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Fourteen Americans Die in Afghan Chopper Crashes

By: AliceCullen

Helicopter crashes killed fourteen Americans on Monday — 11 troops and three drug agents — in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came just as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale conference on the future of the war. The ...

about 1 month ago

OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN and other puzzles

By: slydog

CBC news has reported Washington "insiders" have hinted President Obama will be declining the proposals from his National Security advisors with regards to sending more soldiers to Afghanistan. The President is paying heed to council from his ambassador in Kabul who suggests the time is not right for such a move. He cites the precarious hold Hamid ...

16 days ago

Blast kills US soldier in Afghanistan

By: petergill

A US soldier serving with the Nato force in Afghanistan died Tuesday following a bomb blast, the coalition said."An Isaf service member died as a result of an IED strike in southern Afghanistan today," the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said in a statement, referring to the improvised explosive devices that are the number one ...

17 days ago

Bodies of deployed U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan return back in their ...

By: spike-breaker08

At least five bodies out of eight deployed soldiers in Afghanistan return home in coffins after an attack. The military said this is the largest number of U.S. soldiers killed in a single attack in more than a year. Last Saturday, Taliban militants attacked both American and Afghan troops in the province of Nuristan, Afghanistan. Opening fire from ...

about 1 month ago