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Arrests Made in Afghan Bombing That Killed 6 US Troops
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Dec. 13) -- NATO and Afghan forces have arrested several suspects after a weekend suicide bombing that killed six Americans at a joint military base in southern Afghanistan, officials said today. The blast also killed two Afghan soldiers and a child, CNN quoted the governor's office in southern Kandahar province as saying. More than a dozen other Americans and Afghans were wounded in the massive explosion, which could be heard eight miles away, The New York Times said. Paula Bronstein, Getty Images Sgt. Jay Kenney, 26, with the 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Destiny, helps wounded ...
Petraeus Insists Taliban Is Being Halted in Key Areas
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(Aug. 23) -- The recently appointed commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says that the Taliban's momentum has been reversed in many areas of the country, but that success comes at a price and "tough fighting" lies ahead. "When you take away areas that mean a lot to the enemy, the enemy fights back," Gen. David Petraeus said in a BBC interview. Reminded that June and July were the deadliest months for troops now under his command, Petraeus added, "As I said, it gets harder before it gets easier." But he said reversing the Taliban, in areas south of the country and in Kabul, was not ...
Last Month Was the Deadliest of the Afghan War, Until This Month
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(July 30) -- Sixty-six American soldiers have died so far this July in Afghanistan, making it the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the history of the nine-year war. The record it broke is not very old: Until now, June had been the deadliest month for American troops, with 60 killed. The military foresaw the growing toll. "U.S. and NATO commanders had warned that casualties would rise as the international military force ramps up the war against the Taliban, especially in their southern strongholds in Helmand and Kandahar provinces," reports the Los Angeles Times. British newspaper The ...
Taliban: We're Responsible for Deadly Afghan Blasts
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL (Dec. 31) -- The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for infiltrating a CIA base with a suicide bomber who got into a gym and set off an explosion that killed eight Americans and an Afghan. CIA employees were believed to be among the victims. Wednesday's assault on U.S. Forward Operating Base Chapman at the edge of Khost city in eastern Afghanistan was a blow to the CIA, which had previously lost only four operatives in this country since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. It came on a bloody day for NATO forces. A roadside bombing, also claimed by the Taliban, killed four Canadian troops ...
General Delivers Tough Message to Marines
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- Yes, "sleep in a hole," was essentially the response of Gen. James Conway, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, when I asked him Tuesday afternoon whether the he has enough "infrastructure'' to feed and house the 20,000 Marines who will be in southern Afghanistan by early summer. "We do not,'' Conway said. He went on to say that Marines can live comfortably in what to other people looks like a moonscape. Just recently, Conway visited a Marine in Helmand Province who was sleeping in a hole in the ground – "below the shrapnel line,'' Conway assured me. ...
Meantime, the War Burns Hot
By David Wood - Politics DailyEven as President Obama was finishing his speech in Cairo this morning -- urging everyone in the region to look past their hatreds and take concrete steps toward peace -- three American soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed in Afghanistan. First reports said the convoy struck an IED just north of Kabul and was raked with gunfire, a common insurgent tactic. Obama's rhetoric this morning was sober and thrilling, capturing the hopes of millions that the agony of decades of war, of unspeakable atrocities in the deliberate targeting of civilians, could be ended. The morning's ...
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