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Unmanned US Aircraft Shoots, Kills Two US Soldiers [VIDEO]

Quran Protests Spread to Turbulent Afghan East

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Demonstrators battled police in southern Afghanistan's main city on Sunday and took to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor's burning of the Quran. An officer was shot dead in a second day of clashes in the...

Afghanistan's President Blasts US Troops for Gruesome Afghan Deaths

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's president says U.S. soldiers charged with murder in the deaths last year of three unarmed Afghans had killed them for entertainment, after taking drugs. Hamid Karzai condemned the actions of five soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade. The troops have been charged in the United States...

Media Debates Impact of US Effort in Afghanistan [VIDEO]

Gates Sees War Gains -- But Can Afghans Hold Them?

COMBAT OUTPOST SABIT QADAM, Afghanistan -- The Taliban are reeling. U.S. and Afghan troops are clicking. The war is going really well. That's what Pentagon chief Robert Gates heard in two days with troops and commanders. Much less clear: the hoped-for advances in the Afghan government's ability to provide basic services...