Afghanistan Casualties

Afghanistan, An Indecent Silence

Anne Nivat | Posted 03.23.2012

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Anne Nivat

It's rarely talked about on television anymore, and the images are few and far between. And yet, the war that shook Afghanistan -- and in which France has actively participated for a decade -- is not over.

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Joshua Hersh

Iraq, Afghanistan Casualty Counts Tell Tale Of Two Wars

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.01.2011

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It's a tale of two wars: in Iraq, August became the first month to pass without a single American military casualty, while in Afghanistan, Americans e...

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Mr. President, Bring All of Our Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq Home, Now

Ed Koch | Posted 08.27.2011

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Ed Koch

One June 24, 2011, President Barack Obama told our nation of his plans for withdrawing U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. He told us, "We will be...

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Afghanistan Under the Knife

John Feffer | Posted 07.17.2011

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John Feffer

It was a primitive form of surgery. 10 years ago, the U.S. stuck a knife deep into Afghanistan in an attempt to remove two malignancies -- al Qaeda and the Taliban. With bin Laden gone, the debate has intensified: What to do with the knife?

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David Wood

As Afghan War Enters Tenth Fighting Season, IED Casualties On The Rise

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 07.10.2011

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Despite nearly a decade of costly and sometimes frantic struggle, the United States military has been unable to control the Afghan insurgents' most de...

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Protect Your Manhood: End the War in Afghanistan

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.08.2011

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Robert Naiman

Before you enlist or deploy, I think you have to ask yourself whether we still live in the same country that sent Max Cleland off to be maimed in a war in which our leaders did not believe.

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Hushing Up Civilian Casualties Investigations in Afghanistan

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Gaston

The detention of journalists for trying to provide an independent voice on security incidents in Afghanistan undermines Western governments' otherwise positive efforts to support free media there in the past 10 years.

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Incalculable

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy Kelly

We see the cost of war, but it doesn't affect -- or prevent -- our decisions. We actually, finally, have to stop making people like the nine children who died, pay it.

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Amanda Terkel

Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit Record Levels In 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At least 2,421 civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year, a record high since the U.S. invasion in 2001, according to a new report....

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Two Children, More Than 30 Insurgents Killed In Afghanistan

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Bombs and gunbattles across Afghanistan killed more than 30 insurgents, five civilians and two NATO coalition service membe...

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In the Crosshairs: Tucson-Kabul

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Engelhardt

Massacres like the one in Tucson are more common than Americans like to imagine, but still reasonably rare. The repetitious deaths of innocents in Afghanistan are commonplace in a way that Americans generally don't care to consider.

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Government: 2010 Marks Record High Civilian Casualties In Afghanistan

Reuters | – | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL (Reuters) -- The number of Afghan police killed during 2010 fell about seven percent to 1,292, the government said on Monday, despite violence s...

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Hunger and Anger in Afghanistan

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathy Kelly

In Afghanistan, a nation where 850 children die every day, about a quarter of the population goes hungry. "Do you think we like to live this way?" an Afghan man asked me, last October, as he led us toward a primitive tent encampment on the outskirts of Kabul.

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A Dramatic Look At Life-Saving Medics In Afghanistan

AP/The Huffington Post | BRENNAN LINSLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (AP) — It was pushing dusk when the call came: "One Category Alpha." The voice crackled over the radio, urgent but...

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Afghan Police Officer Kills 6 US Service Members

AP | HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – An Afghan border policeman killed six American servicemen during a training mission Monday, underscoring one of the ri...

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Hundreds Of Afghanistan Contractor Deaths Go Unreported, Study Shows

Salon | Justin Elliott | Posted 05.25.2011

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In one of the least examined aspects of President Obama's escalation of the Afghan war, armed private security contractors are being killed in action ...

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The McChrystal Moment: Swords or Plowshares

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Grayson

I called for McChrystal to go in October, 2009. I called for him to go yesterday. And now, he's gone. But this isn't about McChrystal's job. It's about McChrystal's plan -- the plan for endless war. The question is whether America is turning away from war. And we are. Slowly.

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Afghan Casualties

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Danziger

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New Civilian Deaths Roil Afghans

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) KABUL - Thousands of Afghans shouting "Death to America!" protested the killings of children Thursday, the latest in a string of controversial ca...

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NATO, Afghans Claim To Kill 130 Taliban In Kunduz Province

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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NATO and Afghan officials claimed on Monday their forces had killed at least 130 Taliban fighters in a major operation over the past week in an area o...

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Afghan Probe Says NATO Fighting Killed Children

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A suicide bomber at a base in Afghanistan's volatile east killed eight American civilians, U.S. officials said, the worst loss of life f...

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As 8 US Troops Die, October Becomes Afghan War's Deadliest Month

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Gunmen attacked a guest house used by U.N. staff in the Afghan capital of Kabul early Wednesday, killing at least seven people including...

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A Call to Arms (and Legs) in the Civil War and in the Iraq War

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lapham's Quarterly

Since 2003, American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have been losing limbs at twice the rate of any previous American war. More than six percent of injured US troops require amputation.

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Afghanistan: U.S., British, NATO Troops Killed In Attacks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — An improvised bomb attack killed two U.S. service members Monday in southern Afghanistan where U.S. and NATO troops have stepped up thei...

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Afghanistan: August, July Tied For Deadliest Month

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A roadside bomb and gunfire attack killed a U.S. service member in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a death that pushed August into a t...

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