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U.S. General: Deal Reached With Taliban Tribe
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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The leaders of the largest tribe in a Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand province have pledged to halt insurgent attacks and expel foreign fighters from one of the most violent spots in the country, the senior U.S...Richard Mills, who commands
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Shadow Governor in Kunduz Killed, Afghan Officials Say
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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The officials said Mullah Bahador, the Taliban's shadow governor in the province, was killed in the raid late Thursday night. Abdul Rahman Saidkhaili, the provincial police chief, said the raid targeted a house in the Chardara district. In an
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700 NATO soldiers killed in 2010; new firefights
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Afghanistan (AP) — A coalition patrol fought off an insurgent attack in mountainous eastern Afghanistan Tuesday, on a day when two servicemen were killed in the country's troubled south, bringing the death toll for foreign troops in the country 2010
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Report: 6 dead, many trapped after Iran quake
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Rescuers in Iran worked furiously Tuesday to free people trapped under rubble, a day after a powerful earthquake rippled through a rural stretch of villages in the country's southeastern region, Iranian media reported. Iran's Press TV said
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NATO troops kill seven members of private security firm in eastern Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Paktiya province and were targeting a Haqqani facilitator who may be linked to a suicide attack on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Lightning near Gardez City last Sunday, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding several others. Haqqani is an insurgent
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November 2010 Was Deadliest November for U.S. Forces In 9-Year Afghan War
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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So far this year, 452 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan. That is more than was killed in any previous year of the war, and approximately 35 percent of all U.S. casualties since the war started. There have now been 1,304 total U.S.
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Combined forces kill four suspects during operation
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Afghan and coalition forces raided several compounds in north of Janek Khel in Zurmat district to search for a Taliban IED cell leader who coordinates the emplacement of improvised explosive devices and conducts attacks against Afghan and coalition
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Taliban?s district shadow governor held
Herāt :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Coalition forces captured a shadow district governor of Taliban along with his aide during an overnight operation in western Farah province, an official said Monday. The coalition forces raided a house in Khak-e-Sufaid district and detained Taliban
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US deployment to Afghanistan outstrips Soviet war
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Afghanistan's brutal terrain remains littered with the rusting hulks of Russian tanks captured during the 1979-89 war, and is now testing more than 140,000 US-led forces fighting rebel guerillas to keep their own ally in power. S oviet years say they
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Local Taliban leaders killed, detained after coalition operations in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 2 years ago
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Taliban leader was arrested after coalition forces carried out an air strike in the Baraki Barak district of Logar province. The security force provided immediate medical attention before detaining them along with one other insurgent. Taliban leader
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