US Army Afghanistan

Official: US Chopper Went Down In Bad Weather

AP | MIRWAIS KHAN | Posted 04.20.2012

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A U.S. Army helicopter crashed in bad weather during a night flight in Afghanistan, and all four American crew members w...

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Afghanistan Base Named 'Aryan' Raises Objections From Soldiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Following last week's embarrassing controversy involving Marines displaying a flag with what appeared to be a Nazi insignia, American an...

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Marine's Top General Spends Thanksgiving In Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 01.24.2012

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By ROBERT BURNS -- The Associated Press COMBAT OUTPOST HANSON, Afghanistan -- A turkey trot it was not. The U.S. Marines' top general, James Amo...

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Afghanistan Holds Controversial Grand Council Meeting

AP | By RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.16.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents fired two rockets Thursday toward a site where more than 2,000 Afghan elders are attending a national assembly to dis...

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Smoke Screen: How The U.S. Military Disposes Of Garbage In Afghanistan

Guernica | J. Malcom Garcia | Posted 10.17.2011

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In Afghanistan, the U.S. military disposes of garbage—computers, motorbikes, TVs, shoes, even human feces—in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from...

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Army Reverses Punishment For Officers Found Responsible For Deadly Afghanistan Firefight

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Army has reversed a decision to punish three officers for command failures that led to one of the deadliest firefights for U.S....

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Afghan Translators Risk Lives To Deliver Voice Of America

GlobalPost | Jean MacKenzie and Rateb Muzhda | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE WILSON, Afghanistan -- Hamayon, a 24-year-old Afghan interpreter for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan's dangerous south, worries le...

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What We Can Do To Honor This One Soldier's Death

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Throughout the history of war in this country, fallen soldiers have returned home to be buried, and then honored by ordinary Americans every Memorial ...

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U.S. Troops In Afghanistan Run To Remember 9/11

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Many of the troops at this sprawling U.S. air base were in their mid-teens when they watched the planes hit the W...

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Gates: It's Not Time To Leave Afghanistan

AP | LARA JAKES and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Facing eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said Thursday that the Obama administration's effort i...

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