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Missing Nato soldier body found
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 13 days ago
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The two soldiers, who went missing on 4 November, are believed to have died recovering supplies dropped by Nato aircraft that had fallen into a river. Last week, a Taliban spokesman was reported as saying the bodies had been recovered in Badghis province.
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S, lasting week, Badghis Province, western afghanistan, army officer, combat team, Turkmenistan, brigade combat, airborne division, Kabul, William Tecumseh Sherman, Operation Mountain Fury, Politics, War in Afghanistan, Taliban, War Conflict, NATO, Health Medical Pharma, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Paratrooper, WCVB-TV, International Security Assistance Force, Taliban insurgency, Afghan National Police, Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan, Afghan National Army, Civilian casualties of the War in Afghanistan
Afghan protest over 'burnt Koran'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility There have been protests in the Afghan capital, Kabul, over allegations that foreign troops in the country burnt a copy of the Koran. Hundreds of Kabul University students led the latest protest, burning an effigy of US President Barack Obama. The US-led...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S, helicopter crashes, hostile fire, crashes killing, Hamid Karzai, southern afghanistan, soldiers die, Mr. Karzai, western afghanistan
Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan's west
Herāt :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility HEART: A roadside bomb attack claimed by the Taliban killed at least 12 people in a key commercial city in western Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, amid worsening security before a presidential poll this month. The remote-controlled bomb may have...
Tags: afghanistan, bomb, Afghanistan Kills, west Afghanistan, western afghanistan, Herat, roadside bomb, police chief, bomb attack, rush hour
US Acknowledges Role in Afghan Civilian Deaths
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility In the long-awaited official report on the deaths of dozens of Afghan civilians during U.S. airstrikes in western Afghanistan last month, the U.S. military acknowledges that a bomber crew dropped thousands of pounds of bombs on buildings that may have...
Tags: U.S, Afghanistan, Robert Gates Thursday, big problem, civilians deaths, fighters jets, Taliban, defense secretary, western afghanistan, secretary robert
Afghan official says airstrike missed commander
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed 10 civilians and failed to hit a targeted militant commander, provincial officials said Thursday. The U.S. military originally said Tuesday's strike killed a warlord named Mullah Mustafa, who reportedly has links...
Tags: Afghanistan, Mullah Mustafa, air strike, western afghanistan, U.S, Iran, al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, italians soldiers, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid
US admits deadly Afghan 'mistakes'
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility A US military investigation has revealed significant mistakes in air raids that killed dozens of civilians in western Afghanistan last month, a military official has said. The unnamed official confirmed a New York Times report on Wednesday that the civilian...
Tags: Afghanistan, killed dozens, western afghanistan, U.S, ap source, bombed errors, military investigation
18 Taliban killed in western Afghanistan fighting
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Taliban militants Sunday after insurgents attacked a joint patrol, while four police were killed in a separate militant ambush, officials said. Militants attacked the troops in the western province of Farah, the site of a major battle with numerous civilian...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S, western afghanistan, Farah
Afghan civilians killed in NATO airstrike
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 months ago
Credibility The violence erupted Monday afternoon when Taliban militants attacked police posts in Shiwan and Gunj Abad, two villages in Bala Bulok district of the western province of Farah, provincial Governor Ruh-ul-Amin said. 'The militants killed three innocent...
Tags: Barack Obama, Pakistan, civilians casualties, Hamid Karzai, Expanding Taliban, U.S, Western Afghanistan, Mr Karzai, Mr. Karzai, Mr. Obama
US admits Afghan civilian deaths
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 months ago
Credibility An investigation into a missile strike carried out by US-led forces in Afghanistan earlier this week has found that 13 civilians were among 16 people killed, the US military has said. The military made the admission on Saturday, after originally saying...
Tags: W. Afghanistan, U.S, coalition forces, Herat, herat province, gozara district, air strike, Gozara, coalition operation, western afghanistan
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 9 months ago
Credibility The soldier died after coming under fire in Helmand on Tuesday, according to the ministry. Meanwhile, Afghan soldiers killed nine Taliban insurgents in a gunfight in Helmand late Monday, an army general reported. "We have killed nine armed Taliban and...
Tags: US Afghanistan, Herat, Ghulam Yahya Akbari, U.S, herat province, gozara district, Gozara, western afghanistan, coalition force
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