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Truck Bomb Assault on Afghanistan Base Fatally Injured Soldier
Channel 2 NewsA truck bomb detonated outside Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan last week, allowing Taliban insurgents to enter the base in an attack that fatally injured Alaska-based soldier Pfc. Vincent Ellis and killed two civilians, according...Tags: Explosions, Rebellions, Afghanistan, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Search for Captured Soldier Bowe Bergdahl Continues
The Associated PressThe search for captured Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan three years ago,is continuing as defense leaders say the military and intelligence communities are doing everything possible to find him. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman...Tags: Pakistan, Haqqani Network, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Captured Soldier's Family Hopes For His Release
Captured soldier Bowe Bergdahl -- the only U.S. soldier held by the Taliban -- could be released in a possible deal that would allow insurgents to open an office in Gulf nation of Qatar with the aim of holding talks with the United States.
Bergdahl, a...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Qatar, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Alaska Airmen Return Home Safe
Channel 2 NewsAugust was the deadliest month for U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan. 67 Americans lost their lives to roadside bombs, Taliban gunfire, and an attack on a Chinook helicopter carrying Navy SEALs. But despite all that, an Alaska Air National Guard unit...Tags: Defense, Health, Kabul (Afghanistan), Alaska, Injuries and Wounds
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Taliban releases video of captured Fort Rich soldier
The Associated PressThe Taliban have released a video of a man identified as an American soldier captured in Afghanistan last June, showing him pleading for his release and return home. In the video, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, who was stationed at Fort Richardson, says he wants to...Tags: Defense, Afghanistan, Armed Forces
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