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  <title>NI soldier killed in Afghanistan  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Neil Turkington from Portadown is one of three serviceman killed by a renegade Afghan soldier in Helmand.]]>  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:11:48 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>John Simpson on Afghan strategy  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The fatal attack on three British servicemen by an Afghan soldier has raised fresh questions about the coalition's strategy to train local recruits to deal with security in Afghanistan. ]]>  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:21:49 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>NATO chief: Pullout plans put troops at risk: report  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Setting timetables to withdraw from the war in Afghanistan could encourage the Taliban to step up their attacks on coalition forces, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a newspaper report on Tuesday.
  
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  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:34:31 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>Afghan government seeking bigger slice of aid pie  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will ask for more control of billions of dollars pledged to reconstruct the war-torn country at a major international conference this month.
  
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  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:06:31 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>Civilian deaths rise as Afghan fight intensifies  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[KABUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Mazar-i-Sharif Saturday to protest against mounting civilian deaths, while five U.S. and NATO troops died in separate insurgent attacks on a bloody day of fighting across the country.
  
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:33:55 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>Afghan raids kill five US troops  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Five US soldiers are killed in separate gun attacks and bombing incidents in the east and south of Afghanistan, Nato says.]]>  </description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:20:42 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>Six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Deaths raise number of American troops killed this month to 23


  
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EDT  </pubDate>
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  <title>Slow, deadly road to peace for U.S. troops in Kandahar  </title>
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  <description><![CDATA[KUHAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As U.S. soldiers from Alpha Company stepped out of their outpost on a scorching July morning in Arghandab in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, an all too familiar sound rang through the air.
  
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:49:30 EDT  </pubDate>
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