01/08/2009
Report: US had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear understanding of the way the poor, decentralized country works, an independent study concludes.
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01/08/2009
NATO: Bomb kills soldier in southern Afghanistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
NATO says that a bomb attack has killed one of its soldiers in southern Afghanistan.
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01/08/2009
Afghanistan: 11 Civilians Killed (New York Times)
Eleven Afghan civilians were killed and nine wounded when an errant artillery shell hit a house during a firefight between Taliban militants and NATO forces in central Afghanistan.
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01/07/2009
Detainees in Afghanistan want to sue for release (AP via Yahoo! News)
A federal judge sought Wednesday to compare four terror suspects being held at a U.S. base in Afghanistan to others detained at Guantanamo Bay to decide if all have the right to sue for their freedom.
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01/08/2009
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 560 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at least 560 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.
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01/07/2009
Detainees in Afghanistan seeking right for release (AP via Yahoo! News)
A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether four men seeking to challenge their detention as terror suspects at a U.S. base in Afghanistan were likely to take to the battlefield if released.
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01/07/2009
Canadian soldier killed, three injured in Afghanistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Canadian soldier was killed and three others were injured in a roadside blast in Afghanistan on Wednesday, marking Canada's first war casualty of 2009, the military said.
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01/07/2009
US: Troops kill 32 insurgents in east Afghanistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
U.S.-led forces raided a Taliban bomb-making cell in eastern Afghanistan, killing 32 insurgents in a battle with scores of armed militants who shot at them from rooftops and alleyways, the military said Wednesday.
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01/08/2009
US goals in Afghanistan 'unrealistic' (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
The United States and its partners have short-changed Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals, an independent study concludes.
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01/07/2009
Afghanistan detainees want to sue for freedom (MSNBC)
A U.S. judge on Wednesday questioned whether four men seeking to challenge their detention as terror suspects at a U.S. base in Afghanistan were likely to take to the battlefield if released.
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