Coroner Criticises US in "Friendly Fire" Inquest
28 April 2010
Coroner Criticises US as He Gives "Friendly Fire" Inquest Verdict, Times Online, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A coroner yesterday criticised the US authorities? failure to co-operate with his investigation into the deaths of three British soldiers in a 'friendly fire' incident. Privates Aaron McClure, 19, Robert Foster, 19, and John Thrumble, 21, from the Royal Anglian Regiment died in Afghanistan in August 2007 when a 500lb American bomb was...
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US Troops Fill NATO Training Gap in Afghanistan
28 April 2010
US Troops Fill NATO Training Gap in Afghanistan, NPR, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "The Pentagon is sending 800 more American soldiers to Afghanistan in the coming weeks to work as trainers for the Afghan security forces. The contingent is needed because other NATO countries still haven't fulfilled their pledges to send their own troops to train the Afghan army and police. A battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division will be heading to Afghanistan...
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Attacks Make South Asia Terrorism Hot Spot
28 April 2010
, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "An increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year, pushing South Asia past the Middle East as the terrorism hot spot, according to figures compiled by a U.S. intelligence agency. Thousands of civilians - overwhelmingly Muslim - continue...
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Tribal Leader Shot Dead Near Kandahar
28 April 2010
Afghan Elder Who Spoke Out Shot Dead Near Kandahar, BBC News, 28 April 2010
EXCERPT: "A prominent Afghan tribal leader who spoke of his fears of assassination by the Taliban has been killed near the southern city of Kandahar. Unidentified gunmen shot Abdul Rahman in the head as he was walking home. Mr Rahman had become widely known in Afghanistan after telling President Karzai that those who spoke out against the Taliban risked being...
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