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RAW VIDEO: Dash-cam sheds light on plane crash that killed 5 from Michigan
New video seems to confirm that a civilian cargo plane that crashed at Bagram Air Field Monday, killing all seven people aboard, was NOT taken down by enemy action. Five of seven people killed in the crash are from Michigan. The Taliban quickly...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, NATO, Orlando, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hamid Karzai
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US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, White House, NATO, Pakistan
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An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives, including SW Mich. soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, wrapping up a long day of coordinating the safe arrival of nearly...
Tags: Pakistan, Weaponry, Washington, DC, John Cook, Entertainment
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Army: no bullet wound found in soldier Skype death
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army investigators said Monday they found no bullet wound nor evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan who died during a Skype video chat with his wife. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark collapsed while speaking to his...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Army, Skype, Washington, DC
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Dog injured in Afghanistan finds new life in Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A white, mixed-breed dog utters a warning bark at a beige SUV as it pulls up alongside a barn on Mount Gilead Road, a few miles east of Bloomington. The van stops, and a 30-year-old man climbs out. "Hey, buddy," the man...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Military, Pakistan, Afghanistan, U.S. Embassy
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US Army: Brigadier general, a Notre Dame grad, has died in Afghanistan
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army says a 49-year-old brigadier general has died in Afghanistan. A statement posted on the Fort Hood website says Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died Friday in Kabul of apparent natural causes. Hildner has...Tags: NATO, Afghanistan, U.S. Army, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Rockets fired at U.S. embassy in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say insurgents are firing rockets at the U.S. Embassy as gunbattles shake downtown Kabul and its diplomatic quarter. Police official Mohammed Zahir says a large group of gunmen are firing from positions in a tall...Tags: House Building, U.S. Embassy
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NATO, Afghan army kill at least 13 Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan and NATO officials say at least 13 insurgents have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after gunbattles and a coalition airstrike against a building occupied by Taliban fighters. Coalition spokesman Capt. Justin...Tags: Elections, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Rebellions
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Ind. Marine reunited with dog from Afghan war zone
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Marine who nursed an emaciated puppy back to health while serving in Afghanistan has been reunited with the dog he left behind in the war-torn nation. WISH-TV reports that a nonprofit helped get the canine from...Tags: Indianapolis, Indiana
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Taliban attack int'l compound in Afghan capital, killing 2 guards and wounding 4 aid workers
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long street battle...Tags: Al-Qaeda, United Nations, Emergency Incidents, Medical Procedures and Tests, Rebellions
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Q&A: Questions and answers about restrictions proposed on alcohol sales and ads in Turkey
Associated PressANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Diageo Plc, Government, Separation of Church and State, United Arab Emirates
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Taliban attack international aid group in Afghanistan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban gunmen launched a coordinated attack on an international aid group’s guesthouse in an upscale Kabul neighborhood Friday, setting off a furious firefight that lasted several hours and renewing fears of the insurgents&...
Tags: Bombings, U.S. Military, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan
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