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Afghan scrap yards eye unwanted U.S. gear for steel industry
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Afghanistan are hoping that a small steel industry can be born from the mammoth task of withdrawing equipment by the end of next year, jump-starting a scrap trade and injecting cash into local businesses. It will cost the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Metal and Mineral, Kabul (Afghanistan), NATO, Pakistan
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Three coalition troops killed in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three international service members were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The soldiers were Americans, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Bombings, Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions
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Four NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar
ReutersKANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 14 (Reuters) - Four soldiers from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday by a roadside bomb, the coalition said in a statement. The soldiers were in a vehicle on...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, NATO
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Afghan Taliban says frees four remaining Turks
ReutersKABUL, May 14 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday it has freed the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the Islamist group said in a statement. The eight were taken captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan's eastern...Tags: Taliban, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships
For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...
Tags: Estonia, Annapolis, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces
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Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly- Kerry
ReutersSTOCKHOLM, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. Obama has set next year as the...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Armed Forces, John Kerry
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Pakistan's Sharif wants good relations with U.S.
RAIWIND, Pakistan — The Pakistani politician poised to become the country's next prime minister said Monday that Islamabad has “good relations” with the United States, but called the CIA's drone campaign in the country's tribal region...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Elections, Politics, Pakistan
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Keep Md. Guard safe — and home
I wish to express how delighted I am that the Maryland National Guard is seeing its final deployment to Afghanistan ("Md. Guard preparing for Afghanistan, and after," May 10). Now, let's bring all of them home from the all the other hellholes. (Kosovo,...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hillary Clinton, Wars and Interventions, Iraq
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Afghans on U.S. bases losing jobs after years of devoted service
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — Abdul Shakour was working the night shift at Bagram air base repairing American vehicles when he was called to an emergency meeting. The news was bad: Shakour and 22 other Afghan mechanics were being laid off. After seven...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Personal Data Collection, Unemployment
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Bringing drones out of the shadows
The use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists, a practice that has dramatically escalated during the Obama administration, is receiving fresh and welcome scrutiny in Congress and elsewhere even as the number of drone strikes seems to be on the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda, Georgetown, Yemen
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Stranger brightens Mother's Day for soldier's mom
The kindness of a stranger made Bonnie Jo Lobosco's Mother's Day. Lobosco, of Forks Township, lost her soldier son, Staff Sgt. Andrew Lobosco, in the war in Afghanistan. Sunday, she received a surprise email from a man in Australia with a photo showing...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Somerville, Australia, Mother's Day
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Funeral at Monroe airport Sunday for 1 of 7 crewmen killed in cargo plane crash in Afghanistan
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Family and friends have gathered in Monroe for the funeral of a 33-year-old navigator who was one of seven Americans killed when a civilian cargo plane crashed on takeoff from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The ceremony...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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