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After Barack Obama's Green Light, Afghan Forces On The Offensive
After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against ISIS group loyalists, an assault that will see American troops back on the battlefield working more closely with Afghan soldiers.
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After Barack Obama Decision, First US Airstrikes Hit Afghan Taliban
The U.S. military has launched its first airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama's decision earlier this month to expand America's involvement against the insurgents, U.S. officials said Friday.
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US Troop Extension Hands Afghanistan a Lifeline, for Now
The United States' decision to extend its military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2016 has thrown the war-ravaged country's government a much needed lifeline even as its dysfunctionality, blamed for the Taliban's revival, shows no signs of abating.
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Angela Merkel Welcomes Barack Obama Plan to Slow Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel strongly welcomes President 's plans to prolong the US military engagement in Afghanistan, her spokesman said.
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Taliban Vow to Force Foreign Troops Out of Afghanistan After US Extension
The Taliban today said their forces were prepared to keep fighting until American troops pull out of Afghanistan, after US officials said they would extend their military presence in the country beyond 2016.
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More Troops May be Needed in Afghanistan Post-2016: US Commander
Washington must consider boosting its military presence in Afghanistan after 2016 if it intends to repel a Taliban upsurge, a US Commander said today as he acknowledged an air strike on a Kunduz hospital was a mistake.
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United States to Keep 9800 Troops in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by 2016, senior administration officials said Tuesday.
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Afghanistan can't 'keep deferring' decision on security pact: US
The United States and its allies cannot continue to put off decisions about a post-2014 mission in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said, urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a pact allowing US troops to stay beyond this year.
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United States sending more troops and tanks to South Korea
The United States said on Tuesday it will send 800 more soldiers and about 40 Abrams main battle tanks and other armored vehicles to South Korea next month as part of a military rebalance to East Asia after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Barack Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: John Kerry
US President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
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Last US surge troops leave Afghanistan
The last of the 33,000 US soldiers that President Barack Obama sent to Afghanistan nearly three years ago as part of a military surge has left the country, US defense officials said. The withdrawal of surge troops, which began in July, follows an unprecedented number of Western soldiers being shot dead by their Afghan colleagues -- 51 so far this y...
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Chopper shot down in Afghanistan, 20 members of Navy SEALs Team 6 killed
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 US special operation troops, 20 of them from the elite Navy SEALS unit that had killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, along with seven Afghan commandos. It was the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war.
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Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan
The White House said on Monday that President Barack Obama had issued orders to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan.
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After Barack Obama's Green Light, Afghan Forces On The Offensive
After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants with a new offensive against ISIS group loyalists, an assault that will see American troops back on the battlefield working more closely with Afghan soldiers.
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After Barack Obama Decision, First US Airstrikes Hit Afghan Taliban
The U.S. military has launched its first airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama's decision earlier this month to expand America's involvement against the insurgents, U.S. officials said Friday.
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US Troop Extension Hands Afghanistan a Lifeline, for Now
The United States' decision to extend its military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2016 has thrown the war-ravaged country's government a much needed lifeline even as its dysfunctionality, blamed for the Taliban's revival, shows no signs of abating.
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Angela Merkel Welcomes Barack Obama Plan to Slow Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel strongly welcomes President 's plans to prolong the US military engagement in Afghanistan, her spokesman said.
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Taliban Vow to Force Foreign Troops Out of Afghanistan After US Extension
The Taliban today said their forces were prepared to keep fighting until American troops pull out of Afghanistan, after US officials said they would extend their military presence in the country beyond 2016.
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More Troops May be Needed in Afghanistan Post-2016: US Commander
Washington must consider boosting its military presence in Afghanistan after 2016 if it intends to repel a Taliban upsurge, a US Commander said today as he acknowledged an air strike on a Kunduz hospital was a mistake.
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United States to Keep 9800 Troops in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by 2016, senior administration officials said Tuesday.
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Afghanistan can't 'keep deferring' decision on security pact: US
The United States and its allies cannot continue to put off decisions about a post-2014 mission in Afghanistan, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said, urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a pact allowing US troops to stay beyond this year.
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United States sending more troops and tanks to South Korea
The United States said on Tuesday it will send 800 more soldiers and about 40 Abrams main battle tanks and other armored vehicles to South Korea next month as part of a military rebalance to East Asia after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Barack Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: John Kerry
US President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
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Last US surge troops leave Afghanistan
The last of the 33,000 US soldiers that President Barack Obama sent to Afghanistan nearly three years ago as part of a military surge has left the country, US defense officials said. The withdrawal of surge troops, which began in July, follows an unprecedented number of Western soldiers being shot dead by their Afghan colleagues -- 51 so far this y...
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Chopper shot down in Afghanistan, 20 members of Navy SEALs Team 6 killed
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 US special operation troops, 20 of them from the elite Navy SEALS unit that had killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, along with seven Afghan commandos. It was the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war.
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Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan
The White House said on Monday that President Barack Obama had issued orders to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan.
