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 Helmand |
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 Missing British soldier found dead A British soldier who was reported missing from a checkpoint in Afghanistan early Monday was found dead later in the day
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| Jul.9 |
Afghanistan |
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 Panetta: We have al Qaeda 'on the run'| Newly appointed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared that the United States 'is within reach of strategically defeating al Qaeda' | |
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| Jul.11 |
Afghanistan |
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  Sarkozy in Afghanistan to meet troops French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Afghanistan on a brief visit to meet with French troops
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| Jul.12 |
Kandahar |
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 Karzai's half-brother shot dead| Ahmed Wali Karzai, the Kandahar provincial council chief, was killed during a gathering at the hands of a guard | |
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| Jul.13 |
Kandahar |
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Governor targeted en route to funeral Two blasts went off as the governor of Helmand province was headed to Kandahar to take part in the funeral for Karzai's half-brother
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| Jul.16 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier NATO says it is investigating an attack by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform who opened fire on International Security Assistance Forces
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| Jul.17 |
Kabul |
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 Key Karzai aide attacked| Jan Mohammad Khan, a key ally of Karzai, is believed to have been killed in the attack | |
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 Petraeus hands on Afghan command Gen David Petraeus, the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, is due to hand over command to Lt Gen John Allen
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| Jul.19 |
Helmand |
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Nato to hand over key Afghan city  Map of Lashkar Gah Afghanistan British troops in volatile Helmand province are preparing to hand control of the city of Lashkar Gah to Afghan security forces
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| Jul.21 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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Huge poppy seed cache confiscated Map of Nimroz Afghanistan Nearly half a million of pounds of opium poppy seeds have been confiscated during a joint raid by NATO and Afghan National Security forces
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| Jul.23 |
Helmand |
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NATO-Afghan raid killed 16 militants During the joint raid, government and international security forces faced 'strong opposition'. They also confiscated a drug cache
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| Jul.24 |
Southern Afghanistan |
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Militants hang 8-year-old boy Map of Gereshk Afghanistan| The boy's father -- a police officer -- refused to comply with militants' demands to provide them with a police vehicle | |
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Gunbattle leaves 80 militants dead Map of Paktika Afghanistan A series of operations involving Afghan and NATO forces during a day-long firefight last week in the country's restive southeast
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| Jul.26 |
Afghanistan |
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 Source: U.S. contracts funded Taliban Part of a $2.16 billion transportation contract was diverted into the hands of a group of power-brokers, criminals and Taliban insurgents
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| Jul.27 |
Kandahar |
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 Kandahar mayor killed in suicide attack| The mayor of restive southern city was killed, the latest in a series of recent high-profile assassinations | |
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| Jul.31 |
Helmand |
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Afghan suicide attack 'kills 13' Map of Lashkar Gah Afghanistan Twelve Afghan policemen and a child have been killed in a suicide attack in the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah
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