Afghanistan Attacks Leave 8 Dead, 13 Hurt
Militants attacked a police post and a government office, and a gunbattle later broke out in Afghanistan’s rugged eastern border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring 13, officials said. The U.S.-led coalition, meanwhile, said an airstrike on a suspected enemy camp in Uruzgan province in south-central Afghanistan on Monday killed at least four militants. The militant attacks on the government facilities occurred in the mountains in Khost province, said Wazir Badshah, a local police commander. He blamed Taliban rebels for the violence. Full Story