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Polish soldier dies of wounds in Afghanistan
Poland's Defense Ministry says that a Polish soldier has died of wounds he received in an operation in central Afghanistan Capt. Krzysztof Wozniak, ...
Taliban attacks show Afghan insurgents' resilience
Taliban suicide bombers carried out a brazen attack in the Afghan capital on Monday, the second in less than a week and a sign that insurgents are ...
UK soldier dies from Afghanistan wounds
Britain's Ministry of Defense says a soldier injured in Afghanistan has died from his wounds at a U.K. hospital. The defense ministry says the soldier ...
Afghanistan: Blast kills 7 civilians after raid
An explosion Sunday killed seven Afghan villagers as they tried to pull bodies of dead insurgents from the rubble of a village mosque after a night ...
Afghan soldier kills British soldier, wounds 6
An Afghan soldier turned his weapon against foreign and Afghan troops in a southern province, killing one British soldier, another attack by a member ...
Body of Georgian soldier found in Afghanistan
The body of a Georgian soldier who is believed to be the first member of the international coalition in Afghanistan to have gone missing in more than ...
Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in Kabul
An Afghan policewoman walked into a high-security compound in Kabul Monday and killed an American contractor with a single bullet to the chest, the ...
French leader honors troops home from Afghanistan
President Francois Hollande on Friday declared "mission accomplished" for French combat troops in Afghanistan, hailing their 11-year military ...
Afghan president welcomes British pullout timeline
The Afghan president on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of nearly half of the British troops stationed in Afghanistan next year, saying his forces ...
Afghan attacks down overall, insider threat rises
The U.S. Army is updating its handbook for soldiers on how to detect and prevent so-called insider attacks, providing detailed warning signs to watch ...
Afghan army, police take increasing casualties
More than 300 Afghan soldiers and policemen are dying each month as the Afghan national security forces assume increasing responsibility for the war, ...
Germany to reduce Afghan troops by 1/3 in 2013
Germany's Cabinet has approved a new plan that will see the country reducing the number of troops it has in Afghanistan by about a third over the next ...
Afghan suicide attack kills 3, wounds more than 90
A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives Friday in eastern Afghanistan, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding more than 90 ...
US troops in Afghanistan celebrate Thanksgiving
It was Army Sgt. Keith Wells' first Thanksgiving Day away from his family and despite a cornucopia of food provided for the troops, his taste buds ...
Faster than NATO, France ends Afghan combat role
France on Tuesday ended its combat operations in Afghanistan, pulling hundreds of troops from a base in a volatile region northeast of Kabul and ...
US, Afghanistan start talks on status of US troops
The United States and Afghanistan faced potentially divisive issues such as immunity for U.S. troops as the two sides began talks Thursday on a ...
Afghan killings case testing military system
The U.S. military has been criticized for its spotty record on convicting troops of killing civilians, but a hearing against Army Staff Sgt.
Man in Afghan uniform kills 2 British troops
A man wearing an Afghan police uniform shot and killed two British soldiers at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, international military ...
Suicide attack kills 41 at Afghan mosque
A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a mosque packed with senior regional officials in northern Afghanistan on a major Muslim holiday Friday, ...
Taliban ambush kills 10 Afghan troops
Taliban insurgents killed 10 Afghan troops in an ambush in western Herat province, police and government officials said Tuesday. A spokesman for the ...
US sees potential for wider anti-Taliban uprising
Fed up with the Taliban closing their schools and committing other acts of oppression, men in a village about 100 miles south of Kabul took up arms ...
Karzai: NATO can speed up handover of security
President Hamid Karzai said Thursday the nation's military and police are ready and willing to take full responsibility for security in the country ...
Suicide blast hits US-Afghan base; 10 Afghans hurt
A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, wounding 10 Afghan ...