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Hundreds flee south Afghan town ahead of offensive
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-02-07
US says ambushed Afghan outpost left vulnerable
KABUL - Most of the soldiers were still asleep when gunfire rang out and insurgents stormed their isolated base from all sides. Eight Americans and three Afghan soldiers died.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-02-07
US Marines facing a 'different war' in Afghanistan
SOUTHEAST OF MARJAH, Afghanistan (AFP) - For the US Marines deployed to the battlefields of southern Afghanistan, life is fragile and thoughts focus on the day they see their families again, but something about this war is different.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AFP)
2010-01-31
Pakistan investigates report Taliban chief is dead
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani government was investigating reports Sunday that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike launched in mid-January after he helped orchestrate a deadly bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-01-31
Anger as NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers
KABUL - A joint U.S.-Afghan force called in an airstrike on what turned out to be an Afghan army post after taking fire from there before dawn Saturday, killing four Afghan soldiers and prompting an angry demand for punishment from the country's defense ministry.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Hillary Clinton Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-01-30
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