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

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2011 file photo, members of the Marine Honor Guard carry the remains of Lance Cpl. Frankie Watson to a hearse from Biereley-Hale Funeral Home during a ceremony at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Blount County, Tenn. Watson was killed Sept. 24 while serving in Afghanistan. A decade of fighting has claimed the lives of more than 130 service men and women who called Tennessee home, and the loss has felt especially keen in the state’s smaller communities. (AP Photo/The Knoxville News Sentinel, Adam Brimer, File)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)

A view of the World Conference Centre (WCCB), in Bonn, Germany, Saturday Dec. 3, 2011. On Monday Dec. 5, 2011  the Afghanistan Conference will take place at this venue.  (AP Photo/dapd/ Hermann J. Knippertz)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)

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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Top Marine spends Thanksgiving in Afghanistan (AP)

AP – A turkey trot it was not.

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GOP contenders argue on Afghanistan, Iran, torture (AP)

From left, Republican presidential candidates, Jon Huntsman, Former Governor of Utah, Michele Bachmann, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from Texas, Herman Cain, Businessman, Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts, Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of House, Rick Perry, Texas Governor, and Rick Santorum, Former U.S. Senator, prepare to speak at the CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate at the Benjamin Johnson Arena, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 in Spartanburg, S.C.  (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)AP – Unsparing in their criticism of President Barack Obama, Republican presidential hopefuls disagreed in campaign debate Saturday night about the right course in Afghanistan, the use of waterboarding and the wisdom of a pre-emptive military strike to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon.


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Attack on NATO convoy kills 17 in Afghanistan (AP)

US soldiers walk at the site of a suicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, causing casualties among the NATO service members and Afghan civilians, the U.S.-led coalition said. Afghan officials said three civilians and one policeman were killed. In the background is the palace of former Afghan King Darul Aman which was destroyed during the civil war (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP – A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.


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12 Americans killed in Afghanistan attack

At least 12 Americans were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber rammed a NATO convoy in Afghanistan Saturday, destroying a heavily-armored bus. The bombing – the deadliest attack in the war-torn country in months – sent flames and dark smoke shooting into the Kabul sky.

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