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NATO supply convoy ambushed in west Afghanistan
Insurgents ambushed a NATO coalition supply convoy in a mountainous area of western Afghanistan, sparking a three-hour firefight in which an Afghan soldier, five Afghan security guards, and 14 attackers were killed, officials said Thursday.
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U.S. military in Afghanistan assigns ‘guardian angels’
U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan have assigned “guardian angels” – troops that watch over their comrades even as they sleep – and have ordered a series of other increased security measures to protect troops against possible attacks by rogue Afghans.
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Accused Afghanistan shooter’s wife defends him
The wife of the deranged American soldier charged with slaughtering Afghan villagers in a nighttime shooting rampage said she doesn’t believe her husband carried out the murders.
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Hire Me! Veterans: Navy Seabee who supervised construction in Afghanistan can’t find employment in U.S.
Navy Petty Officer Michael Pelaez was just months away from leaving Afghanistan when he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a vehicle accident. Now he’s hurting in a different way: After seven months of looking, he still hasn’t found a job.
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Top commander in Afghanistan says mission on track
Facing a skeptical Congress, the top commander in Afghanistan insisted on Tuesday that the United States is winding down the decade-plus war and has no intention to remain in the country indefinitely.
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Lawyer: Afghanistan suspect was loath to deploy
The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday.
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Massacre makes Obama ‘more determined’ to exit Afghanistan
WASHINGTON/KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday the massacre of 16 villagers by a U.S. soldier raises his determination to get American troops out of Afghanistan, while a U.S. official said the accused staff sergeant previously had suffered traumatic brain injury. Sunday’s shootings triggered angry calls from Afghans for an immediate American exit. Obama said there should not be a “rush to the exits” for U.S. forces who have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001 and that the drawdown must be carried out in a responsible way. The accused U.S. …
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