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US says flights resumed at Kyrgyzstan base (AP)

April 9th, 2010

Kyrgyz gather to mourn revolt victims on central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, April 9, 2010. Thousands of grieving and defiant citizens of Kyrgyzstan are gathering in the capital's main square to mourn victims of this week's revolt which forced the president to flee. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - The U.S. military says normal flights have resumed at its Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan after being halted during the country’s violent political unrest.


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Rocket attack kills 1 at NATO base in Afghanistan (AP)

March 15th, 2010

Friends and relatives of the victims of blast on Saturday offer prayers during a condolence gathering in Kandahar north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 15, 2010. Kandahar provincial Gov. Tooryalai Wesa told reporters that he had asked the central government in Kabul for more Afghan troops to protect the city in the run-up to the expected offensive in the province, which is the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be…

Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base (AP)

March 10th, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, second left, tours through the town of Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Tuesday March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim WATSON, Pool)AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.


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