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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan's president said Thursday that 17 civilians were killed during clashes between U.S.-led troops and insurgents. The American military insisted all 32 killed in the fighting were militants. Civilian deaths are a major source of friction...
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News Source: Gulf News
| 10 months ago
Brian Jones, says the attack occurred on Wednesday morning in southern Kandahar province. He declined to give the soldier's nationality or any further details on the incident. In 2008, 286 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan, up from 222 the...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 10 months ago
One Canadian soldier was killed and three others injured on Wednesday after their armored vehicle touched an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, military officials said. The soldiers were participating in an ongoing operation...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan — An Afghan official says Taliban militants have ambushed a group of Afghan police while they ate lunch and killed 20 officers. Daud Ahmadi, the spokesman for Helmand province's governor, says militants also killed the mother of one of...
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News Source: dailymail
| 10 months ago
Security forces said Wednesday they had killed 50 insurgents in new battles across Afghanistan, but allegations emerged that dozens of civilians had also been killed in military action...In one confirmed incident, 11 civilians died when an artillery...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| 10 months ago
The locals from northern Baghran district of the lawless province, a hotbed of Taliban fighters informed a doctor of Ibni Sena healthcare centre Muhammad Nasim resident of capital Kabul was among the 11 killed by the foreign troops late Monday night.
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News Source: Middle East Security News
| 11 months ago
A multinational operation led by British troops has successfully secured a large area of the volatile Helmand province in Afghanistan. British troops, alongside Danish and Estonian units making up Task Force Helmand, during two weeks of operations...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 11 months ago
New details were revealed Tuesday about a Canadian soldier charged in the death of an unarmed man in Afghanistan. Defence and prosecution lawyers released a joint statement of circumstances about Robert Semrau's case at a hearing at Canadian Forces...
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News Source: Leader Post Online
| 11 months ago
The parents of Semrau have not said much about the case but have expressed disbelief at the murder charge and confidence he will be cleared. The military charged Semrau last Wednesday, the first time a criminal charge has been laid against a Canadian...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
A Canadian Forces captain charged in the death of an unarmed man in Afghanistan will attend the military equivalent of a bail hearing at an eastern Ontario base on Tuesday. Robert Semrau faces one count of second-degree murder in connection to the...