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Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’ requires degree in international relations
Although “Kandahar” feels a like desert "The Fast and the Furious" meets Tom Clancy, there is a lot of warranted wistful reflection about the way the gr
By Sarah Sicard
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Gerard Butler’s ‘Kandahar’ latest to feature Afghan interpreter story
"Kandahar" premieres on May 26.
By Sarah Sicard
Mattis reacts to deadly attack in Afghanistan; Taliban says it targeted top US commander
The Taliban claim responsibility for the assault, saying they targeted the top U.S. commander in the country.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Lawyers claim anti-malarial drug to blame for soldier who killed 16 in Afghanistan massacre
A review petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16 alleges that prosecutors ignored key evidence that affected the life sentence of former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, convicted in 2013 of killing 16 Afghan villagers.
Car bomb wounds eight Romanian troops, multiple civilians in Afghanistan
Eight service members were wounded Monday by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghans soon to fly missions with Black Hawks from US
The U.S. military has been flying UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter missions in Afghanistan for years, but the storied aircraft will soon take to the country’s battlefields manned by pilots and crews from the Afghan military.
A-10 Warthogs are back in Afghanistan
The A-10 Thunderbolt II arrived in Afghanistan Jan. 19, and flew their first mission within 24 hours of landing at Kandahar, according to U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
By Kyle Rempfer
Air Force upgrades valor award for combat controller who fought in five-day Afghan battle
A combat controller who received a Bronze Star for his actions during five days of combat in Afghanistan in 2006 will have his medal upgraded to a Silver Star.
Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp
The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in the southern Kandahar province, officials said Thursday.
Afghanistan takes delivery of first Black Hawks
The U.S. has delivered the first two of a planned 159 U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
By Shawn Snow
1 Romanian soldier killed in Afghanistan Kandahar attack
A car carrying explosives rammed into a convoy of international troops in southern Afghanistan on Friday killing a Romanian soldier and wounding two others, the Romanian defense ministry said.
Coalition troops wounded in vehicle bomb attack near Kandahar
A small number of coalition service members were wounded when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, or VBIED, hit their patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, according to a press release from Resolute Support.
By Shawn Snow