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Arghandab

Sat. November 21, 2009

Toronto Star
November 21, 2009

The defence minister noted that the reconstruction of a dam in Kandahar's Arghandab district that is being financed by Canadian aid money and managed by ...

Fort Lewis remembers two soldiers from a hard-hit platoon

Seattle Times
November 20, 2009

5, Gooch and Aamot, both 22 years old, died together as their Stryker vehicle was struck by a huge roadside bomb in the Arghandab Valley of southern ...

In Tribute

CharlotteObserver.com
November 19, 2009

Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo., was killed Oct. 27 by an explosive in Afghanistan's Arghandab Valley during his second tour of duty. ...

Taliban Militants Fire Rockets on Crowded Bazaar Northeast of Kabul

New York Times
November 16, 2009

Hours earlier in the Arghandab District, near the southern City of Kandahar, local officials said Taliban attackers raided a police station, killing eight ...

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Nov 16

Reuters
November 16, 2009

Kandahar - Eight Afghan policemen were killed and three wounded when Taliban militants attacked their post in the Arghandab district of southern Kandahar ...

In tribute

CharlotteObserver.com
November 15, 2009

The 24-year-old from Alamo, Texas, was killed Oct. 27 by an explosive in Arghandab Valley. He was assigned to Fort Lewis, Washington. ...

Gordon native soldiers on in Afghanistan mission

Duluth News Tribune (registration)
November 14, 2009

The Arghandab River Valley is densely populated, filled with pomegranate orchards and vineyards. Irrigation canals run through the valley and the terrain is ...

Soldiers Pick Up Wreckage After Afghanistan Bombing

NPR
November 12, 2009

6 when the Stryker armored vehicles roll out of their hilltop compound in Afghanistan's Arghandab Valley, a Taliban stronghold outside the southern city of ...

The camera guy, and some thoughts upon leaving

Seattle Times
November 11, 2009

As I return home, the Fort Lewis-based soldiers I stayed with in the Arghandab Valley in the southern province of Kandahar continue to shoulder a ...

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CNN
November 4, 2009

The area is the Arghandab

ANA, ANP Detain Four, Kill Eleven in Zabul Province

Systems
November 4, 2009

The ANA and Arghandab

Soldier to make final journey

The Daily Advertiser
November 4, 2009

Williamson was killed in action Oct. 27 in the Arghandab

Plattsburg soldier honored and mourned

Kansas City Star
November 4, 2009

The soldiers were with Operation Enduring Freedom in Arghandab

'Not once did he quit or complain'

The Olympian
November 4, 2009

At one point, he fell 20 feet and plunged into the Arghandab

A soldier back from the brink

Kansas City Star
November 3, 2009

The soldiers were with Operation Enduring Freedom in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan. Jackson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, ...

Sgt. Issac Jackson's final journey home

Kansas City Star
November 3, 2009

The soldiers were with Operation Enduring Freedom in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan. Jackson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, ...

Military deaths

Los Angeles Times
November 1, 2009

De La Rosa was among seven soldiers killed tuesday when Insurgents attacked their vehicle with a makeshift bomb in the Arghandab

Taliban again overshadow vote in south Afghan bastion

Reuters India
October 31, 2009

Arghandab

Hard decision looms for US in Afghanistan

Examiner.com
October 29, 2009

army Spc. Jared Stanker died tuesday of injuries suffered when the improvised explosive device hit the soldiers' vehicle in the Arghandab Valley. ...

Soldier from Evergreen Park killed in Afghanistan

Chicago Tribune
October 29, 2009

army Spc. Jared Stanker died tuesday of injuries suffered when the improvised explosive device hit the soldiers' vehicle in the Arghandab

Plattsburg soldier killed in Afghanistan

Kansas City Star
October 29, 2009

AP A Plattsburg man was one of seven soldiers killed Tuesday in Arghandab

Stryker vehicles hit by explosion; casualties unknown

TheNewsTribune.com
October 28, 2009

Hundreds of troops are fighting amid the orchards of the Arghandab

A wake-up to gun fire

Seattle Times
October 28, 2009

Sources were saying that at least one of the two vehicles was a Stryker in the Arghandab

Obama to attend return of fallen soldiers, DEA agents

Washington Post
October 28, 2009

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Eight US Troops Killed In Bomb Attacks In Afghanistan

RTT News
October 27, 2009

military officials said at least one of those bombs struck US Army armored vehicles in Arghandab in the southern province of Kandahar. ...

