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Afghanistan Britain Remembrance Sunday

AP News 14 days ago

In this photo released by the British Ministry of Defense, British soldiers and coalition forces take part in a Remembrance Sunday service, Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead, at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Britain's Defense ...

Afghans protest against U.S. after missile strike

Reuters US Online Report World News 15 days ago

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Angry Afghan villagers protested Thursday against what they said was the killing of 11 civilians by foreign troops, but local authorities said only fighters were killed. The NATO-led force said it had fired a rocket from the ...

Public support for Afghan strategy plummets: poll

AFP European Edition 16 days ago

The public is rapidly losing confidence that the war in Afghanistan can be won, after the killing of five soldiers by a rogue Afghan policeman, a new poll showed Thursday. The YouGov poll found 57 percent of people thought British troops were ...

Afghanistan Britain

AP News 16 days ago

British Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, center, answers journalists questions with Afghan police commander Mir Wais Norzai, left, and Afghan Army General Sher Mohammad Zazai at the British base in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 after five British soldiers ...

'Rogue' Afghan policeman kills five British troops

AFP South Asian Edition 17 days ago

A "rogue" Afghan policeman shot dead five British soldiers in Afghanistan, in an attack that Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed on the Taliban as he faced renewed questions Wednesday over the war. The Afghan attacker on Tuesday opened fire at a checkpoint ...

APTOPIX AFGHANISTAN BRITAIN

AP News 17 days ago

In this image made available in London Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009, a casualty is brought into the military hospital at Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, after five British soldiers were shot dead in an attack. The five soldiers, three from the ...

'Rogue' Afghan policeman kills five British soldiers

AFP South Asian Edition 17 days ago

A "rogue" Afghan policeman gunned down five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday, fuelling growing questions about the Afghan mission. The killings underscored the danger and complexity of the war in Afghanistan and heightened concerns as the ...

Five soldiers shot dead by 'rogue' Afghan policeman

AFP European Edition 18 days ago

Five soldiers have been shot dead at a checkpoint by a "rogue" Afghan policeman who is now being hunted down, officials said on Wednesday. The soldiers were killed as a result of gunshot wounds in an attack in the Nad-e'Ali district of ...

Five British soldiers killed by Afghan policeman

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Five British soldiers have been shot dead at a checkpoint by a "rogue" Afghan policeman who is now being hunted down, officials said Wednesday. The soldiers were killed as a result of gunshot wounds in an attack in the Nad-e'Ali district of ...

Five soldiers killed in Afghanistan

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Five soldiers have been shot dead by an Afghan policeman at a checkpoint in an incident which is now under investigation, officials said on Wednesday. "The soldiers were all killed as a result of gunshot wounds sustained in an attack in the ...

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