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NATO says troops may have killed 3 Afghan civilians (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating whether its troops had inadvertently killed three Afghan civilians on Wednesday while its forces fought insurgents in the south…

NATO kill about 50 Afghan insurgents (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - U.S. and other NATO troops killed about 50 insurgents during attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, calling in air strikes to repel an assault on an outpost in the…

U.S. troops repel Afghan attack and kill 30 insurgents (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - U.S. troops killed as many as 30 insurgents after calling in air strikes to repel a Taliban attack on their outpost in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led…

NATO says kills 30 insurgents after attack on base (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - NATO-led troops killed more than 30 insurgents when their base was attacked in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the coalition said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the assault.…

In Afghan town, insurgents vanish after battles (AP)

October 18th, 2010

In this Sept. 29, 2010 photograph, passing children watch U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Seth Little, 22, of Bremen, Georgia, as he takes temporary cover in a ditch during a patrol in Marjah, southern Afghanistan.   In this southern Afghan town that coalition forces seized from Taliban fighters eight months ago and are still very much clearing, American troops don't have to go far to find the insurgency. But finding insurgents is another story altogether. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - The Marines have found bloody clothes and spent bullet casings and bombs meant to kill them. They’ve heard bullets flying overhead and seen muzzle flashes in tree lines.


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NATO claims it is choking off insurgents’ supplies (AP)

October 18th, 2010

A man injured in a roadside bomb blast lies on a stretcher in a hospital in Herat city, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. Three civilians died in the blast, police said. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - The NATO coalition said Monday that Afghan and international forces have choked insurgent supply routes in some parts of Afghanistan, prompting militants to extort money from citizens to keep…

9 killed, 26 wounded in 2nd day of Kandahar blasts (AP)

October 6th, 2010

A man killed in a blast is surrounded by his relatives in a hospital in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas long held by the Taliban. At least eight people were killed and another 22 were wounded in the blasts, according to the province's officials. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Two explosions killed nine people and wounded two dozen others in Kandahar, the second day of deadly blasts in the southern Afghan city where Taliban insurgents are fighting…

Taliban steps up attacks in Kandahar with blasts (AP)

October 5th, 2010

A man killed in a blast is surrounded by his relatives in a hospital in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday where U.S. and Afghan forces are ramping up operations in areas long held by the Taliban. At least eight people were killed and another 22 were wounded in the blasts, according to the province's officials. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Two explosions rocked Kandahar on Tuesday, the second day of deadly blasts in the southern Afghan city where Taliban insurgents are fighting back against U.S. and Afghan forces…

Afghan president calls for release of journalists (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun of Elkhart Ind., upon  arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Department of Defense says Calhoun was killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for the quick release of three Afghan journalists — arrests that analysts said were reminiscent of a strategy the U.S. military used in…

30 insurgents killed in Afghanistan ahead of vote (AP)

September 14th, 2010

U.S. army soldiers from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, patrol near the village of Mohammad D'Jakub , Arghandab River valley, Kandahar province, September 13, 2010.    REUTERS/Oleg Popov   (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY)AP - Up to 30 insurgents have been killed in fighting ahead of this week’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan which the Taliban want to undermine, NATO and Afghan officials said…