Four soldiers, imbedded reporter killed in Afghan attack UPDATED (The North Bay Nugget)
Four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed yesterday by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Five other Canadians were injured.[...]
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 861 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009, at least 861 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Taliban claim blasts that kill 13 in Afghanistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for two separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan that killed eight Americans, five Canadians and an Afghan in a surge of violence in the war-battered country. A U.S. congressional official said CIA employees were believed to be among the victims of a suicide blast at an American base in the volatile east.
Taliban commanders said among dead in Afghan clash (Tiscali)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Three Taliban commanders were among 11 insurgents killed in a battle near the southern Afghan town of Kandahar in which five policemen were also killed, Afghan authorities said on Monday.
Area soldiers headed for Iraq, Afghanistan (The Daily News Tribune)
Nearly two dozen soldiers from the region, including five from Waltham, are among about 600 getting a send-off at the TD Garden in Boston Sunday before shipping off to Iraq and Afghanistan.
11 suspected Taliban militants killed in W Afghanistan (People’s Daily)
Clash between suspected Taliban militants and Afghan-NATO forces in western Afghanistan’s Herat province claimed lives of 11 insurgents Wednesday, an official said on Thursday. “Militants laid ambush on the Afghan army, police and NATO-led forces when they were on patrol in Kishki Kohna district Wednesday and troops returned fire killing 11 rebels including their commander Mullah Abdul Baqi …
Taliban claims deadly Afghanistan attacks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Taliban said Thursday it was behind bombings that killed eight Americans reportedly working for the CIA and five Canadians in one of the deadliest bouts of violence against Westerners in Afghanistan.
Taliban Claims Deadly Afghan CIA Attack (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide bombing at a base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight American civilians and one Afghan, the worst loss of life for the U.S. in the country since October.
Taliban claim responsibility for suicide blast that killed 8 Americans in Afghanistan (CNews)
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a suicide bombing at a base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight American civilians and one Afghan, the worst loss of life for the U.S. in the country since October. A U.S. congressional official said CIA employees are believed to be among the victims.
