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8 US Troops Killed in Wave of Afghan Attacks

(July 14) -- Eight U.S. troops have been killed over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan after a barrage of attacks by insurgents, NATO and Afghan officials said today. The carnage began late Tuesday night, The Associated Press reports, when the Taliban unleashed a suicide car bomber, rocket-propelled grenades and...

Rogue Afghan Soldier Kills 3 British Troops

LONDON (July 13) -- A rogue Afghan soldier fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a NATO patrol today, killing three British troops in an incident likely to renew doubts about the reliability of the Afghan army. Four soldiers were wounded, according to a military spokesman. It is not known whether the renegade soldier was...

Roadside Bomb Kills 4 US Troops in Afghanistan

KABUL (Jan. 4) -- A roadside bombing killed four U.S. service members, the first American combat deaths of the year in Afghanistan, while a British soldier died during a foot patrol elsewhere in the volatile south of the country, officials said Monday. A statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force said...

Taliban: We're Responsible for Deadly Afghan Blasts

KABUL (Dec. 31) -- The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for infiltrating a CIA base with a suicide bomber who got into a gym and set off an explosion that killed eight Americans and an Afghan. CIA employees were believed to be among the victims. Wednesday's assault on U.S. Forward Operating Base Chapman at the edge...

Military Chief Defends Obama on Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Dec. 3) -- Public praise for their civilian superiors is expected of senior uniformed leaders. But the nation's top military man seemed to go out of his way on Wednesday to praise President Barack Obama's plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, then begin withdrawing them by the middle of...