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UK Armed Forces have ended combat operations in Helmand Province, paving the way for the final transfer of security to the Afghan National Security Forces defense officials said Sunday October 26, 2014. (AP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 26, 2014 | World
Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Reuters—British troops ended their combat operations in Afghanistan on Sunday as they and US Marines handed over two huge adjacent bases to the Afghan military, 13 years after a US-led invasion launched the long and costly war against...
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An Afghan man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide bomb explosion in Kandahar province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, August 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 31, 2013 | World
Kandahar, Afghanistan, AP—A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police checkpoint and a bank in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, one of two attacks in the heartland of the insurgency that killed 18 people over 24 hours. Separately, a NATO service member...
