Two U.S. security contractors involved in the shooting death of an Afghan civilian said they were pressured to say they had been drinking in order to protect the company’s contract
Contractors in fatal shooting say they’re scapegoats
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‘He would have found bin Laden’
Sebastian Junger found him crouched on a battlefield in Afghanistan, fighting to stay alive. The Taliban had the man cornered and outnumbered.
Iran’s Spending Spree in Afghanistan
Some locals jokingly call Herat the “Dubai of Afghanistan.” The nickname is a stretch, but the mini-boom taking place in this commercial capital is borne out by 24-hour electricity and pothole-free streets where people wander without fear of the random violence that afflicts other urban centers in the country. Who gets the credit? Much of it goes to Iran, which lies less than a hundred miles to the west and is moving closer.
Airstrike kills Afghan man
An Afghan man was killed in an airstrike by coalition soldiers supporting NATO-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. The man, who died at a hospital in Kabul on Wednesday, was not setting up improvised explosive devices as originally suspected, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said in a news statement.
Afghan dies after incident with contractors, U.S. military says
One of three Afghan civilians wounded when U.S. contractors shot at them in an incident in early May died of his wounds Sunday, according to U.S
Pakistan claims 10 killed in U.S. missile strikes
Ten people were killed early Saturday when suspected U.S. missile strikes hit a religious school in Pakistan’s tribal region along the Afghan border, a Pakistani intelligence official said.
Four British soldiers die in Afghanistan in a day
Four British soldiers have been killed in one day in separate attacks in Afghanistan, the British Ministry of Defense announced Friday. The deaths happened in three incidents in the southern Helmand province, the ministry said
Official: Dozens dead in U.S. airstrikes
Up to 50 people were killed Tuesday in U.S. airstrikes on buildings in an Afghan area frequented by insurgents, a senior U.S.
U.S. probes strike on Afghan civilians
A U.S. airstrike likely wounded at least 11 civilians in southwest Afghanistan, a senior U.S. military official said Wednesday
Joint Chiefs chairman: Afghanistan now top priority
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