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Multiple suspected insurgents also were detained. The security force seized weapons and ammunition and detained multiple suspected insurgents during the operation.
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2011-12-31T17:54:31Z More News The U.S. Defense Department has identified these fatalities: • Navy Petty Officer Stacy O. Johnson, 35, of Rolling Fork, Miss. , died July 18 in Bahrain. Noah M. Korte, 29, of Lake Elsinore, Calif. , was killed Dec. 27 by...
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A crowd watches an Afghan National Army Air Corps helicopter carrying President Hamid Karzai during an election rally in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, south of Kabul, in this August 4, 2009 file photo. Ten years ago, U.S. forces began bombing... View Photo »
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Lt. Col. Steve Boesen, 42, of Ankeny, Iowa, had about 1,000 soldiers under his task force command, including the Iowa Guard's 1-168th Battalion, as they controlled eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province. Boesen saw significant improvement with the...
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The unidentified leader is believed to have conducted roadside bomb attacks in the province, the International Security Assistance Force said in a release. Another suspected insurgent was detained, the ISAF said. Combined forces also captured several...
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The leader is believed to have conducted roadside bomb attacks in the province. The force also detained an additional suspected insurgent.
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This image released by the Oklahoma National guard shows Sgt. Bret D. Isenhower, 26, of Lamar, Okla. According to the Oklahoma National Guard, Isenhower was killed in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, when enemy forces attacked his... View Photo »
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Maj. Jason Waggoner, spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said the cause was technical failure. The drone landed in Paktia province, Waggoner said. Rohullah Samoon, spokesman for the Paktia governor, said an...
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The latest spat comes after the pregnant wife of an anti-drugs official was killed during a raid in the eastern Paktia province in the early hours of Saturday when NATO-led forces returned gunfire coming from a compound. NATO has defended the...
About Paktia province
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Paktia (Pashto: پکتيا) ( Persian پکتيا) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. Its capital is Gardez. The Population is 80% Pashtun and 20% Tajik. Full Article
