While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaida in Iraq as well as Sunni militants.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Senior police official Ghafoor Afridi tells VOA that the bomber bypassed multiple security checkpoints.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials say the tribal elders killed had opposed the Taliban in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

No one immediately claimed responsibility, but Kandahar province is a stronghold for the Afghan Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but officials are blaming Taliban militants.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. While violence in Iraq has dropped dramatically since the height of sectarian fighting, the attacks were the second major security breach in Baghdad a city filled with checkpoints in two months.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25