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US General Vows To Continue Air Strikes Supporting Afghan Troops
The United States will continue air strikes in support of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, a top US general said Sunday, as the insurgents press on with offensives across the country.
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"Pakistan Aided Taliban, Played On Both Sides In Afghanistan": US Senator
Pakistan has played on both sides of the field in Afghanistan, contributing to the Taliban's success, a senior US senator has reminded his colleagues, a day after Washington announced plans to withdraw all troops from the war-torn Asian country by Se
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Donald Trump Gives US Military Authority To Set Afghan Troop Levels: US Official
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, opening the door for future troop increases requested by the U.S. commander.
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Hundreds Of Troops Deployed In Afghan City After Attack
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of troops in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban terrorists from the strategic city after the terrorists killed 14 people in a coordinated attack, officials said Tuesday.
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Afghan Troops Press Offensive Against ISIS
When Afghan troops pushed into Kot, a district close to the border with Pakistan, this week, they found many of the houses empty, with posters plastered on the walls and black flags left by departing ISIS fighters.
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Death Toll Rises To 50 In Afghanistan's Kandahar Airport Siege: Officials
The death toll from a 27-hour Taliban siege of Kandahar airport has jumped to 50, Afghan officials said today, after a conference in Pakistan shored up international support for reviving peace talks.
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Suicide Bombing in East Wounds 9 People: Afghan Official
An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing in the country's east has wounded nine people, including six policemen.
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Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Could Burden Joe Biden if He Runs in 2016
When President Barack Obama announced this week that the United States would leave more troops than planned in Afghanistan, his Vice President, Joe Biden, stood right at his side.
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Why Obama Decided to Leave Thousands of Troops in Afghanistan
President Obama announced a significant shift to his Afghanistan exit plan Thursday: Instead of exiting, there will now be up to 5,500 U.S troops staying in Afghanistan through at least 2017.
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Hospital Hit in Afghanistan Never a Legitimate Target: US General
The US commander in Afghanistan said today that his forces would never intentionally target a hospital and that all requests from Afghan troops for air support are thoroughly vetted.
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3 Wounded as Suicide Bomber Targets NATO Forces in Kabul: Officials
A Taliban suicide bomber targeted NATO forces in Kabul today, wounding three people, officials said, as the group step up attacks as part of their annual summer offensive.
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Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season
Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.
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Hamid Karzai-US row intensifies
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the US of stopping fuel delivery and support services to Afghan forces to pressure him to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA).
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Hamid Karzai welcomes US troop withdrawals
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today welcomed as a "good step" the prospect of 10,000 American troops withdrawing from his country by the end of the year and another 23,000 by next summer.Karzai, whose relations with the West have plummeted since he was anointed leader after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 and brought down the Taliban...
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Obama likely to cut 10,000 troops from Afghanistan
Facing a war-weary public, President Barack Obama is expected to call for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Wednesday night, with roughly 10,000 coming home to the U.S. in less than a year.The phased drawdown is likely to start with 5,000 troops recalled this summer and an additional 5,000 by winter or spring 2012, according to...
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US General Vows To Continue Air Strikes Supporting Afghan Troops
The United States will continue air strikes in support of Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, a top US general said Sunday, as the insurgents press on with offensives across the country.
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"Pakistan Aided Taliban, Played On Both Sides In Afghanistan": US Senator
Pakistan has played on both sides of the field in Afghanistan, contributing to the Taliban's success, a senior US senator has reminded his colleagues, a day after Washington announced plans to withdraw all troops from the war-torn Asian country by Se
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Donald Trump Gives US Military Authority To Set Afghan Troop Levels: US Official
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, opening the door for future troop increases requested by the U.S. commander.
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Hundreds Of Troops Deployed In Afghan City After Attack
Afghanistan has deployed hundreds of troops in Lashkar Gah to flush out Taliban terrorists from the strategic city after the terrorists killed 14 people in a coordinated attack, officials said Tuesday.
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Afghan Troops Press Offensive Against ISIS
When Afghan troops pushed into Kot, a district close to the border with Pakistan, this week, they found many of the houses empty, with posters plastered on the walls and black flags left by departing ISIS fighters.
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Death Toll Rises To 50 In Afghanistan's Kandahar Airport Siege: Officials
The death toll from a 27-hour Taliban siege of Kandahar airport has jumped to 50, Afghan officials said today, after a conference in Pakistan shored up international support for reviving peace talks.
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Suicide Bombing in East Wounds 9 People: Afghan Official
An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing in the country's east has wounded nine people, including six policemen.
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Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Could Burden Joe Biden if He Runs in 2016
When President Barack Obama announced this week that the United States would leave more troops than planned in Afghanistan, his Vice President, Joe Biden, stood right at his side.
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Why Obama Decided to Leave Thousands of Troops in Afghanistan
President Obama announced a significant shift to his Afghanistan exit plan Thursday: Instead of exiting, there will now be up to 5,500 U.S troops staying in Afghanistan through at least 2017.
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Hospital Hit in Afghanistan Never a Legitimate Target: US General
The US commander in Afghanistan said today that his forces would never intentionally target a hospital and that all requests from Afghan troops for air support are thoroughly vetted.
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3 Wounded as Suicide Bomber Targets NATO Forces in Kabul: Officials
A Taliban suicide bomber targeted NATO forces in Kabul today, wounding three people, officials said, as the group step up attacks as part of their annual summer offensive.
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Suicide Blasts Hit Afghanistan as Taliban Wage Bloody Fighting Season
Suicide attackers today targeted foreign troops in Kabul and a police headquarters in restive southern Afghanistan, killing two people and wounding nearly 60, as the Taliban's bloody summer offensive showed no signs of letting up.
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Hamid Karzai-US row intensifies
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the US of stopping fuel delivery and support services to Afghan forces to pressure him to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA).
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Hamid Karzai welcomes US troop withdrawals
Afghan President Hamid Karzai today welcomed as a "good step" the prospect of 10,000 American troops withdrawing from his country by the end of the year and another 23,000 by next summer.Karzai, whose relations with the West have plummeted since he was anointed leader after US-led troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 and brought down the Taliban...
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Obama likely to cut 10,000 troops from Afghanistan
Facing a war-weary public, President Barack Obama is expected to call for a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan Wednesday night, with roughly 10,000 coming home to the U.S. in less than a year.The phased drawdown is likely to start with 5,000 troops recalled this summer and an additional 5,000 by winter or spring 2012, according to...
