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Story by Jim Garamone
Date09.02.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - There are now enough resources in Afghanistan to deliver "tangible and lasting results," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Sept. 2.
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02 Sep 2010 17:40:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Phil Stewart
KABUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The United States will start preliminary talks with its allies in Afghanistan soon on next year's planned "transition", expected to include withdrawal of some U.S. forces, the top NATO commander in the country said on Thursday.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL - An allegation that the International Security Assistance Force caused civilian casualties was made in Kandahar province yesterday. The allegation is currently being investigated.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL - Multiple intelligence sources and tips from local citizens led Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces to two large weapons caches - which were secured and destroyed - in the Sarobi District of Kabul province today.
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Story by Jim Garamone
Date09.02.2010
CAMP EGGERS, Afghanistan - The forces are now in place to make major strides in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said here today.
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By Anne Gearan
Associated Press
10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 2, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Thursday that the sometimes strained relationship between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid.
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By James Rosen
Published September 02, 2010
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CAMP EGGERS, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates touched down in Kabul Thursday, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan for a lightning round of strategy sessions with top commanders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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by Daphne Benoit Daphne Benoit – September 2, 2010
KABUL (AFP) – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise visit following a trip to Iraq, where he attended ceremonies to mark the formal end of the American combat mission there.
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02 Sep 2010 10:40:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates possible toll to 10 killed, adds attack in southeast)
TALOOQAN, Afghanistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - An apparent air strike by foreign forces killed 10 election campaign workers in Afghanistan's north on Thursday, a government spokesman said, and NATO-led forces said they were investigating the incident.
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Date09.02.2010
Kabul, Afghanistan - Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike targeting an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan senior member assessed to be the deputy shadow governor for Takhar province this morning.
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Date09.02.2010
GHAZNI, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force Soldiers from Task Force White Eagle and Brawler killed five Taliban improvised explosive device emplacers, Sept. 2, during combat operations in the Andar District of Ghazni province.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL – Coalition forces repelled an insurgent attack in the Bermel district of Paktika province after a failed attack on Combat Outpost Margah today.
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Date09.02.2010
Location:GHORMACH DISTRICT, AF
Live mortar rounds are commonly used in manufacturing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, and in the hands of insurgents or Taliban fighters these weapons could be used to attack local civilians as well as Afghan National Security Forces who patrol the area in unarmored vehicles.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained two insurgents in Logar province last night in their continued pursuit of a Taliban commander, who leads 40 fighters in attacks against Afghan officials and coalition forces operating in Logar.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents, during the latest deliberate clearing operation against Haqqani Network safe havens in Orgun district over the past two nights.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL- An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents including the Taliban shadow governor of Musa Qal'ah District in Helmand province Wednesday.
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Date09.02.2010
KABUL – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike against a Taliban commander in Paktika province Wednesday.
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01 Sep 2010 17:20:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
BERLIN, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A German citizen has been arrested by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the German foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after a newspaper reported he was being held on suspicion of involvement with a terrorist group.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Multiple intelligence sources and tips from local citizens led coalition forces to a meeting held by a senior Taliban commander in Uruzgan province Sept 1.
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By TAIMOOR SHAH and ROD NORDLAND
Published: September 1, 2010
MEHLAJAT, Afghanistan — When the governor of Kandahar Province came to this town, freshly liberated on Sunday from the Taliban, his armed entourage appeared to outnumber what was left of the population.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL - A combined Afghan National Security Force and coalition force operation led to the detainment of several insurgent in Ghazni province today.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces assessed one of the insurgents detained in Kunduz province Tuesday was planning to carry out a suicide attack in the near future.
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01 Sep 2010 10:53:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
STOCKHOLM, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Sweden's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that a lower official had withdrawn two weeks ago.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL - Members of the 2nd Brigade 205th Afghan National Army and their partners from Combined Team Zabul gathered at Forward Operating Base Eagle Sunday to celebrate the graduation of 24 ANA soldiers from the first explosives search and recognition course.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL - A motorcycle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in Kandahar today, killing Kandahar's hajj and pilgrimage chief and his body guard.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL – Afghan and coalition security forces spent the month of August continuing to capture and kill key Taliban and Haqqani Network insurgent leaders.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents in Logar province Tuesday while in pursuit of a Taliban commander who leads 40 fighters in attacks against Afghan officials and coalition forces operating in Logar.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents in Nangarhar province Tuesday while in pursuit of the Taliban shadow governor for Rodat district who is responsible for the direction and facilitation of foreign fighters and suicide bombers.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that a coalition force precision air strike in Kandahar province Monday, killed Zulmai, a Taliban commander responsible for directing improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan civilians and Afghan and coalition forces.
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Date09.01.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained two insurgents in Ghazni province Tuesday, including a Taliban sub-commander heavily involved in the facilitation of coordinated attacks, which threaten the security and safety of the local population.
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1st Marine Division
Story by Sgt. Dean Davis
Date08.31.2010
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – When Cpl. Jeff Van Cleave left the Marine Corps in 1990 in hopes of becoming an officer, he wasn’t sure he would ever come back to the Marine Corps. Now, the U.S. Army major, who proudly wears the 1st Marine Division patch on his uniform, has returned and is responsible for all artillery in Helmand province, but the journey back to the “Blue Diamond” has taken him farther than he ever expected.
