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Afghan cleric shot to death in mosque
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Two gunmen shot a Muslim cleric to death inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday, while a NATO serviceman was killed elsewhere in the south.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-01-06
Taliban militants kill 20 Afghan police in ambush
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban militants ambushed a group of Afghan police while they were eating lunch in a remote and dangerous part of southern Afghanistan, killing 20 officers and one of the policeman's mother, an Afghan official said Thursday. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said two Taliban were killed and four wounded during the ambush. Ahmadi claimed 32 police were killed, but that number had not been confirmed by Afghan officials.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-01-01
US readying south Afghan surge against Taliban
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's southern rim, the Taliban's spiritual birthplace and the country's most violent region, has for the last two years been the domain of British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers.
Nations:Canada Afghanistan Pakistan U.S. People:Robert Gates John McCain Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-01-01
US deaths down in Iraq in 2008, up in Afghanistan
BAGHDAD - U.S. military deaths in Iraq plunged by two-thirds in 2008 from the previous year, a reflection of the improving security following the U.S. military's counterinsurgency campaign and al-Qaida's slow retreat from the battlefield. By comparison, the war in Afghanistan saw American military deaths rise by 35 percent in 2008 as Islamic extremists shift their focus to a new front with the West.
Nations:Afghanistan Iraq Pakistan Activities:Second Gulf War Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-12-31
US diplomat says Afghan road bombings up in 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan - The number of roadside bombs and kidnappings doubled in Afghanistan in 2008 from the year previous, the U.S. ambassador said Tuesday, grim statistics that underscore the country's deteriorating security situation.
Nations:Afghanistan France People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-12-30
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