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| Time to turn up the heat in Afghanistan, says U.S. military chief |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan, it’s time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said last week. |
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| Mounting hatred for US in Pakistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has told reporters that unilateral actions by US forces in Pakistani territory will not help to the war against terror, but will spark fury among the people. |
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| Suicide attacks, clashes kill over 30 in Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Two suicide attackers blew themselves up at the police headquarters in Kandahar city Sunday, killing and wounding more than 30, while two dozen Taliban were killed in airstrikes and clashes elsewhere in the country, officials have said. |
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| US re-examines Afghan attack that killed civilians |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the ... |
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| Canadian soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| TORONTO: A Canadian soldier was killed and seven wounded on Sunday when their armoured vehicle struck an explosive device while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian government said. Sg... |
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| U.S. to review its controversial probe on Afghan attack |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| KABUL The U.S. military said Sunday it has “new information” about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the co... |
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| US air power triples deaths of Afghan civilians, says report |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| An injured Afghan boy is put on a stretcher at a hospital in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan. Photograph: Nesar Ahmad Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and Nato air strikes have nearly tripled over... |
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| General wants review of Afghan civilian killings |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Gen. David McKiernan wants probe amid reports that airstrike killed 90 civilians Deaths occurred during August 22 counter-insurgency operation in Herat province Initial findings from coalition forces ... |
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| Twin blasts hit Afghan police HQ |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Two suicide bombers detonated explosives inside the headquarters of the main police station in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing two policemen and wounding 29 people, police said. The bl... |
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| Afghan kidnappings damage business revival |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Many of the victims are from families of Afghanistan's fledgling business class and the kidnappings are driving abroad the few investors willing to put money into the struggling Afghan economy which r... |
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| One of the eight Apache attack helicopters supporting British troops in Afghanistan has crashed, The Herald can reveal. |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| One of the eight Apache attack helicopters supporting British troops in Afghanistan has crashed, The Herald can reveal. The gunship, the first UK helicopter lost on operations in Helmand, went down ... |
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| Twin suicide bombings kill 2 policemen, wound 38 in S Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Two suicide bombings targeted police headquarters in southern Afghan province of Kandahar Sunday afternoon killed two policemen and wounded 38 others, spokesman of provincial administration Najib Perv... |
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| Statement by the Minister of National Defence on the Death of One Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2008) - The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, issued the following statemen... |
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| Video of Afghan raid found |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| The military did not say what new information had emerged. But Afghan and Western officials say Afghanistan's intelligence agency and the U.N. both have video of the aftermath of the airstrikes on Azi... |
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| US has new information on attack that raised tensions with Afghanistan over civilian deaths |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the c... |
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| Differing accounts on U.S. strike in Afghanistan heighten tensions |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| AZIZABAD, Afghanistan : To the villagers here, there is no doubt what happened in an American airstrike on Aug. 22: more than 90 civilians, the majority of them women and children, were killed. The Af... |
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| U.S. Missiles Killed at Least Six People on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border, Residents Say |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A missile strike from a remotely piloted United States reconnaissance aircraft killed 6 to 12 people in a group of houses in southern Afghanistan, very close to the border... |
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| Afghan border too hot, Pak bats in Kashmir |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| New Delhi, Sept. 7: The Pakistan army has found in Kashmir an excuse to keep its soldiers from doing duty along the Afghan border, sources in Delhi said. |
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| Roadside bomb kills one Dutch soldier, wounds five in Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Amsterdam - One Dutch soldier was killed and five sustained injuries following when their YPR-pantser vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the Afghan province of Uruzghan, Dutch commander in chief Pe... |
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| Afghan tribal leader set for trial in NYC |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| NEW YORK - By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces showed up fo... |
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| Bombs explode at Afghan police HQ, 6 dead |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| 9/7/2008, 1:39 p.m. EDT JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to an official document. |
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| Double suicide bombing at police HQ in Afghanistan leaves several dead |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| A U.S. fighter plane flies over Taliban positions during a combat operation by Canadian forces from the NATO-led coalition in the Sangsar area of Zhari district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanis... |
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| Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Insurgents in Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2008 Coalition forces in Afghanistan killed more than 10 insurgents and captured seven others during a series of operations conducted in Khows... |
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| Turbine delivered to Afghan aid project |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| KABUL, Afghanistan -- It was a week-long journey through Afghanistan's most dangerous Taliban territory, dodging persistent attacks by insurgents and bumping over rough desert terrain riddled with min... |
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| 2 suicide attackers detonate bombs inside Afghan police headquarters, kill 6 officers |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) _ Two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city Sunday, killing six policemen, officials said.The bombers attacke... |
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| 8 dead in Afghan suicide bomb attack |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| At least eight people are dead following a suicide bomb attack at a police station in Afghanistan. Two suicide bombers detonated explosives inside the headquarters of the main police station in the c... |
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| Moderate quake hits India, Afghanistan and Pakistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| The quake struck Afghanistan's Hindukush region near the border with Pakistan, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.The epicentre of t... |
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| Marine Lance Cpl. Ivan Wilson, 22, Clearlake; killed in explosion in Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| The opening line of Ivan Wilson's last letter home to his mother had a poignant resonance at his memorial service."I guess you might say we've reached our final destination." |
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| New Pakistani president invites Afghan counterpart to Islamabad |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Kabul - Pakistan's president-elect Asif Ali Zardari has invited his Afghan counterpart to attend his oath-taking ceremony next week, the Afghan government said Sunday. Afghan President Hamid Karzai ca... |
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| Suicide Blast Near International Troop Convoy In Afghan City - Police |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| (AFP)--A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of international troops in Afghanistan's western city of Herat Sunday, but he appeared to have caused no casualties, police said. |
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| Two dozen Taliban killed in clashes with Afghan, coalition forces |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Kabul - Afghan and coalition forces killed at least two dozen Taliban in clashes and airstrike in eastern and southern regions, officials claimed Sunday. Twelve Taliban militants were killed in a US-l... |
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| 2-Taliban kidnap Afghan and Indian workers ..... |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| (Quqnoos)MILITANTS have kidnapped three Afghan and two Indian workers in the province of Maidan Wardak, which borders Kabul, an unnamed official said. |
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| 15 Taliban militants killed in E Afghanistan |
(Sun, 07 Sep 2008)
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| Afghan police on Sunday morning backed by the U.S.-led Coalition forces in a clean-up operation in eastern Afghan province of Khost eliminated 15 Taliban militants and arrested two others, said a poli... |
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