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The New York Times
| 9 months ago
Special Operations forces are currently working closely with Afghan forces on the Afghan Local Police initiative, a local police force trained and financed by the United States, viewed as an important stopgap to secure remote corners of Afghanistan...
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Seattle Times
| 9 months ago
37 AM Page modified August 17, 2012 at 6:53 AM Iraq officials: Over 90 dead in Thursday's attacks Iraqi officials said Friday that a blistering string of attacks across the country the previous day ultimately killed at least 93 people and wounded...
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National Public Radio
| 9 months ago
According to The Associated Press , the deaths bring to at least 36 the number of foreign troops killed this year in so-called green-on-blue attacks by men in Afghan military or police uniforms against coalition forces...Friday after the U.S. forces...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
Iraqi officials said Friday that a blistering string of attacks across the country the previous day ultimately killed at least 93 people and wounded many more, as the extent of the violence grew clearer and mourners began to bury their dead. It was...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 9 months ago
Afghan local police turned his weapon on the soldiers during a training exercise...It comes after six American troops were shot dead in a single day by their local colleagues. So far this year 39 international troops have died in so-called 'green on...
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Arab News
| 9 months ago
Black Hawk helicopter came down in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing seven American soldiers and four Afghans, the military said, as Taleban insurgents claimed responsibility...The cause of the crash is under investigation, it said, adding that...
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Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Afghanistan says the Taliban's reclusive leader has issued "an unmistakable message of death, hate and hopelessness" for Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan, the holy fasting month...General John Allen said Friday Mullah Omar's Eid...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
An Afghan local police officer shot and killed two U.S. soldiers in Farah province Friday, the International Security Assistance Force said. Officials are investigating the incident to determine the facts," the release said.
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The Guardian
| 9 months ago
Two bombs targeted ice-cream parlours in poor Shia districts of the capital as Iraqis prepared to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Photograph: Karim Kadim/AP Iraqi officials said a string of attacks on Thursday killed at least 93 people, as the...
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Chicago Tribune
| 9 months ago
An Afghan policeman shot dead two American troops and wounded a third on Friday, military officials said, bringing the number of U.S. forces killed in such insider shootings to nine in 11 days. TheU.S. militarysaid the incident occurred in Farah...
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Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Last week, six U.S. service members were killed by members of Afghan security forces or gunmen wearing their uniforms in two separate attacks...Brigadier General Gunter Katz has said that the "isolated" incidents "don't reflect the overall situation"...
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Washington Post
| 9 months ago
A member of the Afghan security forces killed two U.S. troops Friday morning the most recent in a string of insider attacks that threaten to undermine U.S.-Afghan military relations. An officer in the Afghan Local Police shot and killed two Americans...
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The Reporter
| 9 months ago
Taliban stronghold and the spiritual birthplace of the hard-line Islamist movement, which ruled Afghanistan before being ousted in 2001 by the U.S.-led alliance for sheltering al-Qaida's leaders. Thursday's crash came less than a week after six...
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Al Jazeera
| 9 months ago
The rare statement from the one-eyed fighter, believed by Afghanistan to be hiding in neighbouring Pakistan, came on Friday on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...Defending peace overtures with...
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DAWN
| 9 months ago
Two American soldiers were killed by a member of the Afghan local police Friday in a new green-on-blue attack, Nato said. The deaths take to 39 the number of international troops killed in 28 such attacks so far this year, according to Nato figures.
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
A US military Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan killing 11 people including seven American troops who were onboard. Four of the victims were Afghan nationals one among whom was a civilian interpreter, said officials. The Taliban has...
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BBC
| 9 months ago
Two US soldiers have been shot dead by a local policeman in Afghanistan, officials for the international Nato-led force in the country say. The policeman, reportedly a member of a local defence force being trained by international troops, was also...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 9 months ago
Reclusive Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has urged insurgent fighters to "emphatically" avoid civilian deaths after a swathe of suicide bombings this week that killed 63 people, but said militants had successfully infiltrated security...
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DAWN
| 9 months ago
The international military coalition in Afghanistan says one of its service members was killed by a roadside bomb in the country's south. The death brought the number of international troops killed on Thursday to eight. Seven American service...
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CNN Blog
| 9 months ago
Intelligence Group, which monitors the activities of militant groups on the web. "As a result, the foreign invaders and their allies at their military centers and bases are suffering crushing blows by these heroic soldiers." CNN can't independently...