By Denis D. Gray
Associated Press Writer
August 31, 2010
HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan—As some 400 U.S. and Afghan soldiers gather to honor their first fallen comrade, mournful Muslim prayers mingle with the stutter of machine gun fire and the thud of exploding grenades just beyond their heavily fortified camp.
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Date08.31.2010
Date Posted:08.31.2010 20:30
Location:KABUL, AF
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan and coalition force conducting a medical evacuation mission were forced to fire on two Afghan civilians who displayed hostile intent to the combined force in the area of Marjah in Helmand province Aug. 31.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Coalition forces came under heavy small-arms fire in the Musa Qal'ah District of Helmand province Aug. 31.
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By Joshua Partlow and Andrew Higgins
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, August 31, 2010; 5:00 PM
KABUL - Afghanistan's Central Bank has taken control of Kabul Bank, a politically potent financial institution partly owned by President Hamid Karzai's brother, and ordered its chairman to hand over $160 million worth of luxury villas and other property purchased in Dubai for well-connected insiders, according to Afghan bankers and officials.
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By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Aug 31, 8:42 am ET
KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai's recent complaints that international forces should focus on militant leaders hiding in neighboring Pakistan instead of Afghan villages doesn't mean the government no longer supports the U.S. war strategy, the top NATO commander said Tuesday
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Tue Aug 31, 4:36 am ET
BRUSSELS – Taliban guerrillas still retain the initiative in some parts of Afghanistan despite recent successes by coalition forces, the top U.S. and NATO commander in the country said Tuesday
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Gunman killed three and wounded several more employees of the Afghan Supreme Court travelling on a mini bus in Kabul, Aug. 31.
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Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte
Date08.31.2010
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan airmen of the Kandahar Air Wing are learning how to take the offensive from advisors assigned to the 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group.
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August 31, 2010 - 9:14PM
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The US commander of the Afghan war has acknowledged that the Taliban were expanding their footprint across the country even as foreign forces close in on their traditional southern strongholds.
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31 Aug 2010 09:52:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Paul Tait
KABUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan from next July will begin with a general "thinning out" of forces rather than any large-scale drawdown, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces said on Tuesday.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – Afghan National Security Forces and U.S. soldiers from Task Force Bastogne conducted a major air assault in the village of Omar, in the Monogai District of Kunar province Monday.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of a Haqqani Network facilitator whose primary role is coordinating the movement of fighters throughout Khost, Paktiya and Paktika provinces.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Kandahar province Monday, targeting a Taliban commander responsible for directing improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan civilians, as well as Afghan and coalition forces.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Haqqani Network sub-commander in charge of an insurgent cell responsible for the facilitation of weapons and supplies for area fighters, along with some of his associates in Khost province Monday.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – Afghan and coalition security forces detained two insurgents in Kunduz province Monday in their continued pursuit of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist connected to several insurgent groups in the area including the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and the Taliban.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents in Kandahar province Monday, including a Taliban commander who coordinated weapons movements and improvised explosive device and direct fire attacks on Afghan civilians, as well as Afghan and coalition forces.
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Date08.31.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents in Ghazni province Monday, including a Taliban sub-commander who led an improvised explosive device attack cell.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Four Afghan civilians were killed, including two children, and four more civilians were wounded in insurgent attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan Aug. 30.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - A district sub-governor was killed and four of his bodyguards were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside of the governor's palace in the Jalalabad District of Nangarhar province Aug. 30.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Multiple intelligence reports and tips from local citizens led a combined Afghan National Security Force and coalition force to target a senior Taliban leader in Helmand province, Aug. 30.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Coalition forces carried out an air strike on a senior Taliban commander south of Sangin, Helmand province Sunday, Aug. 29.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - The commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command has ordered an investigation into the allegations of civilian casualties in Baghlan province during an operation, Aug. 22.
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30 Aug 2010 11:25:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Andrew Hammond
KABUL, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Graft is destroying Afghanistan and next month's parliamentary poll will be little more than a dark comedy run by political elites unless there is real change, one of President Hamid Karzai's fiercest critics has said.
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VOA News 30 August 2010
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has again harshly criticized coalition strategy for fighting Afghanistan's stubborn insurgency.
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30 Aug 2010 09:05:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates with official saying car bomb, not suicide attack)
By Rafiq Sherzad
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as he entered a provincial headquarters, but the governor escaped unhurt, officials said.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces uncovered and secured a large weapons cache in the Jalriz District, Maydan Wardak province today.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – Afghan and coalition forces captured a Haqqani Network commander and several of his associates during an overnight operation in Khost province. The commander and his fighters were involved in the complex attack on Forward Operating Bases Salerno and Chapman Saturday.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents in Khost province Sunday while in pursuit of a Haqqani Network facilitator whose primary role is coordinating the movement of fighters throughout Khost, Paktiya and Paktika provinces.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – Afghan and coalition forces captured a Taliban improvised explosive device facilitator reportedly linked to the movement of a large ammonium nitrate shipment, which was interdicted by the Afghan National Army Aug. 9, in Kandahar Sunday.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – Afghan and coalition forces detained several insurgents in Paktiya province Sunday while in pursuit of a Taliban commander who coordinates suicide bombings throughout Paktiya.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – An Afghan-led force detained several suspected insurgents in Kandahar province Sunday while in pursuit of a Taliban commander responsible for directing improvised explosive device attacks against Afghan civilians and Afghan and coalition forces.
