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The first Army chaplain to be killed in action since Vietnam, died this week in Afghanistan, military officials said Thursday. Afghanistan – Vietnam – Killed in action – Military – United States

U.S. officials have charged the leader of Pakistan’s Taliban with planning attacks against American forces in Afghanistan, including last year’s suicide bombing that killed seven CIA employees. Suicide attack – Afghanistan – Pakistan – Taliban – Central Intelligence Agency

Two separate roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed seven U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan Monday, NATO said. Afghanistan – NATO – Improvised explosive device – Asia – Warfare and Conflict

Since the war began, this southern city and surrounding countryside have been marked as the heartland of the Taliban, the insurgents’ springboard to retake all of Afghanistan. It has witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting. War in Afghanistan – Kandahar – Taliban – Afghanistan – Asia

Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan’s embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials found the bodies Sunday of five kidnapped campaign aides working for a female candidate in the western province of Herat