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The Marines are putting America's longest war behind them. They are pulling up stakes in the patch of Afghan desert known as Helmand province, where 378 Marines were killed and nearly 5,000 wounded in fighting that peaked four years ago.

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Militants abducted 11 de-miners in Ghazni province with Ghazni city as its capital 125 km south of Kabul late Saturday night, spokesman for provincial government Shafiq Nang said Sunday. 

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Canada ended military operations in Afghanistan on Wednesday, ending a 12-year mission as the international community winds down its role in the country ahead of an end-of-year deadline for foreign combat operations to end.

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Afghans on yesterday honored a rebel leader who was slain two days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and whose fellow fighters helped the US overthrow the Taliban government.

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Abdul Malik and his fellow Afghan soldiers were driving across the arid and volatile south when their armored personnel carrier struck a roadside bomb.

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A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said Tuesday.

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Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press.

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It was nearly 2 a.m. when US Army Pfc. Zach Randle jumped out of his bulky armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan for what he hoped would be the last time.

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The explosion that took away Brad Snyder’s sight couldn’t touch the Navy lieutenant’s fighting spirit.

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Afghans on yesterday honored a rebel leader who was slain two days before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and whose fellow fighters helped the US overthrow the Taliban government.

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The explosion that took away Brad Snyder’s sight couldn’t touch the Navy lieutenant’s fighting spirit.

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