8 US troops die in Afghanistan, making October worst month

MiamiHerald.com
October 27, 2009

The 5th Brigade of more than 3800 soldiers has been patrolling in the Arghandab

Operational Update, Oct. 25: Afghan, International Security Forces Operations ...

Systems
October 25, 2009

... in Kandahar province known to be used by a Taliban commander and his group believed to be responsible for several attacks in the Arghandab district. ...

Military deaths

Kansas City Star
October 25, 2009

Ã¢ÂÂ¢army Spc. Michael A. Dahl Jr., 23, of Moreno Valley, Calif., was killed Oct. 17 in Arghandab, Afghanistan, when his vehicle was hit by an improvised ...

Military deaths

Los Angeles Times
October 25, 2009

Dahl was killed Oct. 17 when a car bomb was detonated near his vehicle in Arghandab in southwest Afghanistan's Kandahar province, on the Pakistani border. ...

23-year-old Moreno Valley serviceman killed in Afghanistan

Valley News
October 23, 2009

army Spc. Michael A. Dahl, Jr. was killed last Saturday in Arghandab, Afghanistan, near Kandahar, according to the Pentagon. "Spc. Michael Dahl was a proud ...

Tragedy to Triumph- Shoes for the Children of Naray Tuy

Systems
October 23, 2009

25, Captain John Hallett III, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, was killed in an IED attack in the Arghandab District of the Kandahar province. ...

Alamo soldier laid to rest

Examiner.com
October 22, 2009

army Spc. Michael A. Dahl Jr., 23, of Moreno Valley was killed Oct. 17 when a car bomb was detonated near his vehicle in Arghandab in southwest ...

Two California soldiers killed by bombs in Afghanistan

Los Angeles Times
October 22, 2009

army Spc. Michael A. Dahl Jr., 23, of Moreno Valley was killed Oct. 17 when a car bomb was detonated near his vehicle in Arghandab in southwest ...

MILITARY: Camp Pendleton Marine killed in Afghanistan

North County Times
October 21, 2009

Michael A. Dahl, 23, of Moreno Valley in Riverside County died in Arghandab, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when his vehicle triggered one of the bombs. ...

Fort Lewis soldier dies in Afghanistan

Seattle Times
October 20, 2009

Fighting in the Arghandab Valley of southern Afghanistan has claimed the life of another Fort Lewis soldier, Spc. Michael Dahl, 23, from Moreno, California. ...

Fort Lewis Stryker soldier dies in Afghanistan

Seattle Times
October 20, 2009

Spc. Michael A. Dahl Jr., 23, of Moreno Valley, Calif., died Oct. 17 in Arghandab, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was attacked with an ...

"See You Soon, If We're Still Alive"

Foreign Policy
October 19, 2009

Life here is also about swimming in the nearby Arghandab River, enjoying the cool caramel taste of sheer yakh, and sitting among the branches of a friend's ...

Past week proves deadly for Taliban as over 70 militants killed in Afghanistan

Xinhua
October 18, 2009

... of Zabul province, were killed on Wednesday in the troubled Nawbahar and Arghandab districts during a joint operation of Afghan and NATO troops there. ...

Election limbo, and a visit to the Afghan Parliament

Seattle Times
October 18, 2009

So, after my return to Kabul from the Arghandab Valley of southern Afghanistan, I continue to report on the contentious effort to tally votes and sift out ...

Things found on patrol

Seattle Times
October 13, 2009

Kabul -- While on foot patrols in the Arghandab Valley, US soldiers always are on the look out for weapon caches, bomb factories or other signs of Taliban ...