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Prince Harry Desperate to Return to Front Line Battles
FOXNews.com - 4 Hours ago
Prince Harry has urged Army bosses to return him to the front line in Afghanistan. The soldier royal, third in line to the throne, had a successful first tour of duty in the war zone earlier this year.
Prince Harry returns to Army duties Somerset Guardian
National News: Prince Harry returns to Army duties Coventry Telegraph
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US Troops Kill 24 Militants in Afghanistan
VOA News - 4 Hours ago
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says its forces have killed at least 24 militants during two separate battles.In a statement Friday, the coalition says Afghan and U.S. forces killed at least 12
More than two dozen militants killed in Afghanistan: coalition Yahoo! Canada
U.S. says at least 24 militants killed in Afghanistan USA Today
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Three Afghan Civilians Dead: Police Chief Accuses German Soldiers of Shooting
Spiegel Online - 5 Hours ago
German soldiers stationed in Afghanistan opened fire on a civilian vehicle after it failed to slow down for a checkpoint in northern Kunduz province, Kunduz Chief of Police and Security Abdul Rahman Aqdash
Three Afghan civilians killed at German checkpoint The News International
Three Afghan civilians die in shooting at German checkpoint - Summary Earthtimes.org
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Afghan base is "world's busiest trauma hospital"
Reuters South Africa - 6 Hours ago
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (Reuters) - From the outside it's a prefabricated building in the midst of the desert, an unremarkable one storey white block. Inside it may be the busiest trauma hospital in
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Dwindling Army Applications: Afghanistan Puts Germans Off Military Career
Spiegel Online - 10 Hours ago
German political pundits are fond of pointing out that, should Barack Obama be elected as the next president of the United States, it will be much more difficult for Germany to turn him down should he
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Afghan joy as medallist returns
BBC - 10 Hours ago
Nikpai - proud that his dream has come trueThousands of jubilant Afghans packed Kabul's national stadium to welcome home Rohullah Nikpai, the nation's first ever Olympic medallist.Nikpai, 21, who won
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Suicide bomber killed trying to attack Pakistan camp
Reuters South Africa - 11 Hours ago
KOHAT, Pakistan, Aug 29 - A suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day after dozens of
One killed, 27 hurt in Kohat suicide attacks The News International
Aabpara suicide attack: Suicide bomber's brother sent from Karachi to Isb Daily Times
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Prince Harry desperate to go back to Afghanistan
The Hindu - 15 Hours ago
London (PTI): Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, has sought another tour of army duty in war-ravaged Afghanistan. The Prince, who is a Lieutenant in the Household Cavalry's Blues
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Local Briefing
Washington Post - 14 Hours ago
Satellite Firm Signs Deal With Google Maps GeoEye, the Dulles-based satellite imaging company counting down to a Sept. 4 launch of its newest satellite, said it has signed an exclusive contract to provide
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Border combat with Taliban flares
CNN - 15 Hours ago
Pakistani troops drove off a Taliban attack on a fort and pounded another band of militants holed up in a health center, killing as many as 49 insurgents as fighting spread to a third area of the tribal
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U.S. says review backs its reported toll in Afghanistan airstrike
Los Angeles Times - 18 Hours ago
WASHINGTON A U.S. military review of an airstrike last week in western Afghanistan corroborates its earlier report that 25 militants and five civilians were killed, Pentagon officials said Thursday,
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Top U.S., Pakistan military officials talk strategy
Reuters India - 18 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials met this week on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss the presence of militant safe havens in Pakistan and their role
Top U.S. and Pakistan military officials talk strategy Boston Globe
U.S., Pakistan hold talks CNN
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The tragic murder of a devoted young man
Asahi.com - 19 Hours ago
In an Afghan folk tale, a giant snake once lived for a thousand years. It transformed into a beautiful young maiden and married the lord of Kabul. In the old days, this parched region, situated at an
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EDITORIAL: Ito's senseless slaying
Asahi.com - 19 Hours ago
Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday by armed insurgents, was apparently killed by his captors during a gunbattle with police trying to rescue him. His body was
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Australian troops help reop Afghanistan supply route
ABC Radio Australia - 19 Hours ago
Australia's Defence Force says Australian troops have played a major role in re-opening the main supply route in Afghanistan which was sabotaged by Taliban fighters. Soldiers from the reconstruction taskforce
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Aid groups pull out of Afghanistan
Asahi.com - 19 Hours ago
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Print Share Article Japanese support organizations are suspending their activities in Afghanistan and evacuating members following the shooting death of an abducted aid worker there
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Ito set for return to Japan
Asahi.com - 19 Hours ago
(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Tetsu Nakamura, center with tie, a doctor and local representative of Peshawar-kai, and others lift a coffin bearing the body of Kazuya Ito on Thursday after it arrived at Kabul
Ito set for return to Japan (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Asahi.com
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British Army has too many officers
Telegraph - 19 Hours ago
Previous of Images Next The Army is 3,500 personnel short of its full needs Photo: PA For the past three years the military academy at Sandhurst has been unable to attract enough recruits Photo: STEPHEN
British Army has too many officers and not enough rankandfile soldiers Telegraph
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U.S. 'encouraged' by Pakistan terror fight
CNN - 19 Hours ago
The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff came away from a secret meeting with Pakistani military commanders this week 'encouraged' by Pakistan's efforts against growing threats from the Taliban
Cheney: U.S. Firm in Terrorism Fight Defense Link
U.S., Pakistan Held Secret Terror Talk CBS News
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Slaying in Afghanistan will not deter Japan's antiterror mission
Japan Times - 21 Hours ago
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura voiced anger Thursday over the kidnapping and killing of aid worker Kazuya Ito in Afghanistan. 'I am strongly indignant over this inhuman act,' Machimura told
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Lost war in Afghanistan
Arab News - 21 Hours ago
YOU dont have to be born in the West or be a Westerner to hate the Taleban. Most of us in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world have grown sick and tired of their extremist, truly bizarre ways and
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Pakistan air strike kills 22 militants
Sydney Morning Herald - 49 Minutes ago
At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed in an air strike by Pakistan's military in the troubled northwest Swat valley, a senior security official told AFP. Troops backed by
Pakistan military air strike kills 22 militants Breitbart.com
Pakistan Military Says 22 Militants Killed In Airstrike Nasdaq
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Sources: US says civilian deaths were overstated
Parkersburg News - 6 Hours ago
|| Email Email: 'Obama speech spares details, keeps up attacks " DENVER (AP) _ Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is 'change we can believe in,' promised Thursday to 'spell out exactly what that
Sources: US says civilian deaths we..... Estherville Daily News
Sources: US says civilian deaths overstated Army Times
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French Army: 'No Mistakes' in Ambush
DefenseNews.com - 87 Minutes ago
PARIS - 'No mistakes were made,' French Army Gen. Benoit Puga, head of operations at the chief of staff's office, told journalists here Aug. 28, referring to the Aug. 18 ambush in the Afghan valley of
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Pakistan extends 2 mln Afghan refugees repatriation deadline
The News International - 4 Hours ago
ISLAMABAD: United Nations says Pakistan has agreed to extend deadline for the repatriation of two million Afghan refugees.UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday told a foreign
Pakistan could no longer bear Afghan refugees' burdens The News International
Pakistan Extends Deadline for Afghan Refugees VOA News
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