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7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)

August 29th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in a hostile territory of Khost province in Afghanistan. About two dozen Taliban militants -- including suicide bombers -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a volatile town in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign workers for a…

6 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)

August 29th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in a hostile territory of Khost province in Afghanistan. About two dozen Taliban militants -- including suicide bombers -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a volatile town in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - A total of six U.S. troops have died in the latest attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, NATO said Sunday.


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Three US troops killed in Afghanistan fighting (AP)

August 29th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in a hostile territory of Khost province in Afghanistan. About two dozen Taliban militants -- including suicide bombers -- were killed Saturday in a failed attempt to storm two US-run bases in a volatile town in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - An American serviceman was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and two others were killed in battles in the country’s eastern region a day earlier, NATO…

Insurgents attack 2 bases in east Afghanistan (AP)

August 28th, 2010

NATO soldiers are seen providing cover for a Chinook helicopter to land in hostile territory in the Spira mountains of Khost province in Afghanistan. A NATO base in volatile eastern Afghanistan came under attack early Saturday from possible Taliban militants, according to local police.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks Saturday on a major NATO base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide…

Insurgents attack 2 NATO bases in east Afghanistan (AP)

August 28th, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division walks along a road during a day of joint missions with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. 26, 2010. Soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Afghan police say insurgents launched a pair of pre-dawn attacks on NATO bases in eastern Afghanistan.


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Homemade bombs kill 3 US troops in Afghanistan (AP)

August 27th, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division walks along a road during a day of joint missions with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. 26, 2010. Soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - Homemade bombs killed three U.S. troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Friday, and a roadside blast tore through a crowded market in the increasingly volatile north, killing…

Looking at lessons that can be learned from Iraq (AP)

August 27th, 2010

AP - They are different wars in different regions, with different challenges. But as the war in Iraq winds down, there is a lot the U.S. military can learn and…

Militants kill 8 policeman in northern Afghanistan (AP)

August 26th, 2010

Afghan policemen stand near the skeletal remains of a burnt truck in Badghis province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Afghan police and Spanish troops clashed early Wednesday outside a base in western Afghanistan, leaving at least one policeman dead, local officials said. Following the officer's shooting, hundreds of area residents gathered at the gate to the Spanish camp, chanting and throwing stones before moving on to the provincial government offices, the officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Insurgents killed eight Afghan policemen in a raid Thursday on a checkpoint outside the northern city of Kunduz, the provincial police chief said.


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With U.S. Approval, Moscow Heads Back to Afghanistan (Time.com)

August 24th, 2010

Time.com - The Soviet pull-out from Afghanistan was a humiliating defeat, but now Russia, worried about the flow of terror and heroin, is being encouraged to return — by the…

NATO: Bombs kill 2 foreign troops in Afghanistan (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

An Army carry team, holding the remains of Army Specialist Christopher S. Wright, of Tollesboro, Ky., carry the transfer case off the aircraft after its arrival Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wright died in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Roadside bombs killed two members of the international security force in Afghanistan on Monday, including one American, NATO reported.


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