Kabul/Prague, July 2 (CTK) - The first Czech military contingent made up of soldiers from the chemical warfare unit from Liberec, north Bohemia, has started to operate in the Afghan Uruzgan Province, contingent spokeswoman Zdenka Kosvancova told CTK Wednesday. 
Their main task will be to protect and defend the Dutch Camp Hadrian military base. On July [...]

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KABUL, April 1 (KUNA) — Three suspected Taliban militants were killed while a fourth was captured alive following a clash with police in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday. The fighting took place in the volatile province of Helmand, provincial police chief Brigadier General Muhammad Hussain Andiwal told journalists.
The militants were wearing police uniform, said [...]

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LONDON, March 31 (KUNA) — Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.
The two members of 40 Commando, Royal Marines, were on a routine patrol yesterday when they were hit by what is thought to be a roadside bomb. Their death in Helmand province brings the [...]

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KABUL, March 28 (KUNA) — The US-led coalition troops said they had killed several Taliban militants during an operation in the southern province of Helmand.
A statement from the coalition forces’ Bagram base on Friday said the operation was conducted to arrest a known Taliban leader and disrupt their network in the area. The troops received [...]

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KABUL, March 27 (KUNA) — One soldier of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed and another wounded in an insurgent attack in Helmand province, the military said on Thursday.
A statement here said the soldiers were fired upon in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. However, it did not mention the district where the [...]

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Prague, March 19 (CTK) - The Czech soldier who was seriously wounded in a suicide bomb attack in the south of Afghanistan on Monday, has been flown to the Czech Republic aboard a British aircraft that landed in Prague Wednesday, Czech military police Jan Cermak told CTK.The soldier was immediately rushed to Prague’s Central Military [...]

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KABUL, March 19 (KUNA) — NATO military alliance denied the killing of civilians in an air operation and said a dozen insurgents were killed and allied planes targeted their vehicle in southern Afghanistan.
Earlier, some elders from the country’s southern Helmand province had told reporters that nearly 30 civilians were killed in bombing by aircraft of [...]

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Prague, March 17 (CTK) - A Czech soldier died in a suicide attack in south Afghanistan today and another two members of the Czech military police suffered injuries and are in hospital now, Czech chief-of-staff Vlastimil Picek said at a press conference today.One of them has serious injuries. He has been transported to the U.S. [...]

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KABUL, March 6 (KUNA) — The US-led coalition troops said they had detained seven suspected insurgents during an operation in southern Afghanistan. The operation was conducted in Garmsir district of the volatile Helmand province on March 4 to target a Taliban leader, said a statement from the coalition forces Bagram base here on Thursday. Coalition [...]

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At 12:20 Eastern yesterday, I got a CNN Breaking News alert that read, in its entirety, “Britain’s Prince Harry has been serving on the front line in Afghanistan, CNN confirms.” I found it mildly interesting, in that his superiors had previously decided the security risk in sending him to Iraq was too high, but didn’t [...]

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