Six US-hired militiamen killed in Afghanistan
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Six Afghan militia fighters hired by US-led forces were killed in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan blamed on Taliban guerillas, officials said Monday.
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Communications breakdown between US troops and Afghan security forces leads to checkpoint deaths.
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Several Taliban fighters were killed in a firefight with Afghan security forces in the southeast province of Khost near the border with Pakistan, the US military said on Friday.
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Six Iraqis who had just signed to join the Iraqi National Guard were killed on Saturday, witnesses and hospital sources said. Gunmen in a sedan set with a machine gun opened
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Suspected Taleban gunmen kill six government soldiers in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
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Afghan children and U.S. soldiers were  among six people reported killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, a  week after millions voted in a landmark election they hope will  bring peace back to their war-ravaged nation.
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KABUL US forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 22 insurgents, including several Arabs, in southern Afghanistan, the US military said Monday.
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Taliban fighters killed 15 Afghan guards working for a U.S. security company who were guarding a convoy of fuel tankers in western Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday. Six Taliban were killed in the ensuing fight.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- US troops and helicopter gunships killed 22 militants, including three Arab fighters, in southern Afghanistan, the military said Monday -- the latest bloodshed ahead of historic Afghan elections.
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan  - The U.S. military said coalition and Afghan troops killed six Taliban and arrested four in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, though a provincial official and residents said the casualties were villagers.
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The US military in Afghanistan says US-led coalition forces have killed at least 22 insurgents, including several Arabs, during a clash in southern Zabul province.
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Five Western soldiers, including three Americans, were killed in a string of Taliban attacks in eastern and southern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.
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The US army says more people than previously acknowledged have died in its custody in Afghanistan.
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As of August 5, 2006, at least 262 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.
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Six Canadian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when their armored vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Canadian government said, in what was the deadliest attack on NATO forces this month in the country.
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Attack on convoy of fuel tankers in Afghanistan leaves 15 guards employed by US security firm dead
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Five Americans and two other soldiers died when a Chinook helicopter was apparently shot down yesterday evening in Afghanistan's most volatile province, a US military official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.