Afghanistan Deaths

Two Americans Killed By Westerner In Kabul, Officials Say

AP | By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH | Posted 04.26.2012

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By RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH, Associated Press UPDATE: Afghanistan NATO staff have been recalled following attack. Click here for full story. KA...

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Two Americans Killed By Westerner In Kabul, Officials Say

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

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KABUL, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Two Americans who were shot dead on Saturday inside the Interior Ministry in Afghanistan's capital Kabul are believed to b...

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Afghan Soldier Kills 2 NATO Troops At Koran Burning Protest

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

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KABUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - An Afghan soldier at a U.S. base in the country's east joined violent protests against the burning of copies of the Koran ...

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Civilian Helicopter Crash Kills 3

AP | Posted 03.17.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A civilian helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing all three people on board, an Afghan official said...

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August Is Deadliest Month For U.S. Troops In Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 10.30.2011

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By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan -- August has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghani...

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Gen. Petraeus Vows To Keep Civilian Deaths To A Minimum

AP | By PATRICK QUINN | Posted 08.02.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The top NATO commander in Afghanistan said Thursday that he is committed to reducing the loss of innocent lives to an absolute m...

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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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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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U.S. Military Commander: Afghan War Like A Neverending 'Tom And Jerry Cartoon'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The war in Afghanistan is like a nonstop game of cat and mouse, according to a U.S. military commander in Afghanistan. The commander...

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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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7 More Americans Killed In Afghanistan Attacks

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials fou...

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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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US Troop Deaths DOUBLE In Afghanistan

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — The number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan has roughly doubled in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period last y...

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3 Americans Killed In Afghanistan, NATO says

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Two U.S. service members and one U.S. employee were killed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, pushing the American death toll this month to ...

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2 US Troops Killed In Afghanistan, NATO Says

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Four U.S. service members were killed Wednesday in separate attacks in Afghanistan, NATO said, underscoring the dangers facing Americans...

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Fussing Over Numbers: Body Counts and Accountability

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Gaston

Civilian casualty counts boil a thousand stories of loss into impersonal statistics, and obscure the real tragedy of these incidents.

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Afghanistan: 5 Coalition Soldiers Killed

AP | NOOR KHAN and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Three Americans and two other international troops were killed Friday in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. Insurgents a...

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Afghan Police Killed Mistakenly By US Special Forces

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 Wednesday in a case of mistaken identity by both sides after th...

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