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D.C. Air National Guard departing for Afghanistan
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More than 175 members of the District of Columbia Air National Guard are leaving for Afghanistan.
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No public events planned to mark 10th anniversary of Afghanistan war
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Friday marks a full decade since the United States began operations to eliminate terrorism in Afghanistan. Today, the United States will mark the 10th anniversary of the war's beginning with little commemoration.
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NATO captures Haji Mali Khan, a senior Haqqani leader in Afghanistan
CommentNATO captured Haji Mali Khan, a senior leader of the al-Qaida- and Taliban-allied Haqqani network active inside Afghanistan, describing it as a "significant milestone" in disrupting the terror group's operations.
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American killed in attack on CIA office in Kabul
CommentAn Afghan employed by the U.S. government killed one American and wounded another in an attack on a CIA office in Kabul, officials said Monday, in the latest high-profile attack in the Afghan capital.
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Pakistan army commanders meet after US accusations of extremist support
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Pakistan's army chief will convene a special meeting of senior commanders Sunday following U.S. allegations that the military's spy agency helped militants attack American targets in Afghanistan, the army said.
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U.S. embassy in Kabul attacked
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Taliban insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in Kabul Tuesday.
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Fort Belvoir 29th Infantry Division prepares for deployment to Afghanistan
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The Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division, which includes over 60 National Guardsmen from Virginia and Maryland, will be honored today as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan.
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77 Americans wounded in Afghan truck bombing
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Nearly 80 American soldiers were wounded and two Afghan civilians were killed in a Taliban truck bombing targeting an American base in eastern Afghanistan late Saturday.
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Families, communities grieve for lost Navy SEALs
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Across the country, families of those killed in Friday night's helicopter crash in Afghanistan, are speaking out.
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Former Guantanamo detainee-turned-al Qaida ally killed
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NATO and Afghan forces killed a former Guantanamo detainee who had become a key al-Qaida affiliate.
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August deadliest month for U.S. in Afghanistan yet
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August has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan.
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Jameel Freeman, Md. soldier killed in Afghanistan
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Spc. Jameel Freeman, 26, of Baltimore, was one of five men killed by a bomb on Aug. 11 in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan helicopter crash: U.S. says militants involved killed in strike
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The top commander in Afghanistan says international forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for downing a U.S. helicopter and killing 38 U.S. and Afghan forces over the weekend.
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Afghan helicopter crash, facebook used to express grief
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Thoughts, prayers and personal family photos fill the Facebook pages dedicated to the men who were killed in the helicopter crash in Afghanistan Saturday.
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Pay tribute to the fallen solders on their Facebook memorial pages
CommentIn the wake of the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of dozens of American servicemen, numerous pages have been established on Facebook to pay tribute to them.
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Afghanistan crash: Remains of killed soldiers, SEALS arrive in Dover
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It’s a solemn process called the dignified transfer. The flag draped caskets of the fallen warriors are removed from a transport plane and moved to the mortuary here at Dover Air Force Base.
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SEALs killed in helicopter crash on rescue mission
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The Navy SEALs and other troops lost in Saturday's helicopter crash in Afghanistan had rushed to help fellow U.S. troops under fire, an official tells the Associated Press.
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Four NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
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NATO says four of its service members have been killed by insurgents in two separate attacks in Afghanistan.
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