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NATO Soldiers Are Killed by Homemade Bombs in Afghanistan
Jul 17th, 2010 – New York Times
kabul, afghanistan – five nato soldiers were killed in southern and eastern afghanistan amid reports of new fighting in nuristan, a remote northeastern province of afghanistan, officials said saturday.
four of the soldiers, including two british -
11 Police Officers Killed in North Afghanistan Attacks
Jul 11th, 2010 – VOA News
officials in northern afghanistan say at least 11 police and a district governor have been killed in three separate attacks across the region.
authorities said sunday that at least six police officers died late saturday when taliban militants -
Petraeus: In Afghanistan, ‘we are in this to win’
Jul 4th, 2010 – Washington Post
kabul — seizing the flags of u.s. and nato forces on sunday morning, gen. david petraeus formally took hold of the afghan war and began the daunting task of turning around an ever more deadly and unpopular conflict.
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Petraeus formally assumes command in Afghanistan
Jul 4th, 2010 – CNN
kabul, afghanistan (cnn) — gen. david petraeus formally assumed command of nato’s international security assistance force during a ceremony sunday at the command’s headquarters in kabul.
in a speech saturday, petraeus called for unity on all fronts -
Record casualties in June as Petraeus takes helm in Afghanistan
Jun 30th, 2010 – Los Angeles Times
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as the afghan war’s bloodiest month for western forces drew to a close wednesday, the widening scope and relentless tempo of battlefield casualties pointed to a formidable challenge for u.s. army gen. david
Afghanistan from WikiPedia:
Though the modern state of Afghanistan was established in 1747, the land has an ancient history and various timelines of different civilizations. Excavation of prehistoric sites by Louis Dupree, the University of Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution and others suggest that humans were living in what is now Afghanistan at least 50,000 years ago, and that farming communities of the area were among the earliest in the world.
Afghanistan is a country at a unique nexus point where numerous civilizations have interacted and often fought, and was an important site of early historical activity. The region has been home to various peoples through the ages, among them were ancient Aryan tribes who established the dominant role of Indo-Iranian languages in the region.
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