AFGHAN OFFICIAL, 2 NATO TROOPS DIE IN ATTACKS
By RAHIM FAIEZ A member of the Afghan security forces secures the area at the scene of an explosion with a destroyed police car behind, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept.…
Improvised explosives
SUICIDE BOMBER HITS IRAQ SUNNI FUNERAL, KILLING 16
By SAMEER N. YACOUB People evacuate a victim at the scene of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A…
ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
POLICE: SUICIDE CAR BOMB KILLS 3 IN CHECHNYA
Chechen Police officers secure the area after a bomb blast at the police station in Sernovodsk, Chechnya, southern Russia, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013. Russian news reports say three policemen…
BOMBINGS KILL 58 IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL IRAQ
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. A new…
BOMBING IN SUNNI MOSQUE IN IRAQ, ATTACKS KILL 33
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Blood stains the walls and debris is strewn throughout the inside of a Sunni mosque after a suicide bomber struck during Friday prayers in the village of…
AFGHAN TALIBAN ATTACK US CONSULATE, KILL 2 AFGHANS
By AMIR SHAH and NAHAL TOOSI A damaged vehicle sits in front of the U.S. consulate after an attack by a car bomb and a gunfight in Herat Province, west…
IRAQ TRIES NOVEL WAYS TO CURB RISING VIOLENCE
By SAMEER N. YACOUB In this picture taken on Sept. 9, 2013, Iraqi army soldiers guard a moat surrounding the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north…