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Date08.30.2010
KABUL – Afghan and coalition security forces captured a Taliban judge with influence in Nad ‘Ali and Marjah districts of Helmand province Sunday.
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STAFF WRITER 29 Aug 2010
Kabul, Aug 28 (AP) Afghanistan's presidential office today condemned US media reports that Afghan government officials have received payments from the CIA in return for information.
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Date08.30.2010
Date Posted:08.29.2010 22:11
KABUL – Two insurgents wearing suicide improvised explosive device vests were killed in an explosion in Farah city yesterday.
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Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte
Date08.29.2010
KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - In few countries do women face as many challenges as they do in Afghanistan—a country which not only holds the record for the worst place to be a mother, according to Save the Children’s “State of the World’s Mothers Report 2010,” but is also home to the fundamentalist Taliban, one of the world’s most repressive anti-women’s rights regimes.
29 Aug 2010 16:41:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Jonathon Burch
KABUL, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban are angry that the man whose job it is to kill their fighters has claimed to be making progress; so angry that they want to hold an unprecedented news conference to talk about it.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Two Afghan civilians were wounded from in improvised explosive device blast in the Panjwaii District of Kandahar province Aug. 29.
Regional Command Southwest
Story by Cpl. Brian Gabriel Jr.
Date08.29.2010
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Security throughout Helmand province has steadily increased due to the constant push of formally-trained Afghan National Police officers out to cities. These police officers are receiving their training from coalition forces-run academies, like the Joint Security Academy Southwest located at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
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Regional Command Southwest
Story by Lance Cpl. Jeremy Fasci
Date08.29.2010
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Allawadin, a 24-year-old Afghan police recruit is lacking one very important feature necessary to being a cop here. Mainly, he doesn’t have a trigger finger.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition forces detained several suspected insurgents in Helmand province Saturday while in pursuit of a Taliban commander who is a key facilitator of weapons and supplies for other Taliban commanders operating in northern Helmand.
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Story by Staff Sgt. Jeremy D. Crisp
Date08.29.2010
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan – It was only a year ago that the Afghan national civil order police had a 60 to 80 percent attrition rate among its policemen due to low morale, equipment issues, lack of basic resources and corruption.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force detained one suspected insurgent in Kunduz province last night while in pursuit of the Taliban district commander for Aliabad, who is directly involved in the planning of attacks against coalition forces.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - Soldiers from the Afghan National Army's 2nd Company, 8th Commando Kandak, received the Combat Action Badge Tuesday for their actions in the unit's first combat operation since completing their extensive training.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - A joint incident assessment team recently found no evidence to conclude coalition force helicopters were responsible for the deaths of three Afghan National Police members, Aug.
21.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - In response to Baghlan provincial governor's concerns about civilian casualties, a joint assessment team composed of representatives from the ministries of interior and defense, and International Security Assistance Force officials, conducted a full assessment of an operation on Aug. 22 in Talah wa Barfak District, Baghlan province.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of a Taliban facilitator involved in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices during an Afghan-led operation in Paktika Wednesday.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - An Afghan-led force detained several insurgents in Kandahar province Saturday while in pursuit of a Taliban facilitator involved in the acquisition of military materials.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - More than 10 suspected insurgents were detained Saturday in Kandahar during an Afghan-led operation in pursuit of a Taliban commander.
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29 Aug 2010 10:07:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
HERAT, Afghanistan, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Armed men have killed five campaigners working for a female candidate in next month's parliamentary election in Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday, the latest attack amid growing security fears.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition forces detained more than 10 suspected insurgents during a combined operation to detain a senior Taliban commander Aug. 20.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces captured Zia Ul-Haq, a senior Taliban commander operating in Logar province and responsible for the facilitation of foreign fighters and suicide bombers into Kabul City, during an operation Wednesday.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - Afghan and Coalition forces killed more than 30 Haqqani Network insurgents, including 13 wearing suicide vests as they attempted to storm Forward Operating Bases Salerno and Chapman and government buildings in Khost Saturday morning. Mudasir, a Haqqani suicide bomber and improvised explosive device facilitator, was killed as he attempted to flee as the attack was smashed by ANSF and ISAF forces.
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Posted: Aug 29, 2010 1:48 AM PDT
By RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan officials said they found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign workers for a female parliamentary candidate in the western province of Herat.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL - A coalition force air strike was conducted against a senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan commander who facilitates foreign fighters and leads attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Kunduz Saturday.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL- Afghan and coalition forces captured a Haqqani Network commander involved in Saturday's attacks on Forward Operating Bases Salerno and Chapman in Khost province.
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Date08.29.2010
KABUL- Afghan and coalition forces conducted operations in Paktiya province last night while in pursuit of a Taliban commander for coordinating and conducting indirect fire and direct fire attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.
