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Get a Taliban song for your ringtone
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday.
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Red Horse Squadron holds open house
Members of the Red Horse Squadron took time to show off some of its achievements to the media on Wednesday now that they've been back from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Members of the Red Horse Squadron took time to show off some of its achievements to the media on Wednesday now that they've been back from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Obama and German leader discuss war and economicsAP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as climate and energy issues at Germany's chancellery Thursday, part of a tour aimed at lifting the first-term senator's international standing.
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July 23 airpower summary: Predator strikes enemy combatantsCoalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations July 23, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped a guided bomb unit-31 and 38s onto enemy combatants in the vicinity of Jrestan. Additionally, an Air Force MQ-1 Predator fired a Hellfire missile onto enemy combatants. Furthermore, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle dropped a GBU-12 onto anti-Afghan forces. The mission was confirmed successful by an on-scene joint terminal attack controller. more...
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Obama, German leader talk economics and war
BERLIN (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as climate and energy issues at Germany's chancellery Thursday, part of a tour aimed at lifting the first-term senator's international standing.
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BERLIN (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as climate and energy issues at Germany's chancellery Thursday, part of a tour aimed at lifting the first-term senator's international standing.
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Nearly 3 dozen militants killed in clash with Afghan forces
Nearly three dozen insurgents were killed Thursday in southern Afghanistan after they attacked an Afghan military convoy, a police ...
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Nearly three dozen insurgents were killed Thursday in southern Afghanistan after they attacked an Afghan military convoy, a police ...
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Former US Official Says Afghan President Hurting Drug War
A former top U.S. counter-narcotics official alleges that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is obstructing the fight against Afghanistan's narcotics trade.
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A former top U.S. counter-narcotics official alleges that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is obstructing the fight against Afghanistan's narcotics trade.
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Jury Sees Video Of Al-Qaida Suspect's Interrogation
The first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial has started. A military jury viewed a video of the defendant Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver, kneeling before a masked U.S. soldier, denying that he worked for al-Qaida. The videotape was recorded in Afghanistan shortly after Hamdan's capture in November 2001.
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The first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial has started. A military jury viewed a video of the defendant Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's former driver, kneeling before a masked U.S. soldier, denying that he worked for al-Qaida. The videotape was recorded in Afghanistan shortly after Hamdan's capture in November 2001.
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Body of fallen Georgia soldier returns home
Army Corporal Matthew Phillips was one of 9 soldiers who died in combat July 13 in southern Afghanistan.
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Army Corporal Matthew Phillips was one of 9 soldiers who died in combat July 13 in southern Afghanistan.
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34 Taliban killed in Afghanistan clash: ministryAFP - Afghan troops killed at least 34 Taliban rebels in a firefight after the militants ambushed an army convoy in the south of the country on Thursday, a defence ministry spokesman said.
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