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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
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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Afghans: U.S. paid $50K per shooting spree death
The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunday.
By Heidi Vogt , March 26, 2012
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Afghan officials: U.S. pays compensation to shooting victims families
The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunday.
By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan , March 25, 2012
Officials: U.S. soldier split Afghan shootings into two attacks
U.S. investigators believe the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the slaughter into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again, two American officials said Saturday.
By Robert Burns , March 24, 2012
Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans
As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit.
By Julie Pace , March 24, 2012
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U.S. Army sergeant charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder
Charges filed Friday against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reflect the horror of the crime: 17 counts of premeditated murder, more than half of them children, during a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan. But while Afghans are calling for swift and severe punishment, it will likely be months, even years, before the public ever gets to see Bales in a courtroom.
By Deb Riechmann and Lolita C. Baldor , March 23, 2012
Pakistani parliament demands apology, end to U.S. drone attacks
A Pakistani parliamentary commission today demanded an end to American drone attacks inside the country and an apology for deadly U.S. airstrikes in November as part of a review of its near-severed relations with the United States.
By Zarar Khan , March 20, 2012
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Jeff Skjelver, Rugby, N.D., letter: U.S. should exit from Afghanistan
It’s time we got out of Afghanistan. The recent massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by at least one service member is the latest example of our failed military strategy there.
By Jeff Skjelver , March 20, 2012
Lawyer describes talk with Afghan killings suspect Bales
Lawyer John Henry Browne said he met for more than three hours with Robert Bales, a 10-year Army veteran who is being held in an isolated cell at the military prison.
By Gene Johnson and John Milburn , March 19, 2012
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Afghan shooting suspect had handful of problems at home
Bypassed for a promotion and struggling to pay for his house, Robert Bales was eyeing a way out of his job at a Washington state military base months before he allegedly gunned down 16 civilians in an Afghan war zone, records and interviews showed as a deeper picture emerged Saturday of the Army sergeant's financial troubles and brushes with the law.
By Dan Sewell and Donna Gordon Blankinship , March 17, 2012
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Experts say soldier might have post-traumatic stress
They are questions already being debated: Did the soldier suspected of killing Afghan villagers have post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD? And did the people who sent him back to war after he was injured properly determine he was mentally fit to return?
By Marilynn Marchione , March 16, 2012
Afghan President Karzai at "end of rope"; Americans feel same way
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he's at "the end of the rope," and a majority of Americans feel the same way. Of all the past decade's setbacks in the endeavor to form a solid alliance with Afghanistan and defeat the Taliban, the war effort has been driven to a new low by the slaughter of nine Afghan children and seven adults allegedly by a U.S. soldier whose identity had been kept secret until late Friday.
By Robert Burns , March 16, 2012
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Afghan shooting suspect indentified
A senior U.S. official says the soldier accused in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians is Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. Bales has not yet been charged. He was being flown Friday from Kuwait to a military detention center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
By Robert Burns , March 16, 2012
Turkish helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; 16 dead
A Turkish military helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital today, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground, officials said. It was by far the deadliest incident involving Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan, where they have a noncombat role.
By Rahim Faiez and Suzan Fraser , March 16, 2012
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