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US Marines battle hard during Afghan offensive - AFP

AFP
GARMSIR, Afghanistan (AFP) — Since 4000 US Marines pushed into Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, one company has been in a constant firefight with the insurgents, the military said. Troops from Echo company of the 2/8 …
TIME
Los Angeles Times
Voice of America
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Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) — US Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and …
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Bloomberg
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Afghan rocket attack kills 2 US troops, wounds 6 Americans - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Three rockets hit Bagram Air Field — a rare strike inside the vast, heavily fortified compound. By David Zucchino Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Two US troops were killed and six Americans were wounded today in an early-morning rocket attack at …
Christian Science Monitor
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Campaign underway for Afghan presidential poll - Reuters

Reuters
By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL, June 16 (Reuters) - Opponents facing an uphill battle to unseat Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Aug. 20 elections rallied supporters and sent them out into the streets to put up posters on Tuesday, the official start of …
Los Angeles Times
United Press International
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NATO ministers back shake-up in US Afghan command - Reuters

Reuters
By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - NATO ministers have backed a US shake-up of military command in Afghanistan based on a model used in Iraq, as well as plans to step up training of Afghan security forces, a NATO spokesman said on Friday …
The Associated Press
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Afghan civilian deaths: Who is to blame? - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Nuria, 7, rests in the burn unit of Herat Regional Hospital in Afghanistan after she and her two sisters were badly burned May 4 in US airstrikes during clashes with the Taliban in the village of Garani, in Bala Baluk district of Farah province.
The Associated Press
AFP
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ICRC: US Air Strikes Killed Dozens of Afghan Civilians - Voice of America

Voice of America
By VOA News The International Committee of the Red Cross says US-led coalition warplanes killed dozens of civilians in western Afghanistan earlier this week.
AHN
Telegraph.co.uk
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Karzai Registers for Afghan Presidential Vote - New York Times

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By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai officially registered Monday to stand for reelection in national voting on August 20.
Aljazeera.net
The Associated Press
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Obama set for 'intense' Pakistan, Afghan summit - AFP

AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama meets Wednesday with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan, hoping to shore up the fight against Islamic extremism as concerns about the region mount.
Reuters
Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Afghan Presidential hopeful promises Taliban talks - Reuters UK

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By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's insurgency can be brought to an end through "soft diplomacy" with the Taliban, if Western forces commit to a timetable to withdraw from the country, a veteran of past negotiations with the militants …
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