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By Sarah Collerton
Updated Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:12am AEST
Incoming independent MP Andrew Wilkie has described the justification for the war in Afghanistan as "one of the great lies of the election campaign"
Mr Wilkie has claimed victory in the Tasmanian seat of Denison, but he will wait a few more days before declaring who he will support in a hung parliament.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces targeted a Taliban judge with influence in Nad 'Ali and Marjah Districts of Helmand province Friday.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents in Kandahar province Friday searching for a Taliban commander and weapons expert.
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Date08.27.2010
Date Posted:08.28.2010 03:55
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ORUZGAN, Afghanistan – An Afghan Security Guard member was shot by a member of the Taliban after an attempted kidnapping in Deh Rawod Aug. 27.
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Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010
PESHAWAR: A US drone strike Saturday killed four militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.
The strike hit Shahidano village in the violence-wracked Kurram tribal district, 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Peshawar.
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28 Aug 2010 02:35:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Up to 30 Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers, attacked a U.S. base in Afghanistan's east on Saturday, officials said, but there were no details available about possible casualties or damage.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - One Afghan civilian was killed and seven others were wounded when an insurgent wearing a suicide vest detonated himself in a local store in the Bermal District of Paktika province today.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - A joint incident assessment team returned to Kabul today following a trip to Badghis province where two Spanish military instructors, a Spanish interpreter, and an Afghan National Police member were killed following a gun fight on Wednesday.
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By DEXTER FILKINS and ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: August 28, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — One of the country’s most senior prosecutors said Saturday that President Hamid Karzai fired him this week after he repeatedly refused to block corruption investigations at the highest levels of Mr. Karzai’s government.
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1st Marine Division
Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter
Date08.28.2010
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – The 1st Marine Division Band is known for performing hundreds of ceremonies each year. In 2007, they were awarded the "Col. George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands,” however, here in Afghanistan, many of them can be found providing security for the thousands of service members and contractors deployed to Helmand province’s Camp Leatherneck in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Canada has pushed ahead with a rehabilitation project to re-establish the valley and other areas surrounding Kandahar city as Afghanistan's breadbasket.
By David Zucchino
Los Angeles Times
Originally published Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 6:15 AM
ARGHANDAB RIVER VALLEY, Afghanistan — When the Canadian government's international assistance agency looked into rebuilding a massive irrigation dam here in early 2007, the initial prospects weren't encouraging. The site appraisal team couldn't even get to the dam, 20 miles north of Kandahar in the Arghandab River Valley.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police, supported by members from the International Security Assistance Force, discovered a munitions cache in the Ghormach District of Faryab province, Thursday.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - Coalition forces found and removed an improvised explosive device that insurgents planted in the wall of a mosque in Arghandab District, Kandahar province, Monday.
8/28/2010
By Cpl. Ned Johnson, Regimental Combat Team 2
SANGIN, Afghanistan
After serving in the Marine Corps Security Forces, one infantryman came to the line companies with something to teach the young Marines of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and their reception of his unique training methods are evident.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of a Taliban commander in Paktiya province during an Afghan and coalition security force operation Wednesday.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force detained several insurgents in Khost province Friday while in pursuit of a Haqqani Network facilitator of improvised explosive device material and weapons used in indirect fire attacks.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces captured a Taliban attack coordinator and facilitator who moved improvised explosive devices and weapons into Kabul City.
Continue reading "Taliban facilitator, insurgents captured in Logar" »
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL - Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force soldiers repelled two attacks at bases in Khost province today.
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28 Aug 2010 10:42:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1030 GMT on Saturday.
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28 Aug 2010 10:46:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Elyas Wahdat
KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Foreign and Afghan troops repelled pre-dawn attacks on two bases in Afghanistan's east on Saturday, officials said, with the Taliban saying suicide bombers were among 30 of its fighters who launched the raids.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force continued their pursuit of a cross-district Taliban commander and facilitator in Zabul province Friday, detaining several suspected insurgents.
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Date08.28.2010
KABUL – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike on a truck occupied by three Haqqani Network fighters after they attempted to attack Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province today.
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A year since the U.S. troop buildup began with battalions descending on the Helmand River Valley, optimism about a quick defeat of the Taliban has given way to more sober assessments.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
August 27, 2010|1:15 p.m.
Reporting from Forward Operating Base Dwyer, — If Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin Oratowski was intimidated about briefing three visiting generals as he headed out on another overnight patrol chasing the Taliban, he didn't show it.
Continue reading "Marines in Afghanistan prepared for a long haul" »
Fri Aug 27
KABUL (AFP) – A NATO base in volatile eastern Afghanistan came under attack early Saturday from possible Taliban militants, police in the region said.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - A coalition patrol travelling on Highway 2 in the Maidan Shahr District of Wardak province Aug. 27 fired on a vehicle perceived to be a threat to the patrol.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Nearly 300 Afghans peacefully demonstrated against the Taliban Aug. 27 near the village of Rahimkhel in the Andar District of Ghazni province.
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Through a reporter named Michael Jordan, who was filming a documentary on 3rd ID, Olcott was able to secure two large green tough boxes full of supplies from the Matthew Freeman Foundation, named for U.S. Marine Capt. Mathew Freeman, of Richmond, Ga. Freeman was killed in Afghanistan in 2009. He also shared a passion to provide school supplies to the children of Afghanistan.
