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Insurgents in Afghanistan, fighting from some of the poorest and most remote regions on earth, have managed for years to maintain an intensive guerrilla war against materially superior American and Afghan forces.
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The US military says about 4,000 marines...
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As many as 91 civilians were killed when a neighbouring villager lied to US special forces about Taliban positions it was claimed.
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Yesterday’s attack on Peshawar’s Pearl Continental Hotel was the latest signal of Pakistan’s growing Islamist insurgency.
Since the raid by the Pakistani...
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British troops fighting the Taliban are facing three times as many attacks as any other Nato force in Afghanistan amid spiralling violence across the country which has...
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Reporting from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan — The accusation was damning: U.S. soldiers were said to have tossed a grenade into a crowd of Afghans in the eastern...
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The U.S. military, which built itself for Iraq, is racing to remake itself for Afghanistan.
The effort is on full display at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling...
made popular Jun 9 2009
The soldiers turned on each other with shoves, punches and kicks. One swung an ammunition can in a slow-motion haymaker. The patrol had already been hapless: a display...
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Afghan government officials claim that diseases originating from the pollution of living environment in Kabul city only, kill at least eight (8) in every 24 hours. This...
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Insurgents attacked Afghan policemen in three separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, killing three officers and wounding eight, while roadside bombs killed three...
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AP, Kabul
Insurgents shot down a U.S. helicopter after exchanging fire with its crew in central Afghanistan on Monday, while a suicide bomber in the north killed two U.S....
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AP, Kabul
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Insurgents killed two U.S. troops in Afghanistan on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Thursday, making 2008 the deadliest year for American forces since U.S. troops...
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According to recent Pentagon and an independent website reports, combat deaths are on rise in parts of Afghanistan. American military death toll has been the highest in...
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Insurgents attacked an Afghan military convoy Thursday in southern Afghanistan and dozens of militants were killed after the army called for assistance from the...
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Insurgents attacked an Afghan military convoy Thursday in southern Afghanistan and nearly three dozen militants were killed after the army called for assistance from...
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South Thailand has again suffered fatalities in its war between religions. It has to be a religious war; Islam versus Buddhism. When Islamic or insurgents are murdered...
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AP, Mogadishu
Insurgents attacked a Somali military base near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Friday, and an ensuing gunbattle left at least six people dead and 13 wounded,...
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AP, Bamako
Insurgents attacked an army convoy in northern Mali Saturday, violating a cease-fire and sparking a fire fight that left five people dead, a military official and area...
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AP, Kabul
Insurgents attacked a NATO patrol in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and wounding another, the alliance said Thursday.A NATO statement said the NATO soldiers...
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AP, Baghdad
Insurgents targeted passenger buses north of Baghdad on Tuesday, as a suicide bomber killed at least eight people west of Mosul and gunmen seized 21 men traveling...
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AP, Cairo
Six main Iraqi insurgent groups announced the formation of a “political council” aimed at “liberating” Iraq from U.S. occupation in a video...
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Balad:
In this image released by the US Army, former insurgents line up at a US military base in Balad, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 22, 2008. The U.S. military said more than 140 suspected insurgents turned themselves over to.
