Sunday, December 27, 2009

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 27, 2009

U.S. Army Capt. Max Hanlin meets with village elders in Rajankala, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2009. Hanlin is commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II

US Troop Death In Afghanistan Doubles Toll For 2008 -- AFP

KABUL — A bomb attack killed a US service member in Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday, doubling the number of American soldiers killed in the country this year compared with 2008, according to an AFP tally.

The NATO-run International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the soldier died from an improvised explosive device (IED), the biggest killer of foreign troops in the eight-year battle to contain a Taliban insurgency.

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More News On Afghanistan

Soldier dies in Afghanistan, doubling US death toll -- Yahoo News/AFP
NATO: US serviceman killed in Afghanistan -- Washington Post/AP
Troops deaths in Afghan war seen rising with surge -- AFP
U.S. military progress reported against most-lethal Afghanistan groups -- Dallas News/New York Times
Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan -- New York Times
US special forces ' boost in Afghanistan: report -- AFP
Soldier badly wounded in Afghanistan wants to return to duty -- Miami Herald /McClatchy News
Afghan police work to overcome barriers for women -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghanistan's minority Shiites reach Ashura climax -- AFP
2009 a 'rough year' in Afghanistan: top Canadian general -- National Post
A year of war -- and progress -- Michael O'Hanlon, Los Angeles Times
Obama's troubles are at their most desperate in Afghanistan -- Michael Crowley, The Guardian

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