Jan 8

After year in Afghanistan, platoon savors home<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - Just hours after they arrived home from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan the clock struck midnight, and soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Apache Company of the 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, gathering at their local bar, Fat Boys, hugged each other, shouting “Happy New Year” and “I love you.”

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Jan 2

Eight Americans killed in Afghanistan suicide attack<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Eight American civilian workers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack on a US military base close to the border with Pakistan, officials said.

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Jan 2

Americans killed in Afghanistan mostly CIA: official<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The eight Americans killed in a suicide attack at a US military base in eastern Afghanistan were mostly CIA employees, a US official told AFP on Thursday.

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Dec 31

Americans killed in Afghanistan mostly CIA: official<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The eight Americans killed in a suicide attack at a US military base in eastern Afghanistan were mostly CIA employees, a US official told AFP on Thursday.

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Dec 31

Eight Americans killed in Afghanistan suicide attack<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Eight American civilian workers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack on a US military base close to the border with Pakistan, officials said.

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Dec 4

Afghanistan: 30,000 more US troops to be deployed<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to “seize the initiative” to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011.

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Dec 3

Afghanistan: 30,000 more US troops to be deployed<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to “seize the initiative” to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011.

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Dec 3

Bagram: the US nerve centre in Afghanistan<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Each and every meal prepared for US soldiers at the sprawling Bagram military base in Afghanistan costs about 28 dollars a head — more than most Afghans earn in a month.

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Dec 3

US to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan: official<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - President Barack Obama will on Tuesday announce he is sending 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan within six months in a swift surge but limit the duration of their deployment, a US official said.

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Dec 2

Afghanistan: 30,000 more US troops to be deployed<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as he vowed to “seize the initiative” to end an unpopular war and start a pullout in July 2011.

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