Afghan Armed Forces Over Time | FindTheData WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on developments regarding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan (all times local): Updated11:30 a.m.: Republican leaders in Congress are welcoming President Barack Obama’s decision to keep a larger number of forces in Afghanistan. But they’re criticizing him for not keeping even more. Obama says […]
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American troops among casualties in Afghanistan suicide bombing
Data curated by FindTheData KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol Monday killing six foreign troops, among them Americans, in the deadliest attack on international forces since August. The attack happened as Taliban fighters overran a strategic district in southern Helmand province, the scene of some of […]
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Obama plans to keep 9,800 troops in Aghanistan
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to announce a plan Thursday to keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan into 2017, ending his ambitions to bring home most American forces from that war-torn country before he leaves office. The president’s decision came after an “extensive months-long review” that included regular discussions with Afghanistan’s leaders, his […]
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American Legion post in Topsham rededicated
TOPSHAM — The American Legion Post #202 in Topsham was renamed Saturday afternoon in honor of Sergeant Corey Garver. Sergeant Garver was skilled in Afghanistan in 2013 when his unit was ambushed. After leading his men to safety, he died from injuries sustained when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. According to WMTW, the rededication ceremony marked the […]
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From Afghanistan to Augusta, Jared Golden says desire to serve drives him
LEWISTON — When state Rep. Jared Golden thinks about Maine veterans, he does it from a personal perspective. Serving his first term in the Maine House, Golden, 32, is a Marine Corps veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s why he wanted to be on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. It’s […]
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R. Spencer: Money spent in Afghanistan
This is in response to an article in the Sun Journal on Aug. 3 that stated, “The U.S. has spent more money rebuilding Afghanistan than it spent on rebuilding the entire continent of Europe after World War II.” Another paragraph could have been added, stating that, “thanks to Congress, the U.S. spent more on rebuilding […]
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Turner father and daughter stay close in Afghanistan
For precious moments Kimberly Buzzell forgets the heat, the long work days and her war zone’s vast distance from her home in Turner, Maine. “I forget sometimes that I’m in Afghanistan,” the 28-year-old mom and Air Force senior airman said. She texts her husband, Jesse, daily. She talks on the phone several times a week […]
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Maine National Guard’s 133rd returns to U.S. soil from Afghanistan
AUGUSTA — The Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion is back on U.S. soil after completing its recent deployment to Afghanistan, according to Gov. Paul LePage and guard sources. “We are happy to report that the 133rd Engineers are safely back in the United States of America!,” the Maine Army Guard Facebook page states. […]
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Marine from New Hampshire killed in Afghanistan
CONCORD, N.H. — Federal and state officials say a Marine from New Hampshire has been killed in Afghanistan. Gov. Maggie Hassan says Lance Cpl. Brandon Garabrant was dedicated to service to his country and his death was a tragedy. She offered her condolences to his family, as did U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte. […]
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Obama wants to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after war’s end
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will seek to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the war formally ends later this year and then will withdraw most of those forces by 2016, senior administration officials said Tuesday. Obama’s decision is largely in line with what military commanders have been seeking and will allow the president […]