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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:46 PM

Published 11/07/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


5 US troops among wounded in Afghan search: NATO

KABUL (AFP) A search for two US soldiers missing in northwest Afghanistan continued Saturday after 25 soldiers were wounded in what one Western official said may have been a friendly-fire incident during the hunt.

Five of the wounded were American soldiers, a spokesman...

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Obama adviser urges caution on extra Afghan troops
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, has said there is no guarantee that sending extra troops to Afghanistan ... - [11/07/2009 - Reuters India]
Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. t...
KABUL (Reuters) NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers ... - [11/07/2009 - Yahoo! News]
NATO probes possible Afghan 'friendly fire' deaths
The search for the two missing U.S. soldiers is continuing in Badghis province.STORY HIGHLIGHTSAfghan Defense Ministry: Seven Afghan security forces died, Afghan ... - [11/07/2009 - CNN]
Afghan Taliban say have bodies of 2 foreign troops - [11/06/2009 - InSing.com]
Afghan Taliban say have bodies of 2 foreign tro... - [11/06/2009 - Yahoo! News Australia]
Afghan Taliban says holding bodies of 2 foreign... - [11/06/2009 - InSing.com]
Afghan Taliban says holding bodies of 2 foreign... - [11/06/2009 - Yahoo! News Australia]
Taliban say they have bodies of two foreign troops - [11/06/2009 - The Independent]
Two ISAF troops missing in western Afghanistan - [11/06/2009 - The Long War Journal]
NATO soldiers missing in Afghanistan 'drowned' - [11/06/2009 - Sydney Morning Herald]
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...out air strikes. "In the afternoon... during the search operation launched to find the two drowned American soldiers, a clash took place with Taliban. Then aircraft mistakenly bombed the Afghan and NATO defence lines" he said. He said that...
5 US troops among wounded in Afghan search: NATO [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/07/2009]
...militant group. "There was... a firefight between Taliban and Afghan and foreign forces in Murghab district of Badghis province. The fighting lasted for hours and was very intense, at a close distance" said the spokesman...
5 US troops among wounded in Afghan search: NATO [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/07/2009]
...Yusuf Ahmadi. "By the end of the day, foreign forces bombed the area where the clash was going on, and due to their own bombing, 32 foreign and 43 Afghan soldiers were killed." The Taliban is known...
5 US troops among wounded in Afghan search: NATO [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/07/2009]

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