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Car bomb kills 7 in Afghanistan

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:50:21 +0000

A car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

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U.S. Brigadier general is highest-ranking soldier to die in Afghanistan

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:26:06 +0000

A 49-year-old brigadier general died Friday in Afghanistan of apparent natural causes, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. soldier to die there, the military said Saturday.

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Panetta: US combat in Afghanistan to end next year (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:55:12 +0000

AP – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out the administration’s most explicit portrayal of the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan, saying Wednesday that U.S. and other international forces in Afghanistan expect to end their combat role in 2013 and continue a training and advisory role with Afghan forces through 2014.

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6 killed in Afghanistan were Hawaii-based Marines (AP)

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:21:07 +0000

AP – All six Marines killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were based in Hawaii, a Hawaii congresswoman said Friday.

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France threatens early exit from Afghanistan (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:39:24 +0000

AP – France’s threat Friday to withdraw early from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier killed four French troops and wounded 15 is a setback for the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts to build a national army and allow foreign troops to go home.

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France mulls early Afghanistan pullout as 4 killed (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:46:35 +0000

AP – France suspended its training operations in Afghanistan and threatened to withdraw its entire force from the country early, after an Afghan wearing an army uniform shot and killed four French troops Friday and wounded others.

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10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours (AP)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:19:01 +0000

AP – An Afghan soldier shot and killed four French troops Friday in eastern Afghanistan and a helicopter crash killed six more NATO service members in the south, officials said, marking a particularly deadly 24 hours for coalition forces.

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NATO: 1 dead in noncombat incident in Afghanistan (AP)

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:58:05 +0000

AP – NATO says one of its service members has died in an incident that did not involve combat.

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NATO says 3 troops killed in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:18:19 +0000

AP – A roadside bombing killed three NATO service members Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said.

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40,000 troops to leave Afghanistan by end of 2012 (AP)

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:06:14 +0000

AP – Drawdown plans announced by the U.S. and more than a dozen other nations will shrink the foreign military footprint in Afghanistan by 40,000 troops at the close of next year, leaving Afghan forces increasingly on the frontlines of the decade-long war.

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