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07 22nd, 2009|
AP - Suspected Taliban militants armed with bombs, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades launched near-simultaneous assaults Tuesday on Afghan and U.S. facilities in two eastern cities, killing six Afghan police and intelligence officers.
Jul
22
AFP - US defence group Lockheed Martin and South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries will team up to build and export mid-size warships equipped with advanced Aegis weapons systems, an official said Wednesday.
Jul
21
AFP - The United States on Monday voiced concern and outrage over an American soldier held by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, vowing everything possible is being done to free him.
Jul
21
AP - The argument over whether spending $1.75 billion on seven additional F-22 jets makes good economic sense is coming to a head between Congress and the Obama administration.
Jul
20
AP - The U.S. military is looking to revamp its beleaguered American-run prison system in Afghanistan, according to a published report.
Jul
20
AFP - The US Army is to boost its ranks temporarily by up to 22,000 troops to ease the strain of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday.
Jul
20
AFP - A US military review has called for overhauling the troubled US-run Bagram prison in Afghanistan because US officials are concerned that abuses and militant recruiting within local prisons are helping strengthen the Taliban, The New York Times reported.
Jul
20
AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would fight lawmakers to ensure cuts to the F-22 fighter program, saying it was a test of efforts to reform entrenched military spending.
