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Afghanistan war stories: 306 news summaries

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500th US Death a Troubling Omen in Afghan War

'Other' war claims 500 lives, now deadlier than Iraq conflict

Aug 7, 08 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 500th American died in Afghanistan last month and the grim milestone has helped bring the conflict back to the forefront of the nation's consciousness, the New York Times writes. Afghanistan has long been overshadowed by the Iraq war, but enemy action killed over three times as many Americans in... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • US military • death toll • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - As the situation in Afghanistan worsens, 1,000 Marines deployed to train local security forces will stay there for at least another 30 days, mirroring an identical move last month for another group of Marines elsewhere in the country, Reuters reports. A defense official confirmed the move, which has yet... More »

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War on Terror • Pentagon • tour of duty • Pakistan militants • Marine • Afghanistan war

Captured Qaeda Suspect Fires
on Troops

MIT-trained Pakistani woman had been fugitive since 2003

Aug 5, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - An MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist with suspected al-Qaeda ties has been charged with trying to kill American soldiers and FBI agents while in custody last month, the New York Times reports. Aafia Siddiqui, who disappeared in Pakistan in 2003, turned up in Afghanistan, where she was detained for loitering suspiciously outside... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan militants • Islamic terrorism • Afghanistan war • detainees

OPINION

GOP's Offshore Drilling, Dems' Afghan Surge Both Bad Ideas

Both are blindly touting poor policy: Friedman

Jul 30, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats and Republicans alike are beating empty campaign slogans, and both need to take a look at their real-world implications, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times. Republicans who insist that offshore oil drilling will solve the world's problems sound like "someone back in 1980" pushing for... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • Middle East • Hamid Karzai • Afghanistan war

Obama Declares Afghanistan 'Precarious
and Urgent'

Candidate pledges more US troops

Jul 20, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent," Barack Obama today urged the Bush administration to make Afghanistan—rather than Iraq—"the central front in our battle against terrorism." In his first interview since arriving in the country yesterday, the Democratic candidate told Lara Logan on... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • US military • Kabul • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

 8 Afghan Civilians
 Killed in US-Led Airstrike 

Coalition forces called for air backup during firefight

Jul 17, 08 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight civilians were killed in a coalition airstrike targeting suspected militants in Afghanistan's western province of Farah, Reuters reports. The deaths occurred after American-led forces called for air backup during a roadside firefight Tuesday. A military statement said that officials "deeply regret any occurrence such as this." There... More »

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Afghanistan • civilian casualties • coalition forces • airstrike • civilians • Afghanistan war • Farah province

Pentagon Backtracks, Extends Afghanistan Tours

2,200 Marines will remain another 30 days despite repeated denials

Jul 3, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(AP) - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Pentagon • Robert Gates • defense secretary • Marine • Afghanistan war

 US Deaths in
 Afghanistan
 Hit Record 

More troops die there than in Iraq for second straight month

Jul 2, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - More troops from the United States and coalition countries died in Afghanistan last month than at any other time since the 2001 invasion. For the second month in a row, deaths among American-led forces were higher in Afghanistan, where 46 servicemen died, than in Iraq, where 31 were killed. The... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • US military • US troops • death toll • Iraq war • NATO troops • Afghanistan war

Afghan Taliban Resurgence Alarms Pentagon

Pentagon report cautions a renewed insurgency

Jun 28, 08 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban militants in Afghanistan have regrouped “into a resilient insurgency” that has US  allies "losing ground and slipping backwards," a new Pentagon report concludes. Bombing attacks set a record in 2007, and are on track to top that in 2008. Security conditions in the war-torn country have... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pentagon • terrorism • Afghanistan war

ANALYSIS

 Minutes Dwindle for
 Networks' War Coverage 

Bureaus cut amid financial concerns; political primary blots out other stories

Jun 23, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Middle East correspondents are struggling to get stories on the nightly news as TV networks scale back war coverage, the New York Times reports. With violence in Iraq declining and the US public tiring of an open-ended conflict, network execs have focused on hot topics like the contentious presidential primaries.... More »

