US Soldiers Afghanistan

The Afghan Syndrome

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.10.2012

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Tom Engelhardt

While the Afghan War has always had its many non-Vietnam aspects -- geographical, historical, geopolitical, and in terms of casualties -- anyone could have had a Vietnam field day with the present situation.

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US Soldier Shoots Civilians

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.12.2012

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American Soldier Charged With Abuse In Suicide Hearing

AP | By KAY JOHNSON | Posted 03.16.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American soldier charged with abuse that led to the suicide of a 19-year-old fellow soldier in Afghanistan is facing a prelim...

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Radio-in-a-Box: Afghanistan's New Warrior-DJs

Sam Jacobson | Posted 09.12.2011

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Sam Jacobson

Our civil affairs Marine needed to speak with the sharwal (town mayor) at our base, Combat Outpost (COP) Rankel, and a public radio message was the best way to get him there. There's no tweeting in Safar, Garmser District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

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U.S. Defense Contractor Slammed As Negligent After Employee Kills Unarmed Soldiers

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 09.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — Nasir Ahmad Ahmadi was hired to work as an interpreter alongside American troops in Afghanistan. But soldiers were alarmed by his s...

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Improved Troop Survival Rates In Afghanistan The Grimmest Sort Of Success

New York Times | C. J. CHIVERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several soldiers and those who care for them framed the improved survival rates as the grimmest sort of success. Many more troops -- some missing mult...

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U.S. Soldier In Afghanistan Gets $16,000 AT&T Bill

CNET News | Posted 05.25.2011

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I cannot imagine too many U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan are currently having a great time. However, Pfc Jose Rivera has additional troubles with whi...

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US Investigating Afghan Civilian Deaths

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military is investigating allegations that a "small number" of U.S. soldiers were responsible for the unlawful dea...

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US Army Captain Becomes King In Afghanistan

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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HUTAL, Afghanistan — In the U.S. Army, Casey Thoreen is just a 30-year-old captain. Around here, he's known as the "King of Maiwand" district &n...

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Interpreter Kills 2 US Soldiers In Afghanistan

Posted 05.25.2011

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KIM GAMEL, Associated Press KABUL - A NATO official says an Afghan interpreter killed two U.S. service members before he was killed himself at a co...

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Afghan War: 8th Anniversary Photo Retrospective

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wednesday marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. The notable date comes as the United States fiercely debates the future of...

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US weapons failed in 2008 Afghanistan firefight

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It was chaos during the early morning assault last year on a remote U.S. outpost in Afghanistan and Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 c...

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Afghanistan War: 2 US Troops Killed By Roadside Bomb

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan killed two U.S. troops Friday, the U.S. military said. The explosion occu...

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3 US Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan After Obama Stresses Need To Fight Extremists

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Taliban militants detonated a bomb and opened fire on a vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers on Thursday, killing three of them, as President ...

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Pentagon Telepathy Program Wants Soldiers To Communicate Through Neural Signals On Battlefield

Danger Room | Posted 05.25.2011

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Forget the battlefield radios, the combat PDAs, or even those infantry hand signals. When the soldiers of the future want to communicate, they're goin...

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Bomb kills 4 US soldiers in Afghanistan's east

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday _ new evidence of rising violence in a region where clash...

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Obama Nixed Full Surge After Quizzing Brass

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama decided to approve only 17,000 of the 30,000 troops requested by Gen. David McKiernan, the top commander of U.S. and NATO tro...

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US Eyes "Surge" Of Over 20,000 Troops For Afghanistan

Reuters | David Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pentagon is considering a plan to send more than 20,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next 12 to 18 months to help safeguard elections and quell ...

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Army: Psychiatrists Needed on Warfronts

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. troops on the battlefield found it harder to get the mental health care they needed last year, when violence rose in Afghanist...

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