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Daily Nation
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan An Afghan police officer opened fire on four American soldiers he had invited for a meal Friday, killing three of them, Afghan officials said, in the third so-called green-on-blue assault in just four days. The US military in Afghanistan...
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Washington Post
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot and killed three U.S. Special Forces troops Thursday night as they met with tribal leaders in southern Afghanistan, Afghan and U.S. officials said...Thursday's incident, the third such attack...
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SF Gate
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan (AP) An Afghan police officer shot and killed three U.S. Marines after sharing a meal with them before dawn Friday and then fled into the desolate darkness of southern Afghanistan, the third attack on coalition forces by their Afghan...
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CNSNews.com
| 10 months ago
Afghan Army soldier drink tea at Chinari outpost in Logar province, east Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. In the past week, four U.S. troops have been killed by men wearing Afghan army or police uniforms --bringing to 17 the number of these...
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Truthdig
| 10 months ago
Aug 10, 2012 Three U.S. special operations soldiers were killed by a uniformed Afghan in the country's southern Helmand province in the latest in a series of green-on-blue attacks in which Afghan police or soldiers turn their weapons on coalition...
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Russia Today
| 10 months ago
In the wake of the recent massacre in Afghanistan, the US military is now scrambling for both options and explanations, which in turn has Washington once more considering an even more expedient end to America's longest war. Three US soldiers slain by...
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The Observer
| 10 months ago
Sgt Rob Knight, RLC/MoD/Crown Co/PA A soldier from 3rd Battalion, The Rifles has been killed while on patrol in Afghanistan , the Ministry of Defence has said. The serviceman was on patrol in the Nad-e-Ali district, in Helmand province, when he was...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Afghan and coalition forces arrested a Taliban leader who allegedly planned and directed several attacks in Helmand province, military officials said. The arrest was made Wednesday but not announced until Friday. It came during a series of operations...
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Mail Online UK
| 10 months ago
10 August 2012 A member of the US Army pets a dog at a checkpoint in Khost Province. Afghan soldiers as they take increasing responsibility for the anti-insurgency campaign The attack which killed three soldiers this morning is the latest in a series...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
The soldier was killed by "enemy action" while on patrol in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand Province, the MoD said...His death takes the number of British service personnel killed in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001 to 423. Spokesman Maj...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
Marine stood nearby earlier this summer in Helmand Province, Afghanistan...Marine stood nearby earlier this summer in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. "Three U.S...NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, who is in Kabul, says more than one individual in an...
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Los Angeles Times
| 10 months ago
A gunman in an Afghan uniform shot and killed three American service members in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Friday, in the latest of an intensifying spate of so-called green-on-blue attacks. An Afghan official in Helmand province,...
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Voice of America
| 10 months ago
VOA News August 10, 2012 A man wearing an Afghan army uniform has killed three U.S. service members in southwestern Afghanistan...Afghan officials say the gunman was a police commander. They said he invited the soldiers to dinner, where he turned...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Afghanistan A man dressed as an Afghan police officer has killed at least three American Special Forces soldiers after inviting them to eat dinner at a check post in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said on Friday, in what appeared to be a...