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Date08.27.2010
Date Posted:08.27.2010 14:50
Location:NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – , AF
With tears forming in her eyes and voice shaking, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicole Olcott stood before a crowd of homeless Afghan children, Aug. 14, prepared to fulfill a seven-month endeavor.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - The Afghan National Army repatriated eight of its soldiers today who were listed as missing from an earlier operation to rid the area of insurgents.
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* By Spencer Ackerman
* August 27, 2010
Consider it a new version of death by PowerPoint. The NATO command in Afghanistan has fired a staff officer who publicly criticized its interminable briefings, its over-reliance on Microsoft’s slide-show program, and what he considered its crushing bureaucracy.
Continue reading "Colonel Kicked Out of Afghanistan for Anti-PowerPoint Rant" »
Combined Joint Task Force 101
Story by 1st Lt. Holly Hess
Date08.27.2010
PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Representatives from the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security held a meeting in coordination with the International Election Commission to discuss election security with Panjshiri parliamentary candidates, Aug. 22.
Continue reading "Afghan security forces plan for election" »
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Story by 1st Lt. Katherine Roling
Date08.27.2010
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Governors from Wardak and Paktika provinces, including the deputy governor from Logar province, met Aug. 26, with Ghazni’s provincial governor, Musa Khan, at the governor’s compound in Ghazni City.
Continue reading "FOB Ghazni supports tri-governor’s conference in Ghazni City" »
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of a senior Haqqani Network commander during an Afghan and coalition security force operation Wednesday.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - Afghan National Security Forces, partnering with International Security Assistance Forces, concluded their combined security sweep of the Uzbeen valley area Wednesday.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces captured a Haqqani network facilitator and two additional insurgents during their continued pursuit of Haqqani Network leadership in Khost province Thursday.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces detained several suspected insurgents in Kunduz province Thursday while in pursuit of an al-Qaida-affiliated extremist.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces continued their pursuit of a Taliban sub-commander responsible for leading attacks against Afghan civilians, Afghan and coalition forces in Paktiya province Thursday.
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Date08.27.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition security forces detained one insurgent in Paktika province Thursday while in pursuit of a Taliban facilitator involved in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices.
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By the CNN Wire Staff
August 27, 2010 7:24 a.m. EDT
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan, French and U.S. troops have completed a security sweep in eastern Afghanistan, a five-day push that led to the deaths of about 40 Taliban fighters, military officials said Friday
Continue reading "U.S., French troops in 'very successful' security sweep" »
3 US Troops Killed In Afghanistan, While Market Bombing Kills 3 Police, 2 Civilians
Aug. 27, 2010
AP) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Homemade bombs killed three U.S. troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Friday, and a roadside blast tore through a crowded market in the increasingly volatile north, killing three police and two civilians.
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27 Aug 2010 12:49:12 GMT
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KABUL, Afghanistan, August 27 (UNHCR) – The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran so far this year has exceeded 100,000, almost twice as many as last year. Some 95,000 of these are from Pakistan.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - A coalition force combat outpost came under insurgent fire Aug. 26 in the Darah-ye Pech District of Kunar province. The coalition force responded with mortar fire and called for air support.
Continue reading "Insurgents struck during operation in Kunar; civilian casualty allegations" »
Teaching young Afghan soldiers to drive is a key challenge facing U.S. Marines. More than half of Afghan army injuries result from vehicular accidents.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
August 26, 2010|2:08 p.m.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghan Sgt. Maj. Barakatullah Kolistani, who trains army recruits, is confident his fledgling soldiers are learning the discipline, strategic skills and marksmanship needed to defeat the Taliban.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-led force discovered a large weapons cache in a remote village in Badakhshan province Aug. 25.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-led force discovered a large weapons cache in a remote village in Badakhshan province Aug. 25.
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8/26/10 | Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Sgt. Mark Fayloga
KHANAGAWR, Afghanistan — Marines and sailors from Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, partnered with the Afghan National Army to complete Operation Big Wave, a two-part operation in Khanagawr and Southern Lashkar Gah taking place from Aug. 15-20.
Continue reading "Afghan Army, Marines Disrupt Enemy Supply Routes" »
By David Nakamura
Thursday, August 26, 2010; 2:13 PM
KABUL - Afghanistan, graveyard of empires - and Toyota Corollas.
Continue reading "Toyota's Corolla is the people's car in Afghanistan" »
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Date08.25.2010
Date Posted:08.26.2010 14:02
ORUZGAN, Afghanistan – An Afghan civilian, employed at a local coalition force base, was killed in Deh Rawod district, Oruzgan province, Aug. 25.
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Story by Cpl. Eugenio Montanez
Date08.26.2010
COMBAT OUTPOST PAYNE, Afghanistan – To accomplish any mission, light armored reconnaissance Marines need vehicles prepared for the task at hand. The Motor Transport Maintenance section makes sure the vehicles are ready to travel Afghanistan’s rugged terrain.
Continue reading "Mechanics maintain mission capabilities" »
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Story by Chief Petty Officer Brian Brannon
Date08.26.2010
Location:KABUL, AF
A new cadre graduated Aug. 25 from an innovative course at Kabul Military Training Center designed to ensure consistent, sustainable training for the Afghan National Army.
