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Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province

KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working

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Insurgents launch 4 attacks in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker

NATO and Afghan forces kill 25 insurgents

KABUL, Afghanistan: NATO and Afghan forces have killed at least 25 insurgents and three of their commanders in separate operations around the country, Afghan and coalition officials said Wednesday. The

Afghan army trains women for special forces

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan army is training femalespecial forces to take part in night raids against insurgents, breaking new ground in an ultraconservative society and filling a vacuum

NATO airstrike kills 10 civilians, Afghans say

KABUL, Afghanistan: A NATO airstrike struck two houses, killing 10 Afghan civilians and four insurgents near the Pakistani border, officials said Wednesday. President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack, the latest in a

Roadside bomb kills 6 Afghan civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan: A government official says a roadside bomb has struck a car in southern Afghanistan, killing six civilians. The spokesman for the governor of southern Helmand province said Saturday

Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR: A police truck packed with officers and detainees struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan’s largest city, killing 10 of those aboard, officials said Sunday. It was one of

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Suicide bombers attack U.S. base in Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing five people in a brazen operation that highlighted the