Read more Paktika stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3164/paktika.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:34:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64561/taliban-threatens-to-kill-captured-american-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/64561/taliban-threatens-to-kill-captured-american-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 12:59:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63525/2-us-troops-killed-in-attack-on-afghan-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo 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....http://www.newser.com/story/63525/2-us-troops-killed-in-attack-on-afghan-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 5:57:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3226/coalition-bombs-kill-7-afghan-boys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorsening 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...http://www.newser.com/story/3226/coalition-bombs-kill-7-afghan-boys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 Jun 2007 12:45:29 CDT