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Dawn Patrol 12/14/2009
13 hours ago ago from The Dawn Patrol
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21 hours ago ago from Ozablog.com
Afghan official: 8 policemen killed at checkpoint KABUL – Militants killed eight Afghan policemen during an attack Monday on a checkpoint in northeast Afghanistan. The militants attacked the members of the Aghan National Police before dawn in Baghlan province, provincial Gov. Mohammad Akbar Barakzai said. The policemen who were killed in the attack were on duty to provide security for the military convoys and local people in ...
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Related contentCBS News: 16 Afghan cops killed in 2 attacks
17 hours ago ago from Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior says 16 Afghan National Police officers have died in two attacks on checkpoints in southern and northern Afghanistan. The ministry said Monday that the first attack occurred before dawn in Baghlan province, north of Kabul, when a group of armed militants attacked a police checkpoint and killed eight policemen. About the same time, militants attacked another police checkpoint in Lashkar Gah, the ...
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1 day ago ago from Fight Back! - News and Views from the People's Struggle
Asheville, NC - Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a demonstration at the Federal Building here, Dec. 4, to protest the escalation of the Afghanistan War and to demand an immediate end to the occupation. This action was one of many nationally-coordinated events responding to the recently unveiled troop escalation. Speakers at the rally addressed topics that included the right of Afghanistan to determine its own future without ...
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NATO: Top US Defense Official Visits Afghanistan : NPR
20 hours ago ago from NPR
Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast NATO: Top US Defense Official Visits Afghanistan by The Associated Press text size A A A KABUL December 14, 2009, 03:38 am ET The Pentagon's top military ...
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18 hours ago ago from FOX News
Breaking News Iran Says 3 Detained Americans Who Crossed Border From Iraq Will Stand Trial 16 Afghan Policemen Killed in Two Attacks Monday, December 14, 2009 Print KABUL Taliban fighters attacked checkpoints in northern and southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing a total of 16 members of the Afghan National police, officials said. Officials said the eight policemen were killed before dawn when militants ...
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3 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
KABUL The military may not finish its surge of 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan until nearly a year from now, a senior U.S. commander said Monday a slower pace than President Barack Obama has described. The White House insisted it was sticking with a goal of completing the buildup by late summer. The reinforcements begin arriving next week, and the bulk of the troops are scheduled to be in Afghanistan by the end of summer. But it will ...
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1 hour, 58 minutes ago ago from Wall Street Journal
KABUL -- Insurgents killed 15 Afghan policemen in two separate attacks on Monday, as U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen arrived to discuss the U.S. troop surge with forces on the ground here -- telling them to "steel themselves for more combat and more fatalities." Building up the Afghan police and army is a key part of the U.S.-led coalition's strategy to push back the insurgency, alongside the infusion of some ...
Related contentBBC News - Eight Afghan policemen killed in attack
21 hours ago ago from BBC
Afghanistan's police force is currently around 82,000-strong Eight policemen have been killed by suspected militants in northern Afghanistan, officials say. The gunmen attacked a police post on a main highway from the Afghan capital, Kabul, in northern Baghlan province, the officials said. Policemen in Afghanistan have often been targets of militants and have suffered much heavier casualties than foreign troops. At least ...
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