VOA: NATO says a joint Afgan-international force killed a Taliban commander and several armed individuals in southern Afganistan, but local villagers say the dead are all civilians. In eastern Afganistan, officials say eight civilians, including women and children, were killed in a roadside bombing in Ghazni province on Monday.
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Police official says eight Afghan civilians killed in NATO raid
The wounds of war: physical, psychological injuries legacy of Afghan battle
The Canadian Press: Master Cpl. Jody Mitic was a sniper on patrol with his unit in Kandahar province in January 2007 when he stepped on a land mine and lost both legs below the knee. In the split second it took for the charge...
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Bodies found beheaded in Afghanistan; 4 troops die
The Associated Press: Four American troops were reported killed and the bodies of 11 Afgan men, some beheaded, were found in rising violence across Afganistan. Mohammad Khan, deputy police chief in Uruzgan province, said a villager in the Bagh Char area of Khas Uruzgan...
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Afghan attorney general says US envoy “threatened” him
ANP/AFP: Afganistan’s top prosecutor Tuesday accused US ambassador Karl Eikenberry of threatening to have him removed from his job if he did not take action against an Afgan banker...
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Afghanistan Again
The Huffington Post: After nine years of war the U.S. occupation of Afganistan lacks support at home and is widely recognized as a drain on the domestic economy in...
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Warlords and Taliban receive millions of dollars from the USA
The New York Times: American taxpayers have inadvertently created a network of warlords across Afganistan who are making millions of dollars escorting NATO convoys and operating outside the control...
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