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  10 /05 /2008 08:53 am 

 

     Afghanistan in the Media

Two foreign soldiers, dozen rebels killed in Afghanistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two foreign soldiers were killed in action in Afghanistan on Friday, military forces said, while more than a dozen Taliban-linked rebels were killed in a separate battle involving air strikes.
 
Coalition soldier killed in Afghanistan (CNN.com)
A coalition service member was killed Friday when a vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said.
 
Pentagon Is Open to Moving More Marines to Afghanistan (Washington Post)
The Marine Corps may begin shifting its major combat forces out of Iraq to focus on Afghanistan in 2009 if greater security in Iraq allows a reduction of Marines there, top Pentagon officials said yesterday.
 
US: Several militants killed in Afghanistan clash (AP via Yahoo! News)
Coalition troops have killed several militants in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday.
 
Afghanistan bomb claims life of former Brown grad, Watson fellow (The Providence Journal)
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan claims the life of a former fellow at Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies who believed in doing his research and humanitarian work in war zones, not an armchair.
 
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan (UPI)
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 9 (UPI) -- An explosion in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province killed two soldiers and injured two more serving with the NATO-led forces.
 
First members of 101st to die in Afghanistan identified (Eyewitness News Memphis)
The first members of the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell to die in Afghanistan have been identified and one is a Kentuckian.
 
Humanitarian From Mass. Died 'Hero' In Afghanistan (WCVB Boston)
A 1995 graduate of Medway High School was killed in Afghanistan earlier this week.
 
Medway native killed in Afghanistan (The MetroWest Daily News)
A 31-year-old U.S. Defense Department contractor from Medway was killed by a bomb while traveling in a vehicle in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
 
Canada's 83rd fallen soldier returns from Afghanistan (Canada.com)
The body of Canada’s latest fallen soldier, who died in an ambush in Afghanistan earlier this week, returned home Friday.