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Fort Lewis soldier dies in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
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A Fort Lewis soldier from Maine has been killed in Afghanistan...The News Tribune of Tacoma reports he's the seventh soldier from the 5th Stryker brigade to be killed in the past two weeks. The 3,900-member brigade took over responsibility last month...
Tags: U.S. Afghanistan, Fort Lewis, Maine, Jordan Brochu, British Ministry of Defense, British Task Force, helmand provinces, Helmand Province, soldier died, John Baldacci
UK soldiers die in Afghan blast
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility They died when an improvised explosive device detonated, the MoD said...The deaths on Saturday bring the total number of British personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001 to 173. The most senior Army officer to die in action since 1982 was killed in...
Tags: Afghanistan, Helmand Province, southern afghanistan, U.S, set free, Taliban, United Nations, Afghan Health Ministry, helmand provinces, Paktiaas
Bomb attack kills Afghan MP, four bodyguards
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 months ago
Credibility Violence is at its highest level since the Taliban was ousted by US-led forces in 2001, with attacks spreading from the south and east to the outskirts of Kabul. Daad Mohammad, a member of parliament for southern Helmand province and a former intelligence...
Tags: Amer Dad Mohammad Khan, roadside bombs, Helmand, Lashkar Gah district, Afghanistan, helmand provinces, kills afghans, afghans mp, Aktar Mohammad Khan, southern helmand
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Taliban Commander
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 months ago
Credibility Afghan and coalition military forces said a precision airstrike has killed a key Taliban commander in western Afghanistan, near the Turkmenistan border. A joint military statement Monday said the airstrike in Darya-ye-Morghab in Badghis province late...
Tags: south Afghanistan, Helmand, Taliban, helmand provinces, taliban commander, Kabul, Hamid Karzai, Maulavi Ghulam Dastagir
Civilians killed in Afghan suicide blast
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 12 months ago
Credibility A suicide bomber has killed eight civilians and two policemen in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, the provincial police chief has said. Assadullah Shairzad said the attack in Musa Qala was aimed at a police convoy. The attack in Musa Qala was...
Tags: Afghanistanâ, suicide bomber, Helmand, Iraq, Ghazni, Musa Qala, Kabul, Haqqani, helmand provinces, bomber killing
Diggers help guard massive Afghan turbine convoy
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility British, US, Australian and Canadian troops backed by special forces completed one of the largest logistical operations of the seven-year Afghan conflict when they delivered the 200-tonne turbine to a remote Taliban-dominated region. The huge turbine,...
Tags: taliban, killed, militants, Afghanistan, Helmand Province, helmand provinces, defence minister, Kajaki, Australian
Brit soldier killed in Afghanistan named
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Ministry of Defence The incident happened as British forces returned to the operating base following operations in the Musa Qaleh area. His family paid tribute to him in a statement which said: "Dale was much loved and respected by his family and all...
Tags: Marine Dale Gostick, Afghanistan, Helmand Province, royal marines, helmand provinces, marines dale, Oxford, Royal Marine, Ministry of Defence
NATO troops wipe out Afghan poppy fields
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Afghanistan have made significant progress eradicating the country's poppy fields, an officer for the military alliance said Monday...McNeill said opium poppy cultivation remains a major threat to Afghanistan, the U.S. Defense Department said in a news...
Tags: Afghanistan, suicide bomber, Helmand, NATO, soldiers killing, helmand provinces, enter afghanistan, British Ministry of Defense
Four NATO Soldiers, Three Civilians Killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility The spokesman, who did not want to be named, said that he could not confirm the nationalities of the soldiers nor could he say if the explosion was triggered by a suicide bomber. ...
Tags: afghanistan, attack, killed, for, afghan civilians, militants, Afghanistan Kills, Helmand Province, helmand provinces, suicide attack
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