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Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- An explosion in Afghanistan's Helmand province killed two British soldiers and two Afghan security personnel, Britain's Defense Ministry said.
UPI, Wed Dec 16 04:50:53 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Two British soldiers were killed Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking the total number of deaths this year to 102.
AFP via Yahoo! News, Tue Dec 15 15:59:22 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
U.S. steps up special operations mission in Afghanistan
Under the shift in strategy, the teams now focus on targeting key Taliban figures rather than mainly hunting Al Qaeda leaders and have increased the number of raids they conduct, officials ...
Los Angeles Times, Wed Dec 16 00:07:54 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
U.S. shipping more to Afghanistan via Central Asia
The United States has greatly expanded the use of a new supply route through Central Asia this year to send nonmilitary cargo to its troops in Afghanistan, a Defense Department official sai...
Reuters via Yahoo! News, Tue Dec 15 13:24:36 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Bombs, ambushes kill 18 in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - A surge of bomb attacks and ambushes killed at least 18 people, including four NATO soldiers and six civilians, in flashpoints across Afghanistan ahead of an expected US surge...
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News, Wed Dec 16 09:06:00 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Rep. Kendrick Meek pushes war bonds to fund Afghanistan , Iraq conflic...
Miami Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek is proposing legislation to pay for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq using a method that's a throwback to prior U.S. conflicts: war bonds.
Miami Herald, Wed Dec 16 08:41:08 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Airman injured in Afghanistan gets a remote pancreas fix
The serviceman becomes a pioneer in islet-cell transplantation when his pancreas is shuttled between Washington and Miami for the procedure. Six days before Thanksgiving, Air Force Senior A...
Los Angeles Times, Wed Dec 16 00:13:18 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
NATO chief asks for Russian help in Afghanistan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen asked Russia on Wednesday to give the Western military alliance more help in Afghanistan but failed to get an immediate pledg...
Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News, Wed Dec 16 08:13:12 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
S.Leone unemployed get work in Iraq, Afghanistan: official
A first batch of young, unemployed people from Sierra Leone departed for Afghanistan and Iraq on Tuesday to start jobs in the war-torn countries arranged by a US firm, a government official...
AFP via Yahoo! News, Tue Dec 15 12:31:08 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
Air Force, Navy to pay for Afghanistan war
LONDON - The Royal Air Force and Royal Navy will bear the brunt of severe cuts in defence spending to pay for the rapidly-rising cost of the war in Afghanistan.
The New Zealand Herald, Wed Dec 16 08:00:40 PST 2009 Yahoo! News
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