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Afghan official: 5 border security guards killed

KABUL - Five Afghan border security guards have died in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  22 Nov 2009

Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital

KABUL - A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding at least two, the Interior Ministry said. ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  21 Nov 2009

Afghan police are weak link in security force

Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. A strong, ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, eTaiwan News,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Hamid Karzai,  US Marine Corps

Suicide bomber attacks military convoy near Kabul

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Friday that wounded six people near the Afghan capital, while Britain's prime minister suggested 5,000 more NATO troops could be deployed to the troubled country. A U.S. Army soldier ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, Taiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  Barack Obama,  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Missing US soldier's body found in Afghan river

Military divers have found the body of a U.S. paratrooper who disappeared last week along with another soldier as the two tried to retrieve airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday. Afghan and international ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, eTaiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  82nd Airborne Division,  Kevin Rudd,  John Howard

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers

KABUL NATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. paratroopers mistakenly killed eight Afghans and wounded more than 20 Afghan and American forces. NATO said the deaths ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, San Diego Union-Tribune,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  82nd Airborne Division,  Taliban

NATO strike mistakenly kills 8 Afghans, wounds U.S. soldiers

N ATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. paratroopers mistakenly killed eight Afghans and wounded more than 20 Afghan and American forces. NATO said the deaths came ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, Globe and Mail,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  82nd Airborne Division,  Taliban

NATO strike mistakenly kills 8 Afghans

N ATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. paratroopers mistakenly killed eight Afghans and wounded more than 20 Afghan and American forces. NATO said the deaths came ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, Globe and Mail,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  82nd Airborne Division,  Taliban

NATO air strike kills Afghan troops: reports

KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO and Afghan authorities were investigating Saturday whether an airstrike during the intensive search for two missing U.S. paratroopers mistakenly killed eight Afghans and wounded more than 20 Afghan and American forces. NATO ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, Toronto Star,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  82nd Airborne Division,  Taliban

Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers

Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. NATO would ...

From ELENA BECATOROS, eTaiwan News,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  82nd Airborne Division,  Taliban

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