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Afghan police: Explosions hit Kandahar, 2 dead (AP)

April 26th, 2010

A soldier from the U.S. Army's 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 4-23 Infantry Battalion, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team signals to his troops as stryker armoured vehicles drive behind during a recon patrol near the Helmand/Kandahar border April 25, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Three explosions struck Kandahar on Monday morning, killing two civilians in the key southern Afghan city where the U.S. is planning an offensive to clear out the Taliban.


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AP: Taliban say buildup under way (AP)

April 18th, 2010

FILE - In this April 15, 2010 file photo, U.S. soldiers arrive at the scene after a car bomb exploded outside a hotel in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The Taliban are moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with insurgents, according to a Taliban commander with close ties to senior insurgent leaders. NATO and Afghan forces are stepping up operations to push Taliban fighters out of the city, which was the Islamist movement's headquarters during the years it ruled most of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)AP - The Taliban are moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer showdown with insurgents, according to a Taliban…

Powerful bombings rock Afghan city of Kandahar (AP)

April 15th, 2010

An Afghan policeman holds an RPG as clashes with insurgents broke out after a German military vehicle was apparently hit by a rocket in Baghlan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Four German soldiers were killed and five wounded in the attack. (AP Photo)AP - Two powerful bombings rocked the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Thursday, killing three foreigners and three Afghan soldiers, according to President Hamid Karzai’s half brother. Meanwhile, four German…

Car bomb targets hotel in Kandahar (AP)

April 15th, 2010

File picture shows members of a German army Bundeswehr patrol secure ground during a patrol in the area of Kunduz, April 28, 2009. Four German soldiers were killed in Afghanistan when they came under fire near the northern city of Baghlan, the German Defence Ministry said on April 15, 2010. Picture taken April 28, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)AP - Witnesses say a car bomb has targeted a hotel in the heart of the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, injuring at least six people.


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Anger mounts as US troops kill 4 Afghans on bus (AP)

April 12th, 2010

Afghan policemen keep watch at the entrance to an Emergency hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday April 11, 2010. The head of Italian aid group Emergency denounced the detentions of three of its hospital workers in Afghanistan and said Sunday the group was targeted because the hospital treats Taliban fighters along with civilians.(AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)AP - Afghans burned tires and chanted “Death to America” after U.S. troops fired Monday on a civilian bus near Kandahar, killing four people and wounding more than a dozen.…

Taliban: Kandahar bombings a ‘warning’ to NATO (AP)

March 14th, 2010

A former member of Taliban look at weapons during a ceremony to hand them over to the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Thirty Taliban militants joined the peace process Sunday and delivered their weapons and ammunition to the Regional Peace and Reconciliation Commission-Western Afghanistan in Herat province.(AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - Deadly bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to NATO’s top general that the Taliban are ready for a coming offensive in their…

Afghan gov wants more troops after Kandahar attack (AP)

March 14th, 2010

An Afghan police man stands guard outside the damaged wall of the police headquarters in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 14, 2010, The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan's largest southern city Sunday after 12 explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland that will be the target of the war's next major offensive. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan’s largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland —…

Gates meeting with military, political leaders (AP)

March 8th, 2010

FILE -- In a Feb. 6, 2010 file photo U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is seen before talks with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul in Ankara, Turkey. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan early Monday March 8, 2010 as coalition forces continue to restore order in the town of Marjah. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici/file)AP - Preparations have begun for a crucial campaign to assert Afghan government control over Kandahar, spiritual home of the Taliban, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said…

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