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NBC • CBS • ABC • business • Iraq war • media coverage • reporting • Afghanistan war • network news

House OKs War Funding,
Aid for Flood Relief

Spending bill also extends jobless benefits

Jun 19, 08 9:10 PM CDT
(AP) - A much-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House tonight, along with a doubling of college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims. Republican allies of President Bush provided the winning margin in a 268-155 vote to provide $162 billion to fund US... More »

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Congress • veterans • war funding • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

Party Leaders in House Reach Deal on War Funds

Bipartisan agreement allocates $163B for Iraq, Afghanistan through early 2009

Jun 18, 08 9:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A two-year fight between the White House and Democrats over war funding has been resolved, the New York Times reports. House leaders reached a deal to allocate $163 billion for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year. The measure, expected to be approved by the full House... More »

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Congress • Pentagon • veterans' benefits • White House • John Boehner • unemployment benefits • war funding • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Midwest floods

 Afghans Launch
 Assault on Taliban 

Kandahar is next militant target

Jun 18, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan and NATO troops launched a huge offensive against the Taliban today, Reuters reports, starting with an air and ground assault on a valley in southern Afghanistan. Bolstered with hundreds of fighters freed in last week’s prison break, the Taliban has taken several villages in Arghandab, and has its... More »

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Robot Drones Have 'Changed War' in Iraq, Afghanistan

Unmanned vehicles help troops target trouble spots, keep casualties down

Jun 5, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - At the outset of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were little more than nifty, if sometimes helpful toys. They’ve since cemented a key role in US operations, Newsweek reports. Now hundreds of drones, some as small as model airplanes, keep an unblinking eye on militant... More »

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military • UAVs • drones • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • spy drones

US 'Learning as We Go'
in Iraq, Says Bush

President compares war on terrorism to war on fascism and communism

May 28, 08 5:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush said today the US is "learning as we go" in trying to bring democracy to Iraq and urged Americans not to lose faith. Delivering the commencement address at the Air Force Academy, Bush likened today's campaign against Islamic extremism to the fight against fascism of last century,... More »

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Air Force • commencement speech • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Afghanistan war

Stress Disorder Surges Among US Troops

Number of diagnosed cases rises 46%
to 14,000 last year

May 27, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Post-traumatic stress disorder is surging among US troops sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. New cases rose by more than 46% to nearly 14,000 in 2007, reports Reuters. In the last five years, about 40,000 cases have been diagnosed, most of them in the Army. More »

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Opinion

General on Funeral Duty: 'Grief Is the Crushing Load'

Officer reflects on sacrifice, survivors

May 26, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - At every funeral for a soldier killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, an Army officer attends, to represent the service and oversee the military rituals involved. Maj. Gen. William Troy has drawn funeral duty 23 times, and for Memorial Day, he writes in the Washington Post about an always-wrenching experience More »

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House Rejects $162.5B Bill
to Fund Wars

Republicans abstain
in protest, leading
to surprise defeat

May 15, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House today shot down a $162.5 billion bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year after a surprise tactic by angry Republicans, the Washington Post reports. The bill failed by a vote of 148-141 after 132 members of the GOP abstained. By doing so,... More »

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Iraq • Congress • House of Representatives • war funding • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • Afghanistan war

 Bush Sacrificed
 Golf to 'Honor
 War Dead' 

Says he did it for moms who lost their sons

May 14, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush gave up playing golf five years ago because he felt it was inappropriate to play while families mourned loved ones killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, he revealed in an interview with Politico. Bush was lampooned for playing golf while discussing terrorism in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911. More »

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terrorism • golf • soldiers' families • casualties • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Afghanistan war

Taliban Bombs Afghan Opium Task Force, Killing 18

41 wounded in attack as authorities target skyrocketing drug production

Apr 29, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide bomber struck a meeting today of an Afghan poppy-eradication team, CNN reports, killing at least 18, including 11 police officers and seven civilians. Another 41 were injured in the attack in the eastern Nangarhar province; authorities said the incident was further proof of the rebel Taliban's involvement with... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • suicide bombing • drug trafficking • opium • Afghanistan war

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