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Afghan Forces Recapture at Least 65 From Taliban Jailbreak

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the prisoners who escaped from the south's largest prison, the government said Tuesday as it scrambled to recover from the massive security breach that allowed 480 inmates to be spirited out in a stunning jailbreak. Prison officials discovered early...

NATO Repels Insurgent Attack in East Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO forces killed seven insurgents who tried to storm their way onto a base in eastern Afghanistan, the coalition said Wednesday. NATO said the attack was carried out late Tuesday in the city of Jalalabad by insurgents firing assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades. A statement from the...

Terry Jones Unapologetic for Violence After Koran Burning [VIDEO]

Afghan Riots Over Quran-Burning Leave 20 Dead in 2 Days

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans rioted for a second day Saturday to protest the burning of a Quran in Florida, killing nine people in Kandahar and injuring more than 80 in a wave of violence that underscored rising anti-foreign sentiment after nearly a decade of war. The desecration at a small U.S. church has outraged...

Pentagon to Buy More Tethered Balloons to Watch Over Afghanistan

Helium-filled balloons equipped with cameras are gaining popularity with the U.S. military as a cheaper alternative to using high-flying drones in Afghanistan, and now the Pentagon plans to buy another half dozen of the tethered craft to keep watch over the Kandahar Airfield. The Pentagon has already deployed tethered...

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Afghanistan Suicide Car Bomb Kills 5 Police

A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing five policemen, a government official said.

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06/01/12 Army accuses Bales of using steroids, alcohol at base... Source: Stars and Stripes - Washington DC The Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who allegedly massacred Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province three months ago now faces charges that he used alcohol and steroids during his deployment.
06/01/12 Inside the underbelly of Kandahar Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia Kandahar airfield, near Afghanistan's second biggest, oldest and most dangerous city, is home to the busiest single runway airstrip in the world, 30,000 foreign troops (including 200 or so Australians), thousands of contractors and advisers and a small army of local labourers to cook and clean the toilets.
05/31/12 Five cops killed in Afghan blast Source: Pakistan Observer KandaharâA suicide bomber detonated a vehicle full of explosives outside a district police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing five policemen, a government official said.
05/23/12 Fort Bragg Green Berets receive Canada's highest unit... Source: Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville NC A group of Fort Bragg Green Berets on Wednesday became the first non-Canadian military unit to receive that country's highest team recognition.
05/21/12 Combined Afghan, Coalition Force Detains Taliban... Source: U.S. Department of Defense WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 A combined Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban facilitator in the Zharay district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province today, military officials reported.

Background on kandahar

Kandahar, occasionally Candahar, or Qandahar, (Pashto: کندهار ) is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m (3,297 feet) above sea level.

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