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By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: August 26, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — Ten campaign workers for a female parliamentary candidate in western Afghanistan were abducted by gunmen Thursday and the Taliban claimed responsibility for two deadly attacks, one that killed eight Afghan police officers and another that killed two Spanish police trainers and a Spanish-Afghan translator a day earlier.
Continue reading "Afghan Female Candidate’s Campaign Workers Abducted" »
By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press Writer – August 26, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan – Eight Afghan police gunned down at a checkpoint. Campaign workers kidnapped. Spanish trainers shot dead on their base.
Continue reading "Fears Taliban expanding in Afghan north, west" »
Posted: Aug 25, 2010 11:07 PM PDT
Updated: Aug 26, 2010 7:08 AM PDT
By AMIR SHAH
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai said that U.S. plans to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next year had boosted the Taliban's spirits, while an insurgent attack killed eight Afghan police in the country's increasingly volatile north Thursday.
Continue reading "Afghan leader criticizes US withdrawal timeline" »
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Story by 1st Lt. R.j. Peek
Date08.26.2010
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – When theft and corruption involving more than $1.1 million surfaced last year in Paktika province, it brought educators’ pay to a grinding halt and nearly caused a massive walkout by the teachers of the Waza Kwah School District.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - A joint team of Afghan and International Security Assistance Force officials departed Kabul today to perform an initial assessment of the shooting incident in western Afghanistan Wednesday, Aug. 25.
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By Sayed Salahuddin Sayed Salahuddin – August 26, 2010
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan, believed to be sitting on top of billions of dollars worth of minerals and energy sources, has extracted oil for the first time and plans to pump a modest 800 barrels a day, officials said on Thursday.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL - International Security Assistance Forces recovered an unmanned aerial system after it crashed in Wardak province today.
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BY Sean Alfano
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, August 26th 2010, 7:52 AM
The Pakistani Taliban has issued a new round of threats against any foreigners in the country who provide aid for flood victims.
By Mohammad Hamed
Thu Aug 26, 2:00 am ET
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban rebels killed eight Afghan police officers on Thursday in northern Kunduz, an official said, stepping up strikes in what was once a relatively secure part of Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Taliban kill eight police in Afghan north: governor" »
26 Aug 2010 08:14:55 GMT
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Aug 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0800 GMT on Thursday.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL - International Security Assistance Force members recovered an unmanned aerial system after it crashed in Kandahar province today.
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL- Afghan and coalition security forces continued their pursuit of Haqqani Network leadership Wednesday - detaining several insurgents in Khost province while in pursuit of a senior Haqqani Network commander.
Continue reading "Afghan, coalition force foils suicide bomber attack in Khost" »
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Date08.26.2010
KABUL- Afghan and coalition security forces captured two Haqqani Network and several Taliban leaders during 35 separate operations this week.
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By Gretel C. Kovach, UNION-TRIBUNE
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:19 p.m.
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — The lesson of the day for the Afghan police recruits was a cordial “cordon and knock.” Sometimes a more aggressive approach is required. But often it is better to rap politely at the door and ask for information, instead of breaking it down, their U.S Marine Corps instructor explained.
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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SUKKUR, Pakistan – Floods that have inundated sections of Pakistan and cut off roads and railways have also disrupted the main supply lines for U.S. and NATO military forces in Afghanistan.
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Date08.26.2010
Date Posted:08.25.2010 19:26
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan National Police and coalition forces repelled insurgent attacks at several locations in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand province Aug. 26.
Wed Aug 25, 1:28 PM
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India and Afghanistan on Wednesday wound up two days of talks during a visit to New Delhi by Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, saying they would work together to combat terrorism in the region.
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Published August 25, 2010
JENNIFER GRIFFIN, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: General, why should the American people give you more time here? It's been nine years. The casualties are rising. Every six months or so we hear that the White House and the Pentagon have a new strategy and that this time it's the right strategy for Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Transcript: Gen. David Petraeus Interviewed by Fox News' Jennifer Griffin" »
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Date08.25.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Three Afghan civilians were killed in an improvised explosive device blast in southern Afghanistan, Aug. 25.
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Published August 25, 2010
FoxNews.com
Reconciliation with the Taliban will ultimately be a goal for Afghanistan once U.S. and Afghan forces create conditions to allow it, Gen. David Petraeus said Wednesday.
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By Cali Bagby and Dan Morrison
Story Published: Aug 25, 2010 at 6:00 AM PDT
COMBAT OUTPOST TURBETT, Afghanistan - “Let’s go, we’re gonna blow an IED,” said Staff Sargeant Michael Sickles, Fox Company's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician.
August 25, 2010
By Carmen Gentile, Special for USA TODAY
SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan — The bombmaking material was discovered in a neatly wrapped package under a pile of bricks, just as the intelligence report said it would be.
After carefully removing the contents — a couple of mortar rounds, a grenade and a small amount of gun powder — Army Spc. Joshua Dowling gets to work examining what has all the makings of an improvised explosive device.
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By DEXTER FILKINS and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: August 25, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials.
Continue reading "Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Linked to C.I.A." »
25 Aug 2010 10:04:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Aug 25 (Reuters) - About 40 schoolgirls became ill and were taken to hospital after a suspected gas poisoning in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, another apparent attack by hardline Islamists opposed to female education.
