The US military says more than 100 civilians were killed in a blast in Mosul in March.

A Pentagon investigation has found that the civilians were killed when a US airstrike inadvertently triggered a second explosion, causing a building to collapse.

The blast took place on March 17 in the city in the north of Iraq, the report said. </s> At least six people were killed in a bomb blast near a Mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province on Monday, said reports. No group has taken responsibilty for the blast so far.

On March 24, at least 14 persons were killed and 40 were wounded in car bomb explosion in Afghanistan's Lashkargah City. The explosion occurred at a time when people were returning home after celebrating Afghan new year.

On March 21, a suicide bomber blew himself up in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least twenty 26 as Afghans celebrate the Persian new year holiday. The incident happened close to the Ali Abad hospital and Kabul University.

The Nowroz or New Year had a devastating beginning in Afghanistan as 26 people were left lifeless by an explosion in Kabul while 15 were injured. A suicide bomber had detonated the explosives among some pedestrians in an area near the Ali Abad Hospital and Kabul University to carry on the blood-spilling game in one of Asia's most volatile country.

The challenges to domestic security in Afghanistan have been manifold but the counter force is more specific. The Islamic State (IS) has also increased its presence in Afghanistan after things have looked down for them in Syria and Iraq and they, along with the old terror residents of Taliban, have made the threat to peace in the region much more.

The US has focused more on dealing with the Taliban in Afghanistan but that has left other terror outfits largely unaddressed. The IS has been carrying out terror activities in Afghanistan of late, including the March 21 tragedy, but one isn't sure how much the Afghan security force and its trainer - the US and the West - would still think about dealing with the IS challenge hereafter.

For breaking news & Instant updates throughout the day </s> Iraq's Defense Ministry said a twin suicide bombing targeting a village wedding north of Baghdad has killed at least 20 people Wednesday, March 8. The ministry said two suicide bombers walked into the wedding party in Al-Hajaj village, near the city of Tikrit, on Wednesday evening. It said up to 13 people were wounded.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Sun-Star. </s> At least 30 people were killed and 35 injured in a suicide bombing in a city south of Baghdad on Friday, reported Reuters. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack through Amaq, its propaganda news agency. The bomber, however, wasn’t identified by the group.

Iraqi security officials said a woman blew herself up at around 11.30 am local time in a market, just east of the holy Shia city of Karbala. “A suicide bomber blew herself up in Musayyib market, causing 20 civilian martyrs,” an interior ministry spokesman said. The bomb was hidden under the woman’s customary full-veil, said a security officer.

At least four of the wounded were in critical condition, said an official of the Musayyib hospital, according to a report in the Hindustan Times.

The group had bombed an ice-cream parlour in Baghdad in May. Close to 25 civilians had died in the attack, reported The Independent.

The militant group has called for increased attacks on “unbelievers” during Ramadan, which began on May 27. It had said the rewards for Jihadis in heaven increase manifold during this period. Five major attacks worldwide , including the London bridge attack, have been claimed by the group ever since. </s> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding claimed by the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has risen to 80, an official said Wednesday, as a U.S. envoy was set to resume talks with the Taliban on ending America's longest war.

The initial toll in Saturday's blast was 63, but 17 people later died of their wounds, Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said. Thirty people were in critical condition after the attack.

The suicide bombing renewed concerns that the growing threat by the IS affiliate will mean little peace for Afghan civilians despite the U.S.-Taliban negotiations to end nearly 18 years of fighting.

"We will try and close on remaining issues," envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Twitter. "We're ready. Let's see if the Taliban are as well." </s> BEIRUT: At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days.

The attack targeted the Palace of Justice in central Damascus not far from the Old City. State news agency SANA said there were a "number of wounded" in addition to the initial death toll of 25.

The bomber set off his explosive device after the police tried to stop him from entering the building, Ahmed al-Sayyid, a senior state legal official told al-Ikhbariya TV.

No further details were immediately available.

On Saturday, scores of people, most of them Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims, were killed in a double suicide attack in Damascus claimed by an alliance of jihadist groups known as Tahrir al-Sham. </s> ERBIL, Iraq, March 8 (Reuters) - Two bomb blasts, from an apparent suicide attack, hit a wedding party in a village near the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday, killing or wounding at least 15 people, a medical source and local notables said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Hajjaj, 20 km (14 miles) north of Tikrit.

The death toll was not immediately confirmed as the bodies had not yet arrived at hospital, the medical source said.

In November Islamic State bomb attacks hit Tikrit and Samarra, both north of Baghdad, as an apparent diversionary attacks as Iraqi forces drive back the jihadists in their stronghold of Mosul. (Writing by John Davison; Editing by Robin Pomeroy) </s> At least 18 people killed in a suicide car bomb attack in a crowded area of the eastern city of Khost.

A suicide car bomber has attacked Afghan police providing security to US forces in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people, government officials said.

The bombing took place around 8:30am (04:00 GMT) on Saturday near a stadium and bus station in Khost City, Mubariz Zadran, a spokesman for the governor of Khost province, told Al Jazeera.

"Eighteen people were killed and 10 people injured, including two children," Zadran said. "The target of the attack was Afghan police and US forces, but most of the victims were civilians."

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Saturday was a public holiday in Afghanistan as it marked the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

In clear defiance to a call by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan for a ceasefire during Ramadan, the Taliban announced on Friday they would intensify their attacks during the month.

Separately, 10 civilians, including women and children, were killed and six others were wounded when a minibus hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Friday.

The incident took place in Adraskan district of Herat on Friday morning, Abdul Ahad Walizada, a spokesman for the Herat provincial police, said on Saturday. </s> A suicide bomber killed six people in the Iraqi town of Ain Al-Tamur, but authorities killed another five would-be attackers and prevented them from detonating their devices.

The six suicide bombers had infiltrated the town, which is about 60 km (37 miles) southwest of Karbala, according to the Iraqi interior ministry.

While security forces were successful in stopping five of the bombers, one managed to enter a house and detonate his vest, killing six people and injuring six more.
29 people were killed in three bomb attacks and a siege that lasted into March 1.