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U.S. service member dies in southern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - One U.S. service member died today of non-combat related causes in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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CSTC-A provides ambulances for ANP medical field

KABUL, Afghanistan - In an effort to expand and modernize the Afghan National Police emergency medical patient transportation capability, servicemembers deployed to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan command surgeons office provided seven modified Ford Ranger urban ambulances to the ANP office of the surgeon general.
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Embedded Training Team strengthens ANA healthcare systems

KABUL, Afghanistan - Located high in the mountains at an elevation of 8,000 feet, the Paktia Regional Military Hospital, where the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Medical Embedded Training Team has spent the last year, boasts an in-patient capability of 50 beds which will soon to expand to a 100-bed facility. The hospital serves the Afghan National Army assigned to the region which includes approximately 3,000 troops and several thousand family members.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Coalition officials confirm Taliban militants Bahadar Shah and Gul Pasha were killed during an operation conducted by Coalition forces against the Taliban's roadside bomb network in Laghman Province, Tuesday.
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Afghan National Army distributes humanitarian aid to Shamal Gah

KABUL, Afghanistan - The 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade of the 207th Corps Afghan National Army distributed food and winter clothing to families in Shamal Gah, a village just outside Farah in the western region, Jan. 8.
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ANP and Coalition forces target foreign fighter network in Khost

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and Coalition forces detained eight suspected militants, including the targeted Haqqani militant and Taliban financier, during operations in Khost and Kandahar provinces, Friday.
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Laghman Province operation follow-up

KABUL, Afghanistan — On Wednesday morning Coalition forces killed 32 armed insurgents including one female, detained one suspected militant, and destroyed a cache of weapons, explosives and roadside bomb materials during an operation to disrupt the Taliban’s roadside bomb network in Alishang District, located in Laghman Province.
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Schoolchildren visit radio station in Shahidi Hassas

KABUL, Afghanistan – A local radio station hosted a field trip for schoolchildren in the Shahidi Hassas district, Oruzgan Province, Jan. 4.
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Coalition forces maintain pressure on roadside bomb network in Zabul

KABUL, Afghanistan – The operation in Jaldak District, located in Zabul province, approximately 60 km northeast of Kandahar, targeted a Taliban roadside bomb facilitator known to direct and employ roadside bombs which kill Afghan civilians and Coalition forces, Thursday. The wanted militant is also believed to be in direct contact with local Taliban commanders, planning roadside bomb attacks along Highway One.

Afghan civilian injured in accident

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan civilian on a bicycle was injured in a collision with a coalition vehicle at about 11:00 a.m. today. The local man was offered but declined transportation to a medical facility for examination. The circumstances of the accident are being investigated.
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