Some local authorities say Husam Abd al-Rauf shot dead during raid on Taliban outpost last week, providing few details; incident complicates US efforts to withdraw from country

Tractor rigged with explosives rips through residential area near compound housing international organizations

Sunni terror group says in statement that suicide bomber was targeting large Shiite gathering

Children reportedly among those injured; eyewitness says almost everyone in men's section of event hall hurt in explosion