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Attack kills 34 insurgents in Afghanistan

Afghan and US forces have killed up to 34 Taliban insurgents in a ground and air attack on a militant camp overnight, the Afghan government and US military said.Security forces had been tipped off about a gathering of militants in the ...

U.S. says Afghan insurgents use white phosphorus

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it had documented 44 incidents of Afghan insurgents using or possessing white phosphorus ammunition, in response to a Reuters report last week of the first known casualty from the chemical.U.S. It ...

US says Afghan strikes death toll 'exaggerated'

The US military said Friday that accusations that clashes and its air strikes had killed more than 100 people including dozens of civilians were " grossly exaggerated", as investigators returned from the area.Military officials in Kabul said a US media report citing ...

US says Afghan strikes death toll exaggerated

The US military on Friday said accusations that their air strikes had killed more than 100 people including dozens of civilians were " grossly exaggerated", as investigators returned from the stricken area.The US military and Afghan defence and interior ministry teams are ...

Afghan strikes death toll 'exaggerated': US military

Early investigations into civilian casualties in clashes and US-led strikes in Afghanistan have found claims of a toll of around 100 dead are " grossly exaggerated," according to the US military.US military and Afghan defence and interior ministry teams returned from the ...

Afghan strikes death toll 'exaggerated'

The US military on Friday said accusations that their air strikes had killed more than 100 people including dozens of civilians were " grossly exaggerated", as investigators returned from the stricken area.The US military and Afghan defence and interior ministry teams are ...

US Afghan strikes kill 100, 'mostly civilians'

Police in Afghanistan said Wednesday that US-led air strikes against insurgents had killed 100 people, most of them civilians, in one of the deadliest such attacks in nearly eight years.The US military opened an investigation into the operation overnight Monday into ...

US-led strikes 'kill 100' in Afghanistan

Police in Afghanistan said Wednesday that US-led air strikes against insurgents had killed 100 people including civilians, in one of the deadliest attacks in nearly eight years.The US military opened an investigation into strikes late Monday and Tuesday in the remote ...

US-led strikes kill 100: Afghan police

Police in Afghanistan said Wednesday that US-led air strikes against insurgents had killed 100 people including civilians, in one of the deadliest attacks in nearly eight years.The US military opened an investigation into strikes late Monday and Tuesday in the remote ...

Troops find 2.5 tons of marijuana in Afghan school

US and Afghan troops destroyed 2.5 tons of marijuana they found in an abandoned school in volatile southern Afghanistan, the US military said Sunday.The massive drugs stash was uncovered on Saturday during a joint US-Afghan operation against Taliban rebels in ...