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Kidnappers free 16 Afghan demining workers -agency
Published July 5, 2009, 11:56 pm, AlertNet
Source: Reuters (For full coverage on Afghanistan, double click on [ID:nAFPAK]) GARDEZ, Afghanistan, July 6 (Reuters) - Sixteen Afghans working for a United Nations-sponsored demining agency who were kidnapped at ...
Three British Soldiers Killed During Operation in Afghanistan
Published July 5, 2009, 11:55 pm, Bloomberg
July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Three British soldiers were killed during an operation against Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan at the weekend as international forces try to root out insurgents before next month’s national elections.
Suicide blast kills 2 Afghans outside foreign base
Published July 5, 2009, 11:55 pm, Boston Globe
A suicide car bomber killed at least two civilians in an attack outside a major international military base on Monday in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a Taliban stronghold, army officials said.
Suicide bomber kills 2 in Afghanistan
Published July 5, 2009, 11:29 pm, CNN
A suicide car bombing Monday at the Kandahar airport killed two and injured 16, Afghanistan's military said.
UN: Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis in decline
Published July 5, 2009, 11:29 pm, Monday Morning
“The embedded story in this report is that the markets for the three main drugs -- cocaine, heroin and cannabis -- are on a downward trend”, the executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime told reporters in Washington.
US Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive
Published July 5, 2009, 11:28 pm, Monday Morning
Involving nearly 4,000 US soldiers, it was the Marines’ first major operation since they arrived in Afghanistan as part of Obama’s aggressive new strategy to turn the tide on a dragging conflict with the Taliban.
Suicide blast kills 2 Afghans outside foreign base
Published July 5, 2009, 11:11 pm, AlertNet
Source: Reuters (For full coverage on Afghanistan, double click on [ID:nAFPAK]) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 6 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least two civilians in an attack outside a major ...
Linn raids poppies
Published July 5, 2009, 10:43 pm, Corvallis Gazette-Times
ALBANY — Detectives for the Linn County Sheriff’s Office raided a field of what they called illegal poppies, Sheriff Tim Mueller announced.
Marines launch Afghan counter-insurgency operation
Published July 5, 2009, 10:39 pm, Corvallis Gazette-Times
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, July 2 — Thousands of U.S. Marines descended upon the volatile Helmand River valley in helicopters and armored convoys early Thursday morning, mounting an operation that represents the first large-scale test of the U.S. military’s new counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Deeper into Taliban territory
Published July 5, 2009, 10:02 pm, Temple Daily Telegram
NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.
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