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Afghan governor killed in rising violence in north (AP)

October 8th, 2010

Map locates Afghanistan's Takhar province, where the governor was among the people killed in a deadly mosque blastAP - A powerful bomb killed an outspoken Afghan governor and 19 other worshippers in a crowded mosque Friday in northern Afghanistan, where insurgents are trying to expand their influence…

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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3 Afghan policemen killed by friendly fire (AP)

August 21st, 2010

An Afghan man suffering from multiple stab wounds is transported to a hospital on a medevac helicopter near the town of Marjah in Helmand Province, August 21, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS HEALTH)AP - NATO says coalition forces have accidentally killed three Afghan policemen in a friendly fire incident in northern Afghanistan.


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Taliban stone couple for adultery in Afghanistan (AP)

August 16th, 2010

AP - Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan stoned a young couple to death for adultery, which a rights group said was the first confirmed use of the punishment here since…

Afghanistan: NATO strike kills 2 fleeing militants (AP)

August 15th, 2010

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2010 file photo, Afghans gather at the scene of an attack on a presidential adviser in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Militants attacked the second government official in the east on the same day. The convoy was hit by a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a rickshaw as it was driving through city, police said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)AP - NATO forces killed two insurgents who attacked a police station in northern Afghanistan by hitting their truck with an airstrike as they fled the area, the coalition said…

Aid group: Fighters not thieves killed 10 workers (AP)

August 12th, 2010

In this combination of photos from various family and organizational sources, the ten civilian volunteers who were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, Aug, 5, 2010, are shown. From top left, Glen D. Lapp, Tom Little, Dan Terry, Thomas Grams, Cheryl Beckett, Brian Carderelli, Karen Woo, Daniela Beyer, Mahram Ali, and Jawed. (AP Photo) NO SALESAP - A Christian charity group said Thursday that it believes militants, not robbers, killed 10 members of its medical team last week in a remote area of northern Afghanistan.


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6 Americans on medical team killed in Afghanistan (AP)

August 7th, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Six Americans and two other foreigners on a medical mission were shot and killed by the Taliban who ambushed their vehicles in a remote part of northern Afghanistan,…

Medical charity: 6 Americans killed in Afghanistan (AP)

August 7th, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - An official with a charity says six Americans and two other foreigners on a medical mission are among 10 people killed by militants in a remote area of…

Afghan official: 3 die in Kunduz suicide bombing (AP)

July 31st, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - A former militia commander who supported the Afghan government and two others were killed Saturday night by a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a football game…

Afghan gov’t: Soldier shot Americans amid argument (AP)

July 21st, 2010

A U.S. Army soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division searches an Afghan villager during a foot patrol towards COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - An Afghan soldier opened fire on U.S. civilian trainers at an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing two Americans and another Afghan troop before being shot dead, the…