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DEA agents among 14 Americans dead in Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans including three DEA agents in a not-so-noticed war within a war….

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Lawmakers split on timing of Afghan decision

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top lawmakers sparred Sunday over the timing of President Barack Obama’s decision on how to move ahead in Afghanistan, with Republicans urging a quick move to boost troop levels and Democrats counseling patience….

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Oct/09
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AP sources: al-Qaida’s Afghan head contacted Zazi

NEW YORK (AP) — The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaida that went nearly all the way to the top, to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group’s leader in Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence officials told The Associated Press….

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Oct/09
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Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday….

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Oct/09
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US, Afghan forces attack al-Qaida compound

KABUL (AP) — American and Afghan forces stormed a mountainside compound in eastern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday that had been used by an al-Qaida commander, killing more than a dozen militants in a gunbattle, the U.S. military said….

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