Obama calls Afghan elections successfulAugust 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the elections that took place in Afghanistan Thursday as successful despite violence that claimed the lives of 26 people. "We had what appears to be a successful election in Afghanistan, despite the Taliban's efforts to disrupt it," Obama said in a radio interview.
US airstrikes target Taliban firing from mountains as Marines push into Afghan townAugust 13th, 2009 As Marines push into Afghan town, fire from '360'DAHANEH, Afghanistan — U.S. aircraft and missiles pounded Taliban mountainside positions around Dahaneh on Thursday as Marines pushed through mudbrick compounds searching for militants in the second day of fighting to seize this strategic southern town.
US Marines storm into strategic Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanAugust 12th, 2009 US Marines storm Taliban-held town in AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday and exchanged heavy fire with insurgents, killing at least seven.
Marines assault Taliban-held town in southern AfghanistanAugust 12th, 2009 Marines assault Taliban town in AfghanistanDAHANEH, Afghanistan — Helicopter-borne U.S. Marines backed by Harrier jets stormed a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday, the launch of a new operation to uproot Taliban fighters from a longtime base and provide security for next week's presidential election.
A day of battle in Afghanistan: US Marines launch a new operation against Taliban militantsAugust 12th, 2009 A day of battle between US Marines and TalibanA look at the first day of "Eastern Resolve 2," a Marine operation designed to break the monthslong stalemate in the Taliban-held town of Dahaneh, 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of Naw Zad, a major city in the southern province of Helmand. Some 400 Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, and 100 Afghan soldiers are taking part.
3 US troops killed in bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan; French soldier killed in clashAugust 1st, 2009 3 US troops, 1 French soldier die in AfghanistanKABUL — A U.S. military spokesman says three American troops have been killed in two blasts in southern Afghanistan.
US military says 2 Marines killed in southern AfghanistanJuly 14th, 2009 US: 2 Marines killed in southern AfghanistanKABUL — A U.S. military spokeswoman says two Marines have been killed in southern Afghanistan.
2 US Marines killed in southern Afghanistan; transport helicopter crashesJuly 14th, 2009 2 US Marines killed in southern AfghanistanKABUL — Two U.S. Marines were killed in a "hostile incident" in southern Afghanistan, where a white transport helicopter also crashed, officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan says more troops sent to Afghan border to stop Taliban fleeing US assaultJuly 2nd, 2009 Pakistan moves troops to Afghan borderISLAMABAD — Pakistan's army has deployed troops to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major U.S. offensive in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman said Thursday.
Officials say 1 Marine killed, several injured in fighting in southern Afghanistan offensiveJuly 2nd, 2009 Marines say 1 killed in new Afghanistan offensiveCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Marine Corps says one Marine has been killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan during a major offensive against the Taliban.
2 NATO troops killed, 6 wounded in southern Afghanistan blastJuly 1st, 2009 2 NATO troops killed in AfghanistanKABUL — NATO said an explosion Wednesday in southern Afghanistan killed two of its troops and wounded six others. The military alliance did not reveal the troops' nationalities or the exact location of the blast.
23 suspected Taliban killed in airstrikes, clashes in southern AfghanistanJune 24th, 2009 23 Taliban killed in southern AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghan and coalition forces killed 23 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan army general said Wednesday. The authorities recovered the bodies and the militants' weapons after the fighting Tuesday near Tirin Kot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province, said Gen.
Marine commandant says his force will be out of Iraq by spring 2010June 11th, 2009 Marines will come out of Iraq by spring 2010WASHINGTON — All but a few dozen of the 16,000 Marines now in Iraq will be out by next spring, the Marine Corps commandant said Thursday, putting a solid end date on a long-anticipated exit. Gen. James T. Conway said his Marine commanders are already moving equipment out of Anbar Province, where his forces have largely been concentrated.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells US Marines in Afghanistan they won't be sent to PakistanMay 9th, 2009 US troops in Afghanistan won't be sent to PakistanCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — There are no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Pakistan, U.S.
US Defense secretary Robert Gates tells US Marines they won't be sent to PakistanMay 8th, 2009 Gates: US troops won't be sent to PakistanCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there are no plans to deploy U.S.
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