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The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said.
Thanksgiving fell late on the calendar this year, shortening the shopping — and shipping — time between now and Christmas. Those who must use the U.S. Postal Service or another delivery service should be aware of deadlines to ensure that items of holiday cheer arrive on time.
YAKIMA — Sgt. 1st Class Charlene Koreski of Yakima has this deployment thing down to a routine. Koreski, part of the Washington National Guard’s 144th Army Liaison Team, is making her third trip overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Every year, Upper Salford resident and Souderton Area High School senior Shannon Gular, 18, and her family send a care package to the troops, but this year’s a little bit different.
Some Regular Army enlisted soldiers soon will be told to either deploy or leave service as the Army phases out the controversial and unpopular stop-loss program.
VICENZA, Italy — By the time soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team return from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, there will be several significant additions to their home base.
Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on January 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, just days before U.S. President Barack Obama sets out his expansion of the war effort next week.
HOHENFELS, Germany — As American soldiers enter a village here, they are approached by bearded men with turbans and women with burqas covering their faces. The soldiers do not know who is friend or who is foe.
Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control to local forces.
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said an international conference will be held in London next year to set out a timetable for the handover of security to Afghanistan’s government.
Thanksgiving holiday plans didn’t deter the community from turning out to welcome one of their own this week.
Traditional three-day Hmong funeral services begin Saturday to honor a 23-year-old St. Paul soldier killed in the shootings at Fort Hood
Majors Airfield in Greenville will again prepare to welcome home a hero Wednesday with the arrival of U.S. Army Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, who was killed Nov. 17 while serving in Afghanistan. The flight is slated to land 11:40 a.m. with arrival in Terrell around 1 p.m.
Islamabad, Pakistan-- Pakistan's embattled president has relinquished command of the country's nuclear arsenal amid political wrangling that has posed a major distraction to the U.S.-allied government as it fights Taliban and other militants near the Afghan border.
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BOSTON — His father was a lifelong scalloper, his uncles are fishermen, and 23-year-old Chris Pinto realized as he got older that fishing is “in my blood.” It just didn’t look like it was in his future.
