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Two North Dakota soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday. The soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Darren Linde, 41, of Devils Lake, and Spc. Tyler Orgaard, 20, of Bismarck, were doing a routine clearance o...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 1:44 AM
STORM TRACKER Afghanistan Cold
The harsh winter weather that has hit much of Europe and Asia has also been impacting Afghanistan. This in turn has created another battle for our troops stationed there, fighting the cold and the sno...
Posted on 2/22/12 at 4:34 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND student to pay tribute to fallen brother-in-law during Veterans Day ‘Roll Call’ event Nov. 11
Sherry Fieber-Beyer, a UND doctoral student, has a special duty to perform on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11. She will be one in a solemn line of UND and Grand Forks area community members w...
Posted on 11/9/11 at 3:52 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Minnesota farming soldiers head to Afghanistan
Twenty-two Minnesota National Guard soldiers are heading to Afghanistan on an unusual mission: teach agriculture. The Guards Agri-Business Development Team leaves for training Tuesday for a one-year ...
Posted on 9/30/11 at 11:07 AM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Sept. 11 ceremony honors ND soldiers
BISMARCKThree North Dakotans killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan will be honored this weekend as their names are added to the North Dakota Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism. ...
Posted on 9/9/10 at 12:30 PM
Prince Harry in Afghanistan to fly Apache copters 
Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, began a four-month combat tour Friday in Afghanistan as a gunner on an Apache attack helicopter, fresh from a vacation that included strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel.
By Associated Press , September 07, 2012
Black Hawk crash kills 7 Americans, 4 Afghans
A U.S. military helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans in one of the deadliest air disasters of a war now into its second decade.
By Heidi Vogt , August 16, 2012
National Guard members return from Afghanistan
Eight members of the North Dakota Air National Guard have returned after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. Gov. Jack Dalrymple welcomed the members of the 119th Wing as they arrived at Fargo's Hector International Airport on Monday.
By Associated Press , July 02, 2012
Minnesota man killed in Afghanistan
Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered flags flown at half-staff Wednesday for a Richfield High School graduate who was killed in Afghanistan. Army Spec. Kedith L. Jacobs was 21 years old and a 2008 graduate of Richfield. He enlisted in 2010, and was stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. The Defense Department lists Denver as his hometown. He was killed May 27 in an attack on his unit.
By Associated Press , June 19, 2012
Young widow says Minnesota Marine had passion for life
The 20-year-old wife of a Minnesota Marine killed in Afghanistan says he had a passion for life and never took a day for granted. Colleen Baune (BAU'-nee) says 21-year-old Cpl. Taylor J. Baune, of Andover, was on foot patrol Wednesday when his unit came upon an IED.
By Steve Karnowski , June 14, 2012
Army adds charges against Afghan shooting suspect
The Army dropped a murder charge, but added others, including steroid use, against a soldier accused in a deadly shooting rampage in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Friday.
By Gene Johnson , June 01, 2012
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Nurse in Afghanistan dies during Skype chat with wife
The Texas-based wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death Monday were not immediately available.
By Michael Graczyk , May 04, 2012
Obama and Afghan president Karzai sign agreement of continued US-Afghan partnership
On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that after years of sacrifice the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ended in Iraq. “We can see the light of a new day,” he said on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, and in the midst of his own re-election campaign.
By Ben Feller , May 01, 2012
Stewartville, Minn., soldier killed in Afghanistan
A 23-year-old Stewartville soldier has been killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. Sgt. Nicholas Dickhut died in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The family learned of his death Sunday.
By Associated Press , April 30, 2012
ND National Guard engineers get send-off to Afghanistan
About 100 soldiers with the Williston and Hazen, N.D.-based 818th Engineer Company were honored Sunday during a send-off ceremony in Bismarck. The soldiers will leave today for Fort Bliss, Texas, for additional training before deploying to Afghanistan for a yearlong mission.
By Teri Finneman , April 30, 2012
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Official: Afghan soldier kills US service member
An Afghan soldier fatally shot an American service member and a local interpreter in southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks against U.S. and other foreign forces by their Afghan partners.
By Heidi Vogt , April 26, 2012
Afghan bomb kills 3 NATO troops, including 2 Americans
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a park Wednesday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people, including two U.S. soldiers, officials said, the latest in a string of attacks as spring fighting season gets under way.
By Amir Shah , April 04, 2012
Afghan security forces kill 3 NATO soldiers
Afghan security forces shot and killed one American and two British troops in two separate incidents, the latest in a rising number of attacks in which Afghan forces have turned their weapons on their foreign partners.
By Deb Riechmann , March 26, 2012
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'Unbelievable to me': Wife of U.S. soldier accused in Afghan slayings speaks
The wife of a U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says her husband showed no signs of PTSD before he deployed, and she doesn't feel like she'll ever believe he was involved in the killings.
By Associated Press , March 26, 2012
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Bismarck-based Guard unit likely to serve in Afghanistan in 2013
The Bismarck-based Detachment 42 Operational Airlift Squadron is likely to deploy early next year. The eight soldiers specialize in transporting both cargo and personnel.
By Associated Press , March 26, 2012
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