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U.S. Afghan Commander says the U.S. will remain in Afghanistan after 2014
At a NATO conference in Lisbon 2014 was set as the date for the U.S to hand over security to the Afghans. However in a recent interview with the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, he said:"Well, the plan is to
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President Obama plans to continue to pressurize Pakistan to ‘Do More’…
American president Barrack Obama has expressed his plans to continue to urge Pakistan to do more activities to eliminate the militant groups’ havens in the frontier areas and America will continue to share the intelligence
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Truck Bomb Wounds 77 US soldiers, Kills 5 Afghans
Seventy-seven American soldiers have been wounded and five Afghans killed by a Taliban suicide bomber hidden in a truck full of firewood near a US combat post on Saturday, according to NATO. The message is clear and sends a wake up
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Taliban offered to have Bin Laden put on trial prior to 9/11
At least according to the last Taliban foreign minister this was the case. This was after the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings. Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, Taliban's last foreign minister, told Al Jazeera in an exclusive interview that his
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August was deadliest month for American troops in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | almost 2 years ago
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The helicopter attack, which took place in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 6, was also the deadliest single event of the war for U.S. forces. Osama bin Laden , were flying in to help Army Rangers under fire. The most deadly previous month for American
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Afghanistan: August America's deadliest month of the war
Perhaps this will put pressure on Obama to bring home U.S. troops sooner rather than later although i wouldn't count on it. 66 U.S. service members killed this month eclipses the previous record of 65 killed in July 2010.
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The downed Chinook helicopter and the Afghan special war
The downed Chinook helicopter carrying Navy Seals was on a mission in an aspect of the Afghan not much discussed and taking place in the shadows.They were part of a group of elite troops that operate stealthily in the night and go after the
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Taliban kill senior Karzai aide in Kabul
Following on the assassination of Karzai's half brother in Kandahar the Taliban have now killed a senior aide to the president plus a member of parliament in an attack in Kabul. A senior Afghan official has confirmed that Jan
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Suicide attack kills five French soldiers in Afghanistan
CHARIKAR: A suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul, killed five French soldiers on Wednesday and wounded several others as well as several Afghans, the Nato-led force and an Afghan official
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John McCain Criticizes Afghanistan Drawdown Contrive
Sen. Apostle McCain said Sunday the Obama body is action an supererogatory danger in drafting downward the product of U.S. force in Afghanistan. Appearing on CNN's "Say of the Usa," the senator said none of the U.S. soldierly
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