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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:32 PM

Published 07/07/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


Taliban bomb near NATO base, two Afghans killed (AFP)

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (AFP) Seven ISAF soldiers were killed in insurgent attacks in Afghanistan Monday as the Taliban announced it would resist a US Marine assault on its strongholds with a guerrilla campaign.

Four US soldiers, serving in NATO's International Security Assistance Force, were killed when a bomb blew up...

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Bombs kill 7 Nato troops
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan) - SEVEN ISAF soldiers were killed in insurgent attacks in Afghanistan on Monday as the Taleban announced it would resist a US Marine ... - [07/06/2009 - Straits Times]
Roadside Blasts Hit NATO Forces in Afghanistan
NATO officials in Afghanistan say a roadside bomb has killed four foreign soldiers outside the northern city of Kunduz. Officials did not reveal the names or nationalities ... - [07/06/2009 - VOA News]
AFGHANISTAN: Four NATO soldiers killed in bomb ...
Four NATO soldiers and two elderly Afghan men have been killed in a bomb blast outside the northern town of Kunduz. Afghan intelligence sources say the soldiers ... - [07/06/2009 - France24 - World]
Car bomb near NATO base wounds 14 Afghans: army - [07/06/2009 - AFP via Yahoo!]
Taliban bomb near NATO base, two Afghans killed - [07/06/2009 - AFP via Yahoo!]
Four NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan - [07/06/2009 - AFP via Yahoo!]
Kunduz Attack: 4 NATO Soldiers Killed In Northe... - [07/06/2009 - The Huffington Post | Full News Feed]
Six NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan - [07/06/2009 - AFP via Yahoo!]
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...ISAF soldier "died of injuries sustained as a result of an insurgent attack" in eastern Afghanistan...
Taliban bomb near NATO base, two Afghans killed (AFP) [AFP via Yahoo! - 07/07/2009]
...Marines a lesson "so they will never again dare to come into our areas" , he told AFP by telephone...
Taliban bomb near NATO base, two Afghans killed (AFP) [AFP via Yahoo! - 07/07/2009]

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