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7 US troops killed in 2 south Afghan bomb attacks (AP)

August 30th, 2010 | Author: admin

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a trilateral regional summit in Tehran, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiAP – Seven American service members were killed Monday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.


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Afghan militants in US uniforms storm 2 NATO bases (AP)

August 28th, 2010 | Author: admin

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 – U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year.


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Afghan president questions US timeline for leaving (AP)

August 26th, 2010 | Author: admin

AP – President Hamid Karzai on Thursday criticized the U.S. plan to begin withdrawing troops starting next July and said the war on terror cannot succeed as long as the Taliban and their allies maintain sanctuaries in Pakistan.

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Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west (AP)

August 26th, 2010 | Author: admin

Relatives react as the coffins of Spanish Civil Guards, Jose Maria Galera Cordoba, Leoncio Bravo Picallo and an Iranian-born interpreter Ataola Taefik Alili arrive, at the Torrejon military airbase just outside of Madrid on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Flag-draped coffins holding the remains of three Spaniards killed in Afghanistan in what the government calls a terrorist attack have been brought back to Spain. A band played Chopin's Funeral March Thursday as Civil Guard pallbearers carried caskets with the bodies of two police officers and an Iranian-born interpreter who were shot by an Afghan man Wednesday at a NATO base during a training class for local police recruits. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)AP – Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Spanish trainers shot dead on their base.


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Afghan leader criticizes US withdrawal timeline (AP)

August 26th, 2010 | Author: admin

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 – President Hamid Karzai said that U.S. plans to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next year had boosted the Taliban’s spirits, while an insurgent attack killed eight Afghan police in the country’s increasingly volatile north Thursday.


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Bodies recovered after attack on Afghan road crew (AP)

August 20th, 2010 | Author: admin

American and Afghan soldiers turn away from the dusty rotor wash as an Afghan soldier and police officer wounded in an ongoing firefight are evacuated by a U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Destiny medevac helicopter, at the Afghan and U.S. Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, operated by the the 101st's 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The The 101st Airborne's 2-502 and their Afghan Army partners operate in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP – At least seven bodies have been taken to a hospital in the capital of southern Helmand province following a Taliban attack on a road construction crew.


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WikiLeaks: Pentagon ready to discuss leaked Afghan files (AP)

August 18th, 2010 | Author: admin

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to present a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday Aug. 14, 2010. WikiLeaks will publish 15,000 documents from the Afghan war within weeks, Assange told reporters in Stockholm, saying 'We proceed cautiously and safely with this material.' although U.S. Pentagon says the information would be more damaging to security and risk more lives.(AP Photo / Bertil Ericson / SCANPIX) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday the Pentagon has expressed willingness to discuss the online whistleblower’s request for help in reviewing classified documents from the Afghan war and removing information that could harm civilians.


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