15 Mar
Events of Interest and Analyses
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4 Killed in Car Bombing in Iraq 8:01 AM ET
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03/15/10 AP: Rocket Attack Kills 1 at NATO Base in Afghanistan
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03/14/10 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills Pakistani construction worker, wounded six others in Kandahar |
03/14/10 Reuters: 12 civilians, including women and children, killed in operations by foreign troops in Kandahar |
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03/14/10 AFP: Five Afghan suicide attacks kill 35 |
03/13/10 AFP: Refugees from Afghan assault fall between cracks |
03/13/10 AP: Suicide bombers in Kandahar kill at least 30 |
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United States Air Force
Michael D. Furlong, the official who was said to have hired private contractors to track militants.
Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants
By DEXTER FILKINS and MARK MAZZETTI, NYT
A Defense Department official set up a private network of spies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to gather intelligence on insurgents, according to officials.
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Shaken Afghan City Seeks More Support From Kabul
By SANGAR RAHIMI and ALISSA J. RUBIN, NYT
A day after a series of bombings, officials appealed to the central government to send more security forces and expand intelligence gathering in
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