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(AFP) – 7 hours ago
OTTAWA — A Canadian soldier was killed Tuesday by an improvised explosive device while on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the defense ministry said.
(AP) – 43 minutes ago
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two American civilians and two Afghan soldiers were killed in a shooting on a northern Afghan military base, NATO said.
An Afghan soldier who trained others at the base outside Mazar-e-Sharif started shooting during a weapons exercise Tuesday, the international military coalition said in a statement.
The shooter was one of those killed, and it was not immediately clear if he targeted someone or if bullets had gone astray. It also was not clear how many people fired weapons.
NATO and Afghan forces are jointly investigating, Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said. There were no immediate details on the U.S. civilians, but contractors commonly work as trainers at such bases.
22 hours ago
SAIPAN— A 21-year-old Filipino-American Marine corporal was allegedly stabbed to death by his fellow Marine in Afghanistan early Friday
The killing is still under investigation but initial reports showed that he was stabbed by a fellow Marine on the left side of his neck around 2:00 a.m. in Marjeh, Helmand Province in Afghanistan. He was pronounced dead some two hours later.
(AP) – 1 day ago
ROTA, Northern Mariana Islands — The father of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan says he was devastated to learn that a fellow Marine was allegedly responsible.
David Mundo Santos is quoting a military representative who carried the news of Cpl. Dave M. Santos' death as saying another Marine is accused in the fatal stabbing.
Originally posted by jerico65
reply to post by oozyism
Do you just get your nuts off posting casuality list, and then use one of your other ATS profiles to star them?
And what about the civilians women and children that are blown to bloody pieces by an insurgent's car bomb? Guess they don't count, huh?
Suicide attack kills 40 at Afghan wedding party
At least 40 people have been killed by a suicide bomber
LA Times:
Suicide bomber kills 40 at Afghan wedding
A homicide bomb ripped through a wedding party in full swing in the Taliban's heartland in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said Thursday.
Agha Mohammed, who survived the blast, said the guests were all seated and having a meal when the explosion occurred, sending a huge fireball and smoke into the sky.
"We have experience with war and this does not look like a suicide bombing," Mohammed said.
"The Taliban say they are not responsible, saying they deplore it and condemn it in the strongest terms."
"We do know that there is a lot of special forces' activity there which they don't talk about so much and a lot of Taliban activity who are trying to take out senior government figures."
Originally posted by oozyism
No Jerico I don't have 40 accounts.....
Originally posted by oozyism
and no Jerico the special ops which planted the bombs in Iraqi markets targeting only civilians are also operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They planted bombs and blamed it on the resistance.
Originally posted by oozyism
Afghans are uneducated, but have experience war for decades, and somehow they are managing to kick another empire's a$$.
(AFP) – 2 hours ago
LONDON — Two British servicemen were shot dead in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday as they went to the aid of a wounded comrade, the Ministry of Defence in London said.
The soldiers were killed by small arms fire as they formed a cordon to evacuate a casualty in a "courageous and selfless act," said a military spokesman in a statement.
Originally posted by oozyism
Americans are turning against Americans.
I wonder what this guy did to make his own people turn against him.
I wonder what those who killed him have to hid.
The Associated Press - Heidi Vogt - 7 hours ago
KABUL, Afghanistan — The second shooting of Western troops by one of their Afghan counterparts this month has highlighted the potential hazards of a push to
Originally posted by signal2noise
reply to post by oozyism
It's due to Taliban infiltrating the Afghan Army. They are wanting to expand it for when they will take over from the US. Because of the rush for more people, they can't vet them all in a short time.
No worries; loyal Afghans are infiltrating the Taliban, too.
Originally posted by jerico65
Taliban buy off dumb kids for $5 to pop a mags worth of AK ammo at a US camp. But that's OK, it's not a crime, is it?
Originally posted by oozyism
That more and more evidence suggests it isn't Taliban, it is resistance.
Congress has approved $345 billion so far for the war in Afghanistan, which the United States invaded to fight al Qaeda and topple the Taliban after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which produced the figure, said about $22 billion has gone for Afghan-war-related activities in other countries.
The current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, is the first in which more money has been allocated to Afghanistan ($72.3 billion) than Iraq ($64.5 billion), according to the National Priorities Project, a nonpartisan budget research group that examines congressional appropriations.
Estimates of the cost per troop per year in Afghanistan vary from $500,000 to $1 million depending on whether expenditures on housing and equipment are included along with pay, food and fuel. Medical costs and veterans' compensation balloon as time goes on.
Originally posted by signal2noise
Originally posted by oozyism
That more and more evidence suggests it isn't Taliban, it is resistance.
You keep going on with this "resistance". What, you think it's WW2 again, some French barkeep with a cigarette and a beret fighting Nazis?
Nah, you're wrong. It's Taliban and the only thing they are fighting against is their rapidly diminishing power base. As I just wrote, a real resistance or "freedom fighters" fight for the people, they don't murder them with car bombs or shoot them for hauling out trash on a FOB.