Five U.S. Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

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Vicki Chen
Executive Producer

The bomb killed five American soldiers in the southern province of Kandahar. Two other NATO troops were killed by an Afghan army soldier in the far west of the country.

VA Breaks Ground On Building That Will House Homeless Vets

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The outside of Building 209

Miguel Arreola
Staff Reporter

“When it rains, where do you go if you are homeless?”

U.S. Soldier Held For Deaths Of Afghan Civilians

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (Creative Commons)

Danny Lee
Executive Producer

An American soldier left his southern Afghanistan base and went house to house in two villages, killing 16 people and wounding others, CNN reported on Sunday.

The deadly incident, which occurred in Kandahar's Panjwayi district, could trigger further tensions between foreign troops and Afghan civilians, many of whom were angered by the burning of Qurans by American forces last month.