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US: No Plan to Rush Afghan Exit

Afhgan Shooting

Officials say the US mission in Afghanistan will not change in the wake of an American soldier's attack on civilians, and troops are still on course to hand over security control to Afghans by the end of 2014.

 

Video Appears to Show U.S. Forces Killing Civilians

Video Appears to Show U.S. Forces Killing Civilians

The investigative organization WikiLeaks on Monday released military video of what it describes as three incidents of an "indiscriminate slaying" by U.S. forces near Baghdad on July 12, 2007.

 

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.

 

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