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1 NATO soldier killed in Quran protest
May 22 2008, AP

Gunfire broke out Thursday at a protest in western Afghanistan against a U.S. sniper in Iraq who used a Quran for target practice and officials said a NATO soldier and two civilians were killed.Police opened fire on demonstrators who threw rocks and set...

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Afghan leader vows punishment for deadly US raid
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The Afghan president said a deadly raid on a village by American and Afghan commandos has put new strain on relations with the United States and promised Thursday to...
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Afghan chief speaks to Bush about civilian deaths
AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai has spoken to President Bush about a recent raid in which Afghan officials accused American forces of killing up to 90 civilians, his office...
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made popular Sep 4 2008
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Big turbine delivered to Afghan aid project
AP, Kabul
It was a weeklong journey through Afghanistan’s most dangerous Taliban territory, dodging persistent attacks by insurgents and bumping over rough desert terrain...
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32 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes
AP, Kabul
Afghan officials say 32 Taliban fighters have been killed in two separate clashes with Afghan and foreign troops in southern Afghanistan.
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made popular Sep 3 2008
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Big turbine sent to aid project in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul
Thousands of British, U.S. and Canadian forces successfully escorted a new turbine through some of Afghanistan’s most dangerous Taliban territory to an American...
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made popular Sep 3 2008
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Big urbine delivered to aid project in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul
Thousands of British, U.S. and Canadian forces successfully escorted a new turbine through some of Afghanistan’s most dangerous Taliban territory to an American...
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New dam delivered to US aid project in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul
Thousands of British, U.S. and Canadian forces successfully escorted a new turbine through some of Afghanistan’s most dangerous Taliban territory to an American...
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made popular Sep 3 2008
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US probe finds fewer Afghan deaths than UN claimed
AP, Kabul
The U.S. coalition says its probe into allegations of civilian deaths in western Afghanistan this month has found that 30 to 35 Taliban militants and seven civilians...
Afghanistan, World, US, Taliban
made popular Sep 2 2008
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5 Afghan children killed in raids
AP, Kabul
Foreign and Afghan forces accidentally killed five children in two separate operations Monday, further undermining President Hamid Karzai after he demanded a halt to...
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made popular Sep 1 2008
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Killings of 5 Afghan children inflame tensions
AP, Kabul
Foreign and Afghan forces killed five children in two separate incidents Monday, further inflaming tensions in the country over the killings of civilians by troops from...
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made popular Sep 1 2008
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NATO artillery strike kills 3 Afghan children
AP, Kabul
NATO says an artillery strike in eastern Afghanistan has accidentally killed three children.
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made popular Sep 1 2008
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Kabul raid kills 3, including 2 children
AP, Kabul
A raid by foreign and Afghan forces in Kabul killed a man and his two children early Monday, a police official and witnesses said.
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Afghan commission: US troops were fired on first
AP, Kabul
An Afghan army commander said that U.S. and Afghan troops were fired on first from a village where a government investigative commission says scores of civilians were...
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Afghan commission says US troops fired on first
AP, Kabul
An Afghan army commander told a government investigative commission that U.S. and Afghan troops were fired on first from the Afghan village where the commission says...
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Afghan commission says US troops took fire first
AP, Kabul
A newly released report says an Afghan army commander told a government investigative commission that U.S. and Afghan troops came under fire first from an Afghan...
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made popular Aug 31 2008
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Joint Afghan-US-UN probe launched into deadly raid
AP, Kabul
The U.S.-led coalition, Afghan government and the United Nations will launch a joint probe into last week’s deadly raid in a village in the country’s west,...
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made popular Aug 30 2008
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US, UN launch joint probe into deadly Afghan raid
AP, Kabul
A top NATO official says the U.S.-led coalition, the U.N. and Afghan officials will launch a joint probe into a deadly raid in western Afghanistan.
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made popular Aug 30 2008
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US: More than 24 militants killed in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul
More than 24 militants were killed in two separate battles with U.S.-led coalition troops in Afghanistan, the coalition said Friday.
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US-led coalition: 12 militants dead in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul
The U.S.-led coalition says a dozen militants were killed in a gunbattle with coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip
AP, Kabul
Afghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by a rival...
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Middle East: Palestinian boy, 10, dies as Israeli troops fire on demonstration
Celso Camargo, Campinas
· Victim shot through the forehead, claim medics · Army commanders pledge ‘thorough investigation’
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Gunfire erupts during Macedonian elections
AP, Skopje
Gunfire erupted as Macedonians voted in early parliamentary elections, and two people were reported wounded.Electoral commission spokesman Zoran Tanevski says polling...
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Soldiers in Guinea protest prime minister's firing
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Gunfire was heard behind the walls of the Republican Guard headquarters in the capital Monday a few hours after soldiers at another military base in Conakry fired shots...
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Pakistan army attacks on Indian post
Sanjana, New Delhi
Pakistan army opened gunfire on an Indian border post, violation the cease-fire agreement on LOC been in force since, 2003. A meeting has been called in between two...
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A day of skirmishing for Marines in southern Afghan town
AP, Garmser
Gunfire zings in near Sgt. Dan Linas’ patrol, pinning his squad down against a dirt berm. The Marines peer across the field to their left, at three mud huts and a...
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Defense Min.: Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire
AP, Kabul
Automatic gunfire broke out at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, forcing the Afghan president and other dignitaries to take cover.A Defense Ministry spokesman said...
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Gunfire forces Afghan president to flee ceremony in Kabul
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Automatic gunfire has broken out at a ceremony in Kabul, forcing the Afghan president and other dignitaries to take cover.Hundreds of people fled in chaos as shots rang...
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Boy, 10, fires gun inside NJ elementary school; no injuries
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Police say a fourth-grader fired a semiautomatic handgun inside a New Jersey elementary school as he was showing it to a friend.Linden Lt. Raymond Tyra says no one was...
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Brawl at Fla. Water Park Wounds 2 Teens
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Gunfire erupted during a brawl in the parking lot of a central Florida water park Sunday in which two teenage brothers were injured, police said.The brothers, ages 16...
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Shots Wound Brothers at Fla. Water Park
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Doctor Fatally Shot Outside Texas Office
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Gun Violence Imposes a Heavy Burden
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Southern Sudan again under Heavy gunfire
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