Posts Tagged ‘afghanistan’
Gates in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai, Petraeus (AP)
AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus.
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4 American troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – A roadside bomb attack killed four U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the latest deaths in a particularly bloody spell that has left 18 service members dead since Saturday.
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8 coalition troops killed in south Afghanistan (AP)
AP – Roadside bombs killed eight members of the international force in Afghanistan — including seven U.S. troops — raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the previous three days, NATO said Tuesday.
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7 US troops killed by bombs in south Afghanistan (AP)
AP – Roadside bombs killed seven American troops on Monday — including five in a single blast in Kandahar — raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the last three days.
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7 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)
AP – Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign workers for a female candidate in the western province of Herat.
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6 US troops killed in latest Afghanistan fighting (AP)
AP – A total of six U.S. troops have died in the latest attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, NATO said Sunday.
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Insurgents attack 2 bases in east Afghanistan (AP)
AP – Insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks Saturday on a major NATO base in eastern Afghanistan and a nearby camp where seven CIA employees were killed last year in a suicide bombing. NATO said there were no coalition casualties and the attacks were repelled.
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