Afghanistan
Karzai: Helicopter crash kills 31 US soldiers
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August 6, 2011
Karzai: Helicopter crash kills 31 US soldiers
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday 31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan troops had been killed…
Afghan governor: NATO airstrike kills 4
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August 1, 2011
Afghan governor: NATO airstrike kills 4
KABUL, Afghanistan - The governor of a province in northeastern Afghanistan said Monday a NATO airstrike killed four police officers…
Helmand blast kills 10 policemen, one child
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July 31, 2011
Helmand blast kills 10 policemen, one child
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - A suicide attacker killed 10 Afghan policemen and a child in the southern city of Lashkar…
Roadside bombs kill 17 in south Afghanistan
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July 29, 2011
Roadside bombs kill 17 in south Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - Roadside mines killed 17 civilians in southern Afghanistan Friday when a minibus and a tractor separately…
BBC reporter among 17 killed in Afghan blasts
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July 28, 2011
BBC reporter among 17 killed in Afghan blasts
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Triple suicide blasts and gun attacks killed 17 people including a local BBC reporter in an ongoing…
Taliban say they killed mayor of Kandahar
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July 27, 2011
Taliban say they killed mayor of Kandahar
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban say they sent the suicide bomber who killed the mayor of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.…
Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phones hacked
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July 20, 2011
Taliban say Mullah Omar death report false, phones hacked
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban denied on Wednesday their supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died, saying false messages claiming…
Handover of key city tests Afghan forces amid rising violence
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July 19, 2011
Handover of key city tests Afghan forces amid rising violence
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - A bomb exploded near a police station outside a crucial city in Afghanistan's south Tuesday where…
Eleven police killed, two beheaded in Afghan violence
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July 18, 2011
Eleven police killed, two beheaded in Afghan violence
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - Seven Afghan policemen were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the southern city of…
US drawdown begins in Afghanistan
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July 15, 2011
US drawdown begins in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - The first US troops have left Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's planned drawdown of about…