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25 Aug 2010 09:15:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Sharafuddin Sharafyar
HERAT, Afghanistan, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Two Spanish police and an interpreter were killed when an Afghan policeman they were training turned on them before he was shot dead, officials said, as protests against the killing turned violent on Wednesday.
Continue reading "Rogue Afghan policeman kills three Spaniards" »
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan Media Operations Center
Story by Sgt. Katryn McCalment
Date08.23.2010
Date Posted:08.25.2010 03:29
PAKTIYA, Afghanistan – Afghan Uniformed Police, assisted by U.S. Special Forces, discovered and reduced three improvised explosive devices in the vicinity of Lwarre village, Paktiya province Aug. 23.
Continue reading "AUP, USSF increase security in Paktiya province" »
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Date08.23.2010
Date Posted:08.25.2010 03:15
By Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Public Affairs
ORUZGAN, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army Commandos partnered with Coalition forces conducted a security patrol to disrupt a known insurgent safe haven in Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan province Aug. 23.
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Date08.25.2010
KABUL – Intelligence reports indicate some pockets of low insurgent morale, with some insurgent fighters reluctant to keep fighting and some refusing to assume district commands when commanders are captured or killed. The low morale among fighters and insurgent leaders can be linked to ANSF and ISAF successful security operations. Coalition and ANSF forces conducted more than 2,800 counter-terrorist operations over the past 90 days, killing or capturing more than 365 insurgent leaders and 2,386 fighters. These counter-insurgency successes have also led to a growing sense of distrust among insurgent fighters, their heightened fear of spies, and increased suspicion between rival tribes.
Continue reading "ISAF and ANSF Gain Strength, Quash Taliban Momentum" »
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Date08.25.2010
KABUL – A combined Afghan National Police and International Security Assistance Force patrol discovered a large weapons cache in the Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province yesterday.
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8/25/2010 By Cpl. Ned Johnson , Regimental Combat Team 2
SANGIN, Afghanistan —
In Afghanistan, the most common threat to Coalition forces is not an insurgent wielding a weapon, but a pressure-plate explosive buried just below the surface of a road, waiting on a passing military patrol to fulfill its purpose; kill as many as possible.
Continue reading " Squad leaders conquer IED threat on Route Conan" »
24 Aug 2010 02:41:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Sayed Salahuddin
KABUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Imagine an election where candidates are unable to campaign in their own electorates, too scared even to hang their pictures outside campaign offices.
Continue reading "Afghan poll a chance for change, or more of the same" »
Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:58am EDT
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday rejected comments by the commander of NATO and U.S. forces that their progress had been reversed, saying attacks were increasing around the capital as well as in their heartland in the south.
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August 24, 2010 - 11:14PM
AFP
The Central Intelligence Agency's station chief in Afghanistan has assumed a key troubleshooting role in dealings with President Hamid Karzai, including tasks normally reserved for diplomatic and military officials, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
KABUL | Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:57am EDT
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans vote in parliamentary elections on September 18 for 249 seats in the country's Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament.
Continue reading "Q+A: How does Afghanistan's parliamentary election work?" »
24 Aug 2010 19:21:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department, seeking to cut into the finances of al Qaeda, said on Tuesday it was freezing the assets of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu-al-Khayr, who it called a key leader of the group's finance section.
Continue reading "US Treasury targets al Qaeda finance official" »
24 Aug 2010 11:22:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led troops have killed some 35 Taliban insurgents in offensives in east Afghanistan this week as part of efforts to secure next month's parliamentary elections, coalition forces said on Tuesday.
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Date08.21.2010
Date Posted:08.24.2010 07:27
By Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Public Affairs
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – One Afghan Security Group member was killed and another wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated near a check point in the Oruzgan province Aug. 21.
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Date08.20.2010
Date Posted:08.24.2010 07:10
By Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan Public Affairs
ORUZGAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghanistan National Police while on patrol in Oruzgan apprehended one insurgent and recovered three suicide bomber vests Aug. 20.
Continue reading "Afghan National Police apprehend 15-year-old insurgent with suicide bomber vest" »
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Date08.24.2010
KABUL - An improvised explosion device in the Zarghun Shar district of Paktika province wounded seven civilians Monday.
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Date08.24.2010
KABUL - Afghan National Security Forces, partnering with International Security Assistance Forces, continued to conduct offensive maneuvers today aimed at setting security conditions for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
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Date08.24.2010
KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of a Taliban facilitator for weapons, money, equipment and improvised explosive device materials, during an Afghan and coalition security force operation Friday.
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Date 08.24.2010
KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of an improvised explosive device commander in Arghandab district during an Afghan and coalition security force operation Sunday.
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Date08.24.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents in Khost province Monday, including a Haqqani Network facilitator directly responsible for the movement of weapons and money from Pakistan into Sabari district.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - The arrest of a villager by Afghan authorities reportedly sparked a large demonstration in the Bagram district of Parwan province, Aug. 23.
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By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer – Mon Aug 23
WASHINGTON – A senior U.S. commander says Afghanistan is still more than a year away from building a security force with enough soldiers and police to protect the country.
