2 wounded AP journalists evacuated to Dubai from Afghanistan for treatmentKABUL — Two Associated Press journalists wounded in a bomb blast while on assignment with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan were evacuated to a medical center in Dubai on Wednesday after being treated at a military hospital. US Marines storm into strategic Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday and exchanged heavy fire with insurgents, killing at least seven. Marines assault Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday, the launch of a new operation to uproot Taliban fighters from a longtime base and provide security for next week’s presidential election. US, NATO deaths from bombings spike 6-fold in Afghanistan; 3 more US troops killedKABUL — U.S. and NATO deaths from roadside and suicide bomb blasts in Afghanistan soared six-fold in July compared with the same month last year, as militants detonated the highest number of bombs of the eight-year war, figures released Tuesday showed. US Army Stryker brigade retools for new mission in AfghanistanKANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — More than 100 soldiers in the brigade studied Arabic for 10 months. Their officers boned up on Iraq by reading dozens of books. Western airstrikes kill fewer Afghan civilians in July despite rise in fighting, troop deathsKABUL — Fewer civilians were killed by airstrikes in Afghanistan last month even as U.S. and NATO forces pushed deep into Taliban territory, driving clashes and Western casualties sharply higher. US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of AfricaArmy Sgt. Randy M. Haney When Randy M. Haney got a care package filled with candy while serving in Afghanistan, he wasn’t the one who ate it. He gave it to Afghan children, his mother said. 3 British paratroopers, 1 American killed in Afghan attacksKABUL — Three British paratroopers and an American service member were killed in attacks in Afghanistan’s south and east, officials said Friday, raising the number of international troops slain in the first week of August to 19. 3 British paratroopers killed in an attack in southern AfghanistanKABUL — Three British paratroopers were killed in a Taliban attack on their patrol in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, raising the number of international troops slain in the first week of August to 18. Officials: 4 US troops, 15 Afghans killed by roadside bombs, airstrikeKABUL — Four U.S. Marines were killed Thursday when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in western Afghanistan, driving up Western military deaths at a pace that would make August one of the deadliest months of the war. NATO says 4 US troops killed by roadside bomb in western AfghanistanKABUL — NATO says four American service members have been killed in a roadside bombing in western Afghanistan. Officials: Roadside explosions and airstrike kill at least 15 across southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Roadside explosions and a U.S. airstrike killed at least 15 people across southern Afghanistan, including members of a family who hit a mine on their way to a wedding party, local officials said Thursday. Afghan officials drop toll of civilians hit by mine on way to wedding from 21 to 5KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan officials have lowered the death toll in the bombing of a wedding party, saying five people, not 21, were killed when their vehicle hit a mine. Afghan police chief says airstrike kills 5 farmers; US says it attacked militantsKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A local police chief says a Western airstrike has killed five farmers loading cucumbers into a taxi in southern Afghanistan. New NATO head pledges alliance will stay in Afghanistan ‘as long as it takes’KABUL — NATO’s new secretary-general pledged Wednesday that the alliance would remain in Afghanistan despite flagging support in many nations from voters anxious over rising deaths among civilians and Western forces. Airstrike, bomb blast kill 10 civilians in AfghanistanKANDAHAR - Residents in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar said Wednesday that a NATO airstrike killed four civilians, including three children, while a roadside bomb killed six civilians in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan villagers say airstrikes by foreign troops kill 4 people, including 3 boysKABUL — NATO’s new secretary-general said on his first trip to Afghanistan on Wednesday that new rules on Western airstrikes and ground operations have sharply reduced civilian casualties. But he spoke just hours after outraged Afghan villagers said a pre-dawn airstrike had killed three children and a man in a southern village. Pashtuns dream of one homeland, play key role in Afghan election and warKABUL — In a recent debate leading up to the presidential elections here, the first question was not about terrorism, or violence, or even opium. It was about how candidates viewed a jagged line casually drawn on a map 115 years ago by British colonial rulers. US, NATO forces fade into background for Afghan election to avoid perception of influenceKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — An Afghan going to the polls in the Aug. 20 presidential election will not see an American or NATO soldier — if all goes according to plan. US military increases attacks on Afghan drug syndicate as new US-NATO policy takes holdKABUL — U.S. Marines and Afghan forces have found and destroyed hundreds of tons of poppy seeds, opium and heroin in southern Afghanistan this month in raids that a top American official said show the new U.S. counter narcotics strategy in Afghanistan is working. US trooper killed in Afghanistan, Canadians admit accidental shooting of Afghan girlKABUL — A U.S. service member was killed Thursday in an insurgent attack in the country’s volatile south, a U.S. military official said, raising to 35 the number of American troops to die in the Afghan war this month. Canadian troops admit accidental shooting death of Afghan girlKABUL — Canadian troops were involved in two shooting incidents in southern Afghanistan, killing a girl and wounding three policemen, a spokesman said Thursday. Canadian soldiers accidentally kill Afghan girl, injure 3 policemen in KandaharOTTAWA — An Afghan girl has been killed in an accidental shooting by Canadian soldiers in Kandahar province, military officials said. Taliban militants attack Afghan and US sites in eastern cities, killing 6GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Suspected Taliban militants armed with bombs, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades launched near-simultaneous assaults Tuesday on Afghan and U.S. facilities in two eastern cities, killing six Afghan police and intelligence officers. Afghan troops stop Taliban bombers in 2 cities, 14 killedGARDEZ, Afghanistan — Suspected Taliban militants launched near-simultaneous assaults Tuesday on Afghan and U.S. facilities in two eastern cities in attacks that killed six Afghan police and intelligence officers as well as eight insurgents. 14 die as Taliban bombers attack 2 Afghan cities with suicide blasts, rocketsGARDEZ, Afghanistan — Eight Taliban militants attacked three government buildings and a U.S. base in two eastern cities Tuesday in near-simultaneous attacks — a signature of major Taliban assaults. Eight insurgents and six Afghan security forces died. 13 die as Taliban militants attack 2 Afghan cities with suicide blasts, rocketsKABUL — Five Taliban suicide bombers attacked government centers in an eastern Afghan city Tuesday in a complex attack that has become a signature of major Taliban assaults. Five bombers and five Afghan security forces died, officials said. Militants attack gov’t center in east Afghanistan; 2 suicide bombers in burqas killedKABUL — Militants attacked several government centers in an eastern Afghan city Tuesday in a complex attack that has become a signature of major Taliban assaults. Police shot and killed two militant suicide bombers hiding under women’s burqas, officials said. Philippines says 10 Filipinos died in Russian helicopter crash at NATO base in AfghanistanMANILA, Philippines — Ten Filipino workers were among the civilians killed in a helicopter crash at NATO’s largest air base in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. 4 more US troops killed in Afghanistan making July deadliest month for USKABUL — Four Americans were killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said, making July the deadliest month for U.S. troops in this war. |
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