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Taliban Threatens to Kill Captured American Soldier

M. Morris — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:59:01 CDT

The Taliban says it will execute a captured American soldier if the US does not withdraw from two districts in southeastern Afghanistan, the Voice of America reports. A Taliban rep said today the soldier is healthy but will be killed if operations in Paktika and Ghazni continue. The fate of...

2 US Troops Killed in Attack on Afghan Base

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:57:48 CDT

Two American troops were killed when militants attacked a base in eastern Afghanistan today, exploding a truck loaded with gravel outside the gates and sparking a 2-hour gunbattle, the AP reports. US forces called in airstrikes to end the clash, killing over 30 insurgents, the governor of Paktika province says....

Coalition Bombs Kill 7 Afghan Boys

Sophie Goldstein — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:45:29 CDT

Worsening widespread concerns about civilian deaths in Afghanistan, a U.S.-led coalition bombing killed seven boys yesterday at a compound in the eastern part of the country. The target, which contained a mosque and a school, was suspected of housing Al-Qaeda militants. "We had a misunderstanding," the governor of...