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Fighting Rages in Marjah as Karzai Urges Restraint

Fighting Rages in Marjah as Karzai Urges Restraint

U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers advanced through poppy fields of Marjah on Saturday under withering gunfire from Taliban fighters shooting from mudbrick homes and compounds where families huddled in terror.

 

12 Afghans killed in errant rocket strike as U.S. offensive continues

The deaths are the first civilian casualties since the start of the attack on the Taliban stronghold of Marja. NATO says it is suspending use of the weapons system used in the deadly strike.

Reporting from The Outskirts Of Marja, Afghanistan, and Kabul -- As U.S.

 

Iraq civilian death toll 'down'

Violence against civilians in Iraq dropped dramatically in 2009, a report by an independent monitoring group says.

 

Chopper crashes kill 14 Americans in Afghanistan

Two choppers collide in the south, and a third goes down in the wake of a firefight in the west. Among the dead are three civilian contractors.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Eleven U.S. troops and three American civilian contractors were killed in two separate helicopter crashes today, inflicting one of the war's heaviest one-day losses on U.S.

 

Back-to-back bombs hit Pakistan markets

Back-to-back explosions shook two markets in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday evening, killing two civilians and wounding 70 others, an official from the deputy police superintendent's office said.

 

U.S. disputes Afghan civilian casualty figures frome earlier clash

The U.S. military said Wednesday at least 20 civilians and 60 insurgents died in a disputed U.S.-Taliban clash earlier this month, ...

 

Indonesia plane crash kills nearly 100

Indonesia plane crash kills nearly 100

An Indonesian military transport plane crashed into a residential area in east Java early Wednesday, killing 97 people, military officials said.

 

U.S. strikes killed 140 villagers: Afghan probe

U.S. strikes killed 140 villagers: Afghan probe

U.S. air strikes earlier this month killed 140 villagers, an Afghan government investigation concluded on Saturday, putting Kabul starkly at odds with the U.S. military's account.

 

Sri Lanka Safe Zone Attack: '1,000 Civilians Killed'

Doctor reports hundreds of bodies being brought to hospital as UN says feared bloodbath has now become reality.

 

US denies 147 civilians killed in Afghan violence

US denies 147 civilians killed in Afghan violence

The U.S. military said Friday reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Taliban were "extremely over-exaggerated" and investigators were still analyzing the data collected at the site.

 

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