Helicopter Crashes Cause Deadliest Day For US Since 2001
26 October 2009
'Helicopter Crashes: 14 US Soldiers And Civilians Die In Afghanistan', The Telegraph, 26 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Fourteen US soldiers and civilians have died in two helicopter crashes in America's deadliest day in Afghanistan for four years. In the first incident, a helicopter went down in Badghis province in the west of the country after raiding a compound harbouring an opium-trafficking gang linked to the insurgency. The...
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Afghan Police Open Fire At Anti-US Demonstration
26 October 2009
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EXCERPT: "Afghan police Monday opened fire and turned a water cannon on demonstrators angry about allegations that Western troops torched a Koran, wounding at least three people, officials and witnesses said. Clashes erupted as police tried to prevent around 300 students, most of them men, from marching on parliament, the city's criminal investigation police...
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Taliban Threaten Polls, Demand Run-Off Boycott
26 October 2009
'Taliban In New Afghan Poll Threat', Al Jazeera, 24 October 2009
EXCERPT: "The Taliban has urged voters to boycott the forthcoming runoff in Afghanistan's presidential election and threatened violence against anyone who participates. Friday's threat came as a 12-day campaign for a fresh round of voting scheduled for November 7 kicked off on Saturday in the country. 'The Islamic emirate (of Afghanistan) once...
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Taliban Increasingly Use Children As Bombers, Shields
26 October 2009
'Taliban Increasingly Using Children As Bombers, Human Shields: Canadian Military', The Calgary Herald, 26 October 2009
EXCERPT: "A 12-year-old boy caught in the act as he placed a homemade bomb under a road in the volatile Zhari District on Friday grabbed a baby as a human shield to protect himself from attack from the U.S. helicopter that had spotted him. The incident, in an area where U.S. forces operate under Canadian...
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