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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2008 - Military transportation officials are seeking alternate routes for supplying U.S. and NATO troops deployed in Afghanistan. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2008 - Coalition forces killed 11 terrorists after coming under fire during an operation in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2008 - Doctors and medics with the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Zabul province are teaching medical providers to purify water and reduce waterborne illnesses. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2008 - Coalition forces detained eight suspected militants, including two members of the Haqqani terrorist group who were the operation’s targets, in the Shamul district of Afghanistan’s Paktiya province, military officials said. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2008 - The provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Konar province is working to restore an irrigation system that has become a casualty of decades of war. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2008 - Coalition forces killed two armed Taliban militants while targeting the network’s kidnapping and roadside-bombing operations in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, military officials reported. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2008 - An American provincial reconstruction team is working with the Afghan government on using bees to increase crop yields for subsistence farmers. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 2008 - Afghan commandos and coalition forces teamed up to seize enemy weapons and supplies, while the Taliban lost 11 members during separate operations conducted in Afghanistan yesterday, military officials said.
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| JALALABAD AIR FIELD, Dec. 26, 2008 - While people around the world made their final Christmas preparations, members of the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Chaparhar Police Mentor Team visited a village school to distribute clothes and school supplies. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 2008 - Coalition forces in Afghanistan killed 11 Taliban militants and detained two suspects during a firefight with members of a major roadside-bomb emplacing network in Kandahar province Dec. 25. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 2008 - Afghanistan’s government is preparing a pilot program in community policing that’s expected to debut in the near future, a Defense Department official said . |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 2008 - Afghan army commandos and coalition forces captured a suspected insurgent commander believed to be responsible for a deadly bombing. |
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| JALALABAD AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2008 - Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team are working with Afghan citizens to install an international ring of communication that someday will span Afghanistan and connect to its neighboring countries. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2008 - Coalition and Afghan forces killed eight Taliban fighters in separate operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2008 - Afghan and coalition forces traded fire with insurgents in southern Afghanistan after responding to a roadside bomb explosion, military officials said. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2008 - U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Richard P. Formica has assumed command of the training program for Afghanistan’s security forces. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2008 - Soldiers of the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade's security force from Fort Polk, La., have an international mission in Afghanistan, teaming with Afghan and New Zealand forces. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2008 - Afghan National Police and coalition forces killed three armed militants and detained five others during an operation in Afghanistan’s Khowst province. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2008 - Afghan National Army commandos, assisted by coalition forces, detained an insurgent leader and two other militants in eastern Afghanistan. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2008 - The Afghan National Army Air Corps has received the first three of six Mil Mi-35 attack helicopters, adding to its growing capabilities. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2008 - The coalition's top officer in the effort to train Afghan security forces called the growth of the Afghan National Army one of the most signficant accomplishments of his 18-month tour. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2008 - The Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team has completed an eight-well project that will provide much-needed water sources to six districts throughout the eastern Afghanistan province. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2008 - Afghan army commandos assisted by coalition forces detained two Taliban commanders and an additional suspect in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. |
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| KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2008 - Air Force explosive ordnance disposal teams are responsible for about 46 percent of the EOD missions in Afghanistan.
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2008 - Hundreds of people in Afghanistan’s Zabul province received the gifts of medical care and humanitarian assistance. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2008 - Coalition and Afghan forces killed at least two enemy fighters, detained 32 suspects and seized weapons in Afghanistan during operations last week.
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2008 - More emphasis on “holistic development” of rural Afghanistan is needed to weaken the enemy, a recently redeployed officer told bloggers in a teleconference. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2008 - Defense leaders worldwide are working with the U.S. to devise the best strategy to meet changing and challenging conditions in Afghanistan. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2008 - Coalition forces detained nine suspected militants during an operation to disrupt the Haqqani terrorist network in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, military officials said. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2008 - A need for a pair of shoes provided the catalyst for a donation that benefited an entire Afghan village. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2008 - Afghan National Police and coalition forces detained five suspected militants during a combined operation to disrupt the Haqqani terrorist network in Afghanistan’s Khowst province yesterday. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2008 - The small, artificial Christmas tree on Army Col. Roger Nell’s desk at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, is the same one his father displayed on his desk in Vietnam in 1967. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2008 - Afghan and coalition forces killed two militants in Helmand province. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2008 - Afghan and coalition forces killed six militants during a security patrol in the Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2008 - Operations to disrupt the Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin terrorist network in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province targeted a network commander known to facilitate the movement of weapons and foreign fighters into the area. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2008 - A battalion, or “kandak,” of Afghan soldiers have celebrated a milestone with a ceremony in which the U.S. Army decorated them for their military achievements. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2008 - With help from coalition troops, Afghan security forces killed two militants and detained two others in the Shindand district of western Afghanistan’s Herat province, military officials said.
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2008 - Coalition forces killed two armed Taliban militants and detained three others during an operation to disrupt the foreign-fighter and roadside-bomb networks in eastern Afghanistan.
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2008 - Zabul province's reconstruction team has installed 90 solar lights to improve commerce and security. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 - With the help of mentors from several countries and all the services, the 205th Corps of the Afghan National Army can plan and execute operations. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 - Afghan and coalition troops detained three militants in Afghanistan’s westernmost province, a day after troops killed 10 and detained four others in separate battles with insurgents, military officials reported. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2008 - A new bridge in Afghanistan is expected to ease access to areas around Kandahar city. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2008 - An Afghan woman working with a provincial reconstruction team is leading a project that uses chicken coops to improve women's lives. |
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2008 - Coalition forces detained six militants while continuing to target terrorist networks in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, military officials reported. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 1, 2008 - A soldier deployed to Afghanistan and his father, a Vietnam vet, were simultaneously decorated with Silver Stars during a joint long-distance ceremony. |
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