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US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs – Salon
Afghan police tries to restore order after angry crowd set two SUVs on fire in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, July 30, 2010. On of the SUV was involved in a traffic accident that killed four people and was set on fire by angry Afghans, police said. SUVs a... »
July becomes deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan – CNN (blog)
Three U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for American forces since the 9-year war started, NATO's International Security Assistance Force reported. Their deaths bring the J... »
Body of 2nd missing US Navy sailor recovered in eastern Afghanistan; US, Afghan officials say – WGNtv.com
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday. The family of Petty Officer 3rd... »
Pentagon Won’t List Sailor As Captured in Afghanistan – dvids
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Defense Department has identified two sailors who went missing in Afghanistan's Logar province last week, and U.S. forces there are focused on finding one still unaccounted for, a Pentagon spokesman said today, July 28. U.S. forc... »
Wikileaks Report Shocks Afghanistan, Upsets Pakistan – NewsFactor Network
Documents released by the online whistle-blower site Wikileaks at a time when tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan was easing are raising new questions about whether the U.S. can persuade Pakistan to sever its historical links to the Taliban and de... »
Over 20 Taliban militants killed in NATO-led operation in east Afghanistan – Global Security
KABUL, July 25 (RIA Novosti) - Afghan national security forces and NATO aviation have killed 26 Taliban militants in a combat operation in the Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan, the regional authorities said on Sunday. The operation against the ... »
Taliban Captured 2 U.S. Service Members in Afghanistan? – RIGHTPUNDITS.COM
Have the Taliban captured 2 U.S. service members in Afghanistan? They say they have and two have gone missing. Read more below and see a video report. Coalition forces have launched a manhunt for two missing Sailors in Afghanistan. The two service memb... »
Taliban: One U.S. service member is dead, other is alive in Afghanistan – Washington Post
KABUL--One U.S. Navy service member was killed in a shoot-out with Taliban insurgents in Logar province and the other is alive and in insurgent custody, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan officials said on Sunday. NATO officials have not confirmed these re... »
Search on for US soldiers missing in Afghanistan – YAHOO!
KABUL (AFP) – An abandoned vehicle and rumours of a death were all NATO had to offer Sunday as a massive manhunt for two missing US soldiers continued over Taliban territory in eastern Afghanistan. Two days after the soldiers went missing in Logar pr... »
Search on for US soldiers missing in Afghanistan – Raw Story
An abandoned vehicle and rumours of a death were all NATO had to offer Sunday as a massive manhunt for two missing US soldiers continued over Taliban territory in eastern Afghanistan. Two days after the soldiers went missing in Logar province, south of... »