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US soldier in court over Afghan massacre
Prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians in a drunken rampage.
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30 dead in blast outside Afghan mosque
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque following morning prayers in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province, killing at least 30 people, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior.
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Afghan mosque blast kills dozens
At least 37 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in northern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Deaths in Afghan Eid suicide attack
Attack by man in police uniform leaves at least 25 killed and injured outside mosque in northern province of Faryab.
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Police killed in latest Afghan insider attack
Officials say policeman and cook poisoned and then shot officers in Helmand province, in attack claimed by Taliban.
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Car bomb hits Nato Afghan base
A suicide car bomber strikes a joint Afghan-Nato military base in eastern Paktia province, with a number of Afghan casualties reported.
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British Marines charged in Afghan death
Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder for the death of a man in Afghanistan’s Helmand province last year, authorities said Monday.
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UK Marines arrested in Afghan murder probe
Seven members of elite Royal Marines arrested in connection with a murder which occurred in Afghanistan in 2011.
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Obama nominates new Afghan commander
US president names Joseph Dunford to replace General Allen, who is nominated to become NATO’s supreme allied commander.
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Afghan government could ‘collapse post-NATO’
Think-tank sounds “implosion” warning depending on presidential elections after coalition troop withdrawal in 2014.
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2 US troops, 2 Afghan policemen killed in fighting
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents on Saturday killed two American troops in eastern Afghanistan, an area that has seen heavy fighting in recent months, the U.S. military said.
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US rejects Afghan war criticism
The US defence secretary says the Afghan president should thank the American troops instead of criticising them.
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Helmet cam catches Afghan firefight
Ret. Gen. James ‘Spider’ Marks talks to CNN about helmet cam video of an American soldier’s firefight in Afghanistan.
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Suicide bombing rocks Afghan city
A suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Khost has killed at least 13 people, three of them Nato soldiers, officials say.
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US and Afghan forces clash, leaving 5 dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight broke out between U.S. forces and their Afghan army allies in eastern Afghanistan Sunday, killing two Americans and three Afghan soldiers and pushing the number of U.S. troops killed in the long-running war 2,000.…
US toll in Afghan war hits 2,000
A US official confirms 2,000 American soldiers have now been killed in the Afghan conflict, after a new suspected “insider” attack.
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Apparent Afghan insider kills NATO troop, civilian
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An apparent insider attack by Afghan forces has killed a NATO service member and an international civilian contractor with the military alliance, the coalition said Sunday.
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Afghan ‘insider’ attack kills NATO soldier
Foreign soldier and civilian contractor killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan, military alliance says.
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NATO soldier, civilian, killed in Afghan “insider” attack
KABUL (Reuters) – A member of NATO’s Afghan force and a civilian contractor have been killed in the latest so-called insider attack by a member of the Afghan security forces, the NATO force said on Sunday.
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Afghan forces also suffer from insider attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan Army Sgt. Habibullah Hayar didn’t know it, but he had been sleeping with his enemy for weeks.
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