The United Nations said on Tuesday it had temporarily withdrawn foreign staff and shut its mission in Kandahar, the Afghan city where security has deteriorated ahead of a major military offensive.
UN spokeswoman Susan Manuel said some foreign staff (...)
Seven Afghan boys were shot dead Saturday by police who mistook them for insurgents, a provincial police official said.
The boys were collecting firewood when police opened fire on them in the border town of Spin Boldak, southern Kandahar province, (...)
At least 27 people, most of them civilians and one a provincial mayor, were killed in a spate of attacks in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
Violence has sharply increased in recent years in Afghanistan despite the growing number of NATO and (...)
