US Forces Afghanistan
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Apr- 2019 -24 AprilAsia Pacific
Pro-government forces kill more Afghanistan civilians than insurgents, UN finds
The number of Afghanistan civilians killed and wounded at the hands of pro-government forces increased in the first three months of the year even as civilian casualties fell
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5 AprilBusiness
Sierra Nevada awarded 5-year Afghanistan A-29 training contract as US shifts to in-country instruction
Sierra Nevada was awarded a $43 million contract for A-29 Super Tucano training for Afghanistan as the US transitions to in-country training
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Mar- 2019 -25 MarchAsia Pacific
Afghanistan: Airstrike kills 10 children in Kunduz, UN says
At least 13 civilians, including 10 children, were killed in an airstrike by "international forces" in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the UN said
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22 MarchAsia Pacific
US service members killed in Afghanistan operation
Two US service members were killed on March 22 in Afghanistan, NATO's Resolute Support mission said without providing details
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1 MarchAsia Pacific
Afghanistan forces repel Taliban attack on military base in Helmand
A Taliban attack on a US-Afghan base was repelled in southeast Afghanistan's Helmand province as fighting continues in the war-torn country
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Jan- 2019 -31 JanuaryAsia Pacific
US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan – good news for peace?
Ambassador James Dobbins, former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said three factors explain why Afghanistan remains reliant on the United States for security
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25 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Afghanistan investigates reports of 16 civilians killed in Helmand airstrike
Afghanistan is investigating reports that at least 16 civilians including women and children were killed in an airstrike in southern Helmand province
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22 JanuaryAsia Pacific
US special forces member killed in combat operation in Afghanistan
US special forces member Staff Sgt. Joshua Z. Beale was killed in combat operations in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province
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Dec- 2018 -21 DecemberAsia Pacific
Trump plans ‘significant withdrawal’ of US troops from Afghanistan
President Donald Trump has decided to pull a significant number of troops from Afghanistan, a US official told AFP a day after he announced a withdrawal from Syria
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3 DecemberAsia Pacific
Fourth US service member dies from Afghanistan IED blast
A fourth US service member, Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary, died from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Ghazni province
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