Wednesday, 16 June, 2010 , 12:57 AFP — Human Rights Watch called on Iraqi Kurdish authorities on Wednesday to implement proposals to outlaw female circumcision in the face of growing evidence of the extent of the physically and emotionally damaging practice.

Wednesday, 16 June, 2010 , 10:53 AFP — Rebel Kurdish forces attacked Turkish guards on the border with Iraq overnight, sparking clashes that killed at least three rebels and a soldier, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.

Tuesday, 15 June, 2010 , 15:33 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and three others wounded Tuesday in a bomb blast blamed on Kurdish rebels, a security official said.

Monday, 14 June, 2010 , 08:12 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and four others were wounded when Kurdish rebels attacked a border guard at the Iraqi frontier, army officials said Monday.

Sunday, 13 June, 2010 , 17:50 AFP — Thirteen members of a group which Iran says is linked to foreign intelligence services have been arrested for allegedly killing two Kurdish clerics, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

Friday, 11 June, 2010 , 16:03 AFP — Two people were killed and 15 others were wounded in three Kurdish rebel attacks in Turkey, security officials and media reports said Friday.

Friday, 11 June, 2010 , 13:44 AFP — A woman was killed and 14 others, most of them soldiers, were wounded in two Kurdish rebel attacks in Turkey, a security official and media reports said Friday.

Friday, 11 June, 2010 , 11:48 AFP — A land mine blast blamed on Kurdish rebels hit a bus carrying troops in eastern Turkey on Friday, wounding 13 soldiers and a child, a local security source said.

Friday, 11 June, 2010 , 09:32 AFP — Eleven soldiers suffered wounds in a mine blast in eastern Turkey Friday blamed on Kurdish rebels, a local security source said.

Monday, 7 June, 2010 , 18:25 AFP — Turkish warplanes bombed several Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq on Monday, the NTV news channel reported, amid an upsurge in unrest between troops and the outlawed group.