Afghanistan Ambush

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  Afghanistan's Hazara, A Long-Persecuted Minority Living In Fear Of Taliban

  Schools and rallies bombed, hospitals targeted and commuters ambushed: for years, the Hazara community has suffered some of Afghanistan's most violent assaults.

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  Gunmen Shoot Dead Two Women Supreme Court Judges In Kabul

  Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court during an early morning ambush in the country's capital Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continues to rattle the nation.

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  Taliban Ambush Kills At Least 25 Afghan Security Personnel

  At least 25 Afghan security force personnel were killed in an ambush blamed on the Taliban in the northeast of the country, officials said Wednesday.

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  Taliban Attacks Afghanistan Checkpoint, 9 Cops Killed

  Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six wounded in the eastern city of Ghazni after Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints. The assault began early Friday when the Taliban attacked two adjacent checkpoints. They then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the local police head, Ghazni police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat said.

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  Taliban Kills 22 Afghan Cops Killed In Ambush, Says Official

  At least 22 police officers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, a health official said today, in another blow to Afghan forces already suffering record casualties.

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  30 Afghan Soldiers Killed By Taliban In First Big Attack Since Ceasefire

  Taliban terrorists killed 30 members of the Afghan security forces in an ambush in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

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  At Least 20 Afghan Policemen Killed In Taliban Ambushes, Say Officials

  At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in south central Afghanistan. The Taliban had ambushed policemen in the areas of Chino and Ghulam Rabat in Afghanistan.

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  Taliban Kill Top Police Official In Afghanistan Ambush

  Taliban insurgents ambushed and killed a police commander and seven other people, including three women, in Afghanistan today, two days after the insurgents announced the beginning of their spring offensive.

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  Taliban Says Shot Down Crashed United States C-130 Plane in Afghanistan

  The Taliban today claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with NATO confirming that 11 people including six US soldiers were killed in the crash.

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  Taliban Ambush Kills 11 Afghan Soldiers, Say Officials

  At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said today, as security forces face their first fighting season without NATO combat support.

• At Least 7 Afghan Policemen Killed in Ambush: Officials

  At least seven policemen were killed today in an ambush in northern Afghanistan, provincial officials said, highlighting the challenges facing local forces battling the Taliban without NATO combat help.

• Taliban Ambush in Northern Afghanistan Kills 22 Police: Officials

  Taliban militants killed 22 police officers and wounded eight after ambushing a police convoy in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.

• Taliban Kill 6 Afghan Policemen in Ambush

  A provincial security official says that Taliban fighters killed six Afghan policemen in an ambush in western Afghanistan.

• Taliban Ambush Afghanistan Presidential Security Team Ahead of Visit

  Dozens of armed insurgents attacked a convoy carrying a presidential security team in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, sparking a gun battle in which four guards were wounded, an official said.

• Obama Awards Medal of Honor to Army Sergeant for Heroism in Afghanistan

  President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, America's highest military honor, to a former Army sergeant on Tuesday for saving the life of a fellow soldier and calling in air support to beat back an ambush in Afghanistan in 2007.