18 People Killed In Bomb Blasts As Chuck Hagel Visits Kabul:
Nine people were killed and several injured in a suicide bomb blast outside the Afghan Defence Ministry. In eastern Afghanistan, a bomb blast killed eight children and a policeman. According to reports, the policeman tried to stop the bomber and hugged him as the bomb exploded. Ref. Source 9
Officials: Attacks across Afghanistan kill 24 people:
April has been the deadliest month this year for Afghan and foreign civilians and security forces. According to an Associated Press tally, 182 people have been killed in violence around the nation this month. Ref. Source 4
Afghanistan: 10 killed and 12 injured as blast rocks Kandahar:
Provincial security chief Gen. Abdul Razaq confirming the report said at least 10 civilians including 7 women were killed and 12 others, all women and children were injured. Ref. Source 3
15 killed in Afghan suicide bomber attack:
A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. Ref. Source 6
Suicide blast in Ghazni province, 7 killed 13 injured:
Afghan policeA heavy explosion rocked eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan late Wednesday evening. According to local authorities the incident took place after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in Moqor district. Ref. Source 1
Afghan insurgents attack Red Cross office
Insurgents attacked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad today, killing an Afghan guard in the second major assault on a humanitarian organisation in less than a week. Ref. Source 5
9 killed, 24 injured in explosion near Indian Consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad:
At least nine Afghans, including children, were killed and 24 wounded on Saturday when a suicide bomber blew up a car loaded with explosives near the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, police said. The mission staff was unhurt. Ref. Source 2
14 members of a family killed in Afghan blast:
The attack took place in Nangarhar province's Ghany Khel district and all 14 killed - seven women and seven children - were members of the same extended family, said Masum Khan Hashimi, the province's deputy police chief. Three family members were also wounded in the attack, he said, adding that an investigation was underway. Ref. Source 1