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Afghanistan Casualties

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

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

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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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NATO, Afghans Claim To Kill 130 Taliban In Kunduz Province

Reuters | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and AMIR SHAH | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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

AP | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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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 09.27.2009 | World

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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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Four-Star General's Report On Afghanistan: A 25-Year War

Washington Independent | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

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As U.S. military casualties mount in Afghanistan, a retired four-star Army general, who just returned from reviewing the six-plus-year war effort, sai...

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Afghan officials: US-led forces killed 9 police

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics

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KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces killed nine Afghan police Sunday, calling in airstrikes and fighting on the ground for fo...

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