ (PAN): Dozens of people protested outside the governor's office in the capital of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday to condemn the killing by NATO of a man they said was a farmer.
GARDEZ (PAN): At least 11 Pakistanis were killed Saturday in a shooting by unknown gunmen in eastern Paktia province, bordering Pakistan, officials said.
GARDEZ (PAN): The Paktia provincial council suspended its activities as a mark of protest against body searches of women by foreign forces during operations in this southeastern province, a public representative said on Thursday.
GRDEZ (PAN): Six civilians were killed and as many wounded in a missile strike in the southeastern province of Paktia, lying close to the Pakistan border, on Thursday.
GARDEZ (PAN): Taliban fighters on Wednesday attacked a convoy of NATO forces in the southeastern province of Paktia, leaving some soldiers wounded, the alliance said.
GARDEZ (PAN): As many as 80 insurgents, including Arabs and Chechens, have been killed over the past one month of a joint operation by Afghan and NATO soldiers in the south and east of Afghanistan, an Afghan military official said on Wednesday.
GARDEZ (PAN): One policeman was killed and another wounded when the bomb they were transporting in a vehicle accidentally exploded in the southeastern province of Paktia on Sunday, an official said.
