Washington: US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of killing Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage in Kandahar province last week, will be charged with 17 counts of murder, a US official said on Thursday. Earlier accounts of the incident, which has damaged US-Afghan relations, had tallied 16 victims, including nine children and three women. Bales, a four-tour combat veteran, will also face other charges, including attempted murder, but the...
10:37 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Washington: The US soldier, who killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan could face a death penalty if convicted, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said, while asserting that the tragic incident was but an "isolated" one. The suspect, who has been arrested, went on a killing spree over the weekend, shooting down civilians, most of them women and children, in an act that has taken anti-America sentiment to a new high in...
10:55 AM, Mar 13, 2012
London: Singer Billy Ray Cyrus' new album 'I'M American' is a tribute to US troops and he decided to pen the songs after his Afghanistan visit. Cyrus visited the country in December 2009 and he was so moved by the US troops' life in Afghanistan that he decided to write the songs as a salute to them. "During one of the performances outside of Kabul, some bombs went off during...
03:57 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Washington: The Obama administration, under criticism for its treatment of the US soldier accused of leaking secret documents that appeared on the WikiLeaks website, is transferring the detainee to a Kansas jail. Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon's general counsel, said on Tuesday that Bradley Manning was being moved from a Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, to a detention facility at the Ft Leavenworth, Kansas military base. "Given the length of time...
09:02 AM, Apr 20, 2011
Frankfurt: A gunman fired shots at US military personnel on a bus outside Frankfurt airport on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding two before being taken into custody, authorities said. Kosovo's interior minister told The Associated Press that German police have identified the gunman as a Kosovo citizen. The attack came as the bus sat outside Terminal 2 at the airport, Frankfurt police spokesman Manfred Fuellhardt said. The two killed...
12:10 AM, Mar 03, 2011
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05:35 PM, Nov 06, 2009
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11:16 AM, Nov 06, 2009
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09:59 AM, Nov 06, 2009
The shooting was under investigation, the US military said. ...
05:34 PM, May 12, 2009
It will focus on expanding Kabul's security forces, wooing 'moderate' insurgents. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 27, 2009
US is expected to send up to 30,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan. ...
03:14 AM, Jan 22, 2009
Technicalities are threatening to disqualify up to half their ballots. ...
02:33 PM, Oct 29, 2008
Now, US Soldiers are putting their thoughts into blogs. Here's more about those who write and fight every day. ...
02:01 AM, May 08, 2007
On the fourth anniversary of Iraq war, thousands of protestors took the streets shouting anti-war slogans across United States. ...
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