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Afghan War Costs Now Top Iraq

The monthly cost of the war in Afghanistan, driven by troop increases and fighting on difficult terrain, has topped Iraq costs for the first time since 2003 and shows no sign of letting up.

 

NYC student pleads guilty to terrorism charge

On the eve of his terrorism trial, an American student who studied in London admitted Tuesday that he helped a friend deliver some protective clothing to an al-Qaida military commander fighting Americans in Afghanistan.

 

NATO admits 4 killed in Afghanistan were civilians, not ‘known insurgents’

NATO admits 4 killed in Afghanistan were civilians, not ‘known insurgents’

Western military officials acknowledge that none of those in a car fired on by soldiers had links to the insurgency.

 

After 5 years, U.S. troops leave Afghan valley

After 5 years, U.S. troops leave Afghan valley

It was as if the five years of almost ceaseless firefights and ambushes had been a misunderstanding -- a tragic, bloody misunderstanding. More than 40 U.S. soldiers have been killed, and scores more wounded, in helicopter crashes, machine-gun attacks and grenade blasts in the Korengal Valley, a jagged sliver just six miles deep and a half-mile wide. The Afghan death toll has been far higher, making the Korengal some of the bloodiest ground in all of Afghanistan, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.

 

Army moves troops, gear from Iraq to Afghanistan

The military is scrambling to finish what it calls the largest movement of troops and equipment since the buildup of World War ...

 

Cheap and deadly, homemade bombs plague Afghan roads

Cheap and deadly, homemade bombs plague Afghan roads

KANDAHAR (Reuters) - The signature weapon of the Iraq war has established itself as the Taliban's weapon of choice in Afghanistan as well, where roadside bombs have proven to be rudimentary and cheap -- but deadly as ever.

 

Afghanistan denies peace talks with Taliban No. 2

Afghanistan denies peace talks with Taliban No. 2

Afghanistan's government denied a report on Tuesday that it had been holding secret peace talks with the Taliban's number two leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, when he was arrested in Pakistan.

 

Gates: Afghan war's "decisive phase" looms in Kandahar

Gates: Afghan war's

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.

 

British Premier Visits Afghanistan

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Great Britain is visiting his nation’s troops in Afghanistan and promising them 200 new patrol vehicles that can resist roadside bombs more effectively.

 

Troops clear last pockets of resistance in Marjah

Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday ...

 

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