45th IBCT Members Return Home (+HD video)

"Job Well Done! Welcome Home!" - Maj. Gen Myles Deering Package about 45th IBCT members returning home March 3 at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City. 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Video by Sgt. Christopher Bruce (video available in 1080p HD) soundbites: Congressman James Lankford Maj. Gen Myles Deering Spc. Laura Lyles Sgt. 1st Class...

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Kunduz Blast Wounds Provincial Official

The head of the Kunduz Provincial Council Mawlawi Khosh Mohammad and his two bodyguards were wounded in a landmine blast in Kunduz this afternoon, according to local officials.The bomb exploded at 3:30 pm local time in Kunduz city, the capital of the northern province, when the vehicle of the Provincial Council struck a landmine, Kunduz police chief Samiullah Qatra told...

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MOD confirms names of the six soldiers believed killed in Helmand

from UK FORCES AFGHANISTAN blog It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the names of the six Service personnel missing, believed killed, in Afghanistan since Tuesday 6 March 2012. From top left: Sergeant Nigel Coupe, Corporal Jake Hartley and Private Anthony Frampton. From bottom left: Private Christopher Kershaw, Private Daniel Wade and...

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At least nine Afghan police killed, infiltrator suspected

KANDAHAR: Nine Afghan police were killed in an insurgent attack that authorities said on Thursday was believed to have been facilitated by a fellow officer and suspected Taliban infiltrator. The attack in the southern province of Uruzgan late Tuesday follows a wave of incidents in recent weeks in which members of the Afghan security forces have turned their weapons...

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Afghan Air Force Probed in Drug Running

By MARIA ABI-HABIB - WSJ KABUL—The U.S. is investigating allegations that some officials in the Afghan Air Force, which was established largely with American funds, have been using aircraft to ferry narcotics and illegal weapons around the country, American officials told The Wall Street Journal. Two probes of the Afghan Air Force, or AAF, are under way—one led by the...

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Jalalabad Landmine Blast Wounds 11

Eleven people were wounded after a landmine exploded in Jalalabad early this morning, according to Afghan local officials. "A mine exploded in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province this morning," provincial spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told TOLOnews, adding that more police had arrived at the site and were investigating the incident. The wounded, including seven policemen,...

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Mar.08., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Mar. 08) – An Afghan and coalition security force captured two Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leaders during an operation in Faizabad district, Badakhshan province, today. One leader, responsible for suicide bombings against Afghan government senior officials throughout Badakshan and Kunduz provinces, was wounded during the operation and received...

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