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November 17, 2014

Taliban Truck Bomb Kills 2 at Base in Afghanistan

A large Taliban truck bomb struck the gate of a NATO combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, killing two civilians and injuring others, the coalition said.

November 17, 2014

Survey Reveals 92 Percent of Young Afghan Men Have Never Heard of 9/11

More than 90 per cent of young Afghan men in southern provinces home to sustained fighting between U.S. and Taliban forces do not know about "this event which the foreigners call 9/11," The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

November 17, 2014

Many Afghans Shrug at 'This Event Foreigners Call 9/11'

The Sept. 11 attacks that triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan also uprooted 16-year-old Abdul Ghattar from his village in war-torn Helmand province, bringing him to a desolate refugee camp on the edge of Kabul.

November 17, 2014

NATO Claims Killing of Afghan Commander Linked to Deadly U.S. Helicopter Downing

NATO said Thursday it had killed a Taliban commander who was the target of an operation that ended with the deaths of 30 American servicemen after their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan.

November 17, 2014

3 NATO Service Members Killed in Afghanistan

Three NATO service members died in separate attacks, and a patrol of Afghan and international forces killed more than 10 insurgents during a raid on a major narcotics laboratory in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Sunday.

November 17, 2014

Suicide Bomber Kills Two in Southern Afghanistan

Afghan officials say a suicide attacker has detonated a car bomb outside a police station in southern Afghanistan, killing at least two people.

November 17, 2014

Family Confirms U.S. Civilian Death in Afghanistan

An American civilian working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been strangled to death in Afghanistan, officials and family members said Tuesday.

November 17, 2014

Afghan Police: Gunmen Kill German, Afghan Citizens

Afghan police say militants have killed a German tourist and an Afghan civilian in a relatively stable area of central Afghanistan.

November 17, 2014

Afghanistan Warns Pakistan Over Flare-Ups at Border

Afghan defense officials warned Pakistan on Sunday to stop firing rockets and heavy artillery into the northeast of the country or the military will respond with force. Pakistan denied it was responsible.

November 17, 2014

NATO Helicopter Lands Under Fire in Afghanistan

NATO says one of its helicopters made a "precautionary" landing after coming under small arms fire in southern Afghanistan.