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23 Aug 2010 12:20:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates with 2 French soldiers killed)
Aug 23 (Reuters) - Two French soldiers and a British soldier have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the French and British governments said on Monday.
by Karim Talbi Karim Talbi
Mon Aug 23, 6:20 am ET
KABUL (AFP) – With the withdrawal of the final American combat brigade from Iraq, US commanders in Afghanistan are hoping to emulate a strategy used there as they step up the war against insurgents.
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Posted: Aug 23, 2010 5:27 AM PDT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Associated Press Writer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Even as conflict rages in Afghanistan, authorities are trying to make life in the capital a little more normal by removing or repositioning Kabul's ubiquitous concrete blast walls.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces conducted a combined operations in the Baghlan province Sunday resulting in 12 dead insurgents and weapons.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - The International Security Assistance Force confirmed the capture of two Taliban improvised explosive device facilitators.
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Story by Tech. Sgt. Gloria Wilson
Date08.23.2010
CAMP MOREHEAD, Afghanistan – Commandos—one can tell who they are by the distinctive patch and red beret they wear, but even when not in uniform there’s a way they carry themselves that sets them apart. They are professionals and are proud to be part of a force that’s respected by the people, and feared by the enemy.
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Published August 23, 2010
Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said in an interview Monday that a surge in coalition troops has turned the tide on the Taliban's "momentum" there, but warned tough battles still lie ahead.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force detained one suspected insurgent in Logar province last night while in pursuit of the Taliban deputy district commander for Pul-e 'Alam district.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL – Clearing operations continue as an Afghan and coalition security force detain several suspected insurgents in Kandahar province Sunday while in pursuit of a Taliban commander in charge of improvised explosive device attacks and training in Arghandab district.
Continue reading "Several detained in pursuit of Taliban IED facilitator, trainer in Kandahar" »
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL – An Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents in Paktiya province Sunday while in pursuit of a Haqqani facilitator for foreign fighter and Haqqani camps located in Sperah district of neighboring Khost province.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Paktiya province Sunday, targeting a Taliban sub-commander.
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Date08.23.2010
KABUL – Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Nangarhar province Saturday, targeting a Taliban sub-commander in charge of approximately 10 fighters and facilitation of foreign fighters from Pakistan to Nangarhar.
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By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post
Posted: 08/22/2010 06:35:34 PM PDT
Updated: 08/22/2010 06:35:35 PM PDT
On Aug. 14, a U.S. airstrike in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz killed a Taliban commander known as Abu Baqir. In a country where insurgents are killed daily, this attack was notable for one unusual detail:
Abu Baqir, the military said afterward, also was a member of al-Qaida.
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By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 2:39 PM on 22nd August 2010
A captured American soldier is training Taliban fighters bomb-making and ambush skills, according to one of his captors and Afghan intelligence officials.
By Christopher Leake
Last updated at 2:42 PM on 22nd August 2010
Four deadly foreign mercenary snipers hired by the Taliban have been killed after being tracked down by British Special Forces in Afghanistan.
They were among at least three pairs of crackshots recruited by the Taliban from Pakistan, Egypt and Chechnya.
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By Dan Morrison for KVAL.com
Story Published: Aug 22, 2010 at 1:00 PM MDT
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - 1st Platoon, off to our west, made contact with the Taliban before we did.
Continue reading "Why Marines in Afghanistan want the Taliban to open fire" »
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
Sun Aug 22, 11:54 am ET
KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai gave assurances Sunday that the rights of Afghan women will not be sacrificed in pursuit of a peace deal with the Taliban.
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Published August 22, 2010
Associated Press
HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan (AP) — As Lt. Col. Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taliban, he doesn't sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swath of southern Afghanistan.
The Canadian Press
Date: Sunday Aug. 22, 2010 10:46 AM ET
HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan — The smell of fresh-cut wood permeates the air at this former Canadian strongpoint on the western edge of the troublesome Zhari district of Kandahar province.
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By Alan Bjerga - Aug 22, 2010 11:45 AM CT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai renewed his demand that private security firms in Afghanistan disband by year’s end, saying they are a source of corruption that’s undermining support for the war against the Taliban insurgency.
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ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date08.22.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force detained several suspected insurgents in Kandahar province Saturday, including a Taliban commander involved in ambushes, improvised explosive device attacks and the acquisition of weapons and munitions.
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ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date08.22.2010
KABUL - An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation in Zabul Saturday in pursuit of a Taliban commander who leads improvised explosive device and small arms fire attacks against Afghan civilians, and Afghan and coalition forces.
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By ROD NORDLAND
Published: August 21, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban campaign focusing on the Afghan police appears to have intensified in recent days, with five attacks reported Saturday in which at least 15 policemen were killed throughout the country. Three of the policemen died in a NATO airstrike.
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Sat Aug 21, 2010
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday ordered the process of disbanding all private security companies to begin in the country, his office said.
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By Cali Bagby and Dan Morrison for KVAL.com
Story Published: Aug 21, 2010
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - 2nd Platoon, 4th Squad, Fox Company, 2/6 Marine Infantry pushed out of Combat Outpost Turbett before sunrise.
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ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date08.21.2010
KABUL - Afghan and coalition members on a combined mission detained a Taliban commander and two additional suspected commanders in Baghlan province Friday.
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