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Taliban biker militia: Anatomy of a failed Afghanistan ambush
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 days ago
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The Taliban had set a trap for the tiny company of Afghan soldiers here, its handful of US mentors and the American helicopters that they expected would rush in to help. Firing mortars to lure the Americans and Afghans out of their mud-straw base, the...
Tags: afghans soldiers, Taliban, Christopher Goeke, taliban fighters, aircraft guns, Kyle Maki, Keith Matz, Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghan National Army, Taliban insurgency, Helmand province campaign, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers in Badghis
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 17 days ago
Credibility Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. Afghan authorities were investigating whether an alliance airstrike during an operation Friday...
Tags: U.S, afghans soldiers, Afghanistan, NATO Airstrike Killed, afghans security, NATO Air Strike Kills, Badghis, security forces, friendly fire, badghis province
Marines assault Taliban town in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility Afghan troops are working to protect voting sites around the country so Afghans can take part in the country's second-ever direct presidential election on Aug. 20. Taliban militants have vowed to disrupt the elections, and attacks are on the rise. Marines...
Tags: S. Afghanistan, US Marines and Taliban, afghans soldiers, presidential elections
Nato general hails troops fighting Taliban
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 months ago
Credibility In an interview with the Financial Times, Major General Mart de Kruif, who leads Nato’s southern command, said UK forces in Helmand were “bearing the brunt” of the Taliban insurgency in the south. As a result, he said, Nato was making progress in establishing...
Tags: northern Afghanistan, U.S, afghans soldiers, Taliban, taliban insurgent, soldiers kills, Helmand
Afghanistan: Protest over Koran shooting turns deadly
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Afghanistan on Thursday during a protest over a US soldier who used a Koran for shooting practice in Iraq...They were shouting slogans against Americans and the West. "After the police prevented some of the protestors from entering the base, they starting...
Tags: Khost, suicide bombers, Afghanistan, afghans soldiers, eastern afghanistan, Iraq, Islam, Zahir Azimi, suicide attack, army convoy
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