News Source: Charlotte Observer Online
| about 1 month ago
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 807 The Associated Press Posted: Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 More Information As of Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at least 807 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result...
News Source: The Mercury News
| about 1 month ago
A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans including three DEA agents in a not-so-noticed war within a war. Four more...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 month ago
Hostile fire has been ruled out in the crash, a military statement said. Another helicopter went down Monday in western Afghanistan and casualties were reported.
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 month ago
With two helicopter crashes, Afghanistan saw its worst day for US deaths in more than four years on Monday...Depending on the model, US copters are flying in Afghanistan and Iraq three to five times more than they would in peacetime. That may be...
News Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
| about 1 month ago
Han, 30, died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device exploded, the DOD reported. Han was assigned to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion out of Fort Carson, Colo. A 25-year-old soldier from Tampa, Fla., was...
News Source: Institute for War and Peace
| about 1 month ago
Protests are sweeping the country in the wake of allegations that American forces had burned copies of the Koran during a patrol in a province near Kabul – a charge strongly denied by a United States military spokesperson. Hundreds of students...