A Waterbury firefighter will be taking a huge pay cut while he fights in the Army National Guard in Afghanistan.
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Firefighter Denied Pay While in Afghanistan (NBC Connecticut)
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Jim Commentucci / The Post-Standard June Van Dusen of Syracuse shops for produce today during a reception (backround) held for members of the 10th Mountain Division at Green Hills Market in Nedrow. The grocery is adopting some soliders from Fort Drum about to be deployed to Afghanistan.
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Green Hills grocery in Nedrow adopts Fort Drum unit bound for Afghanistan (The Post-Standard)
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India and Russia will intensify their cooperation on Afghanistan and jointly combat the challenges of terrorism in the region, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Friday.
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India, Russia to step up action on Afghanistan, terror (Calcutta News)
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The military says two Fort Campbell soldiers were killed during an attack in eastern Afghanistan this week.
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2 Fort Campbell soldiers killed in Afghanistan (FOX 16 Little Rock)
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WASHINGTON – The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year. That’s well above the 16.6 percent jobless rate for non-veterans of the same ages, 18 to 24.
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Government finds 21.1 percent unemployment rate for young veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan wars (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
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LAHORE. After the failure of high level talks between India and Pakistan over their long running disputes, both countries are now locked in an escalating proxy war in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan and the Afghanistan End Game – Part I (YaleGlobal)
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A bomb blast has claimed another soldier serving under the United States command in Afghanistan, NATO says.
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US-led trooper dies in Afghanistan (Press TV)
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ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday during a visit to Pakistan. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan are vying for influence in Afghanistan, complicating US-led efforts to end a Taliban insurgency and bring stability to Afghanistan
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We don’t want proxy wars in Afghanistan, Karzai says (The Daily Star Lebanon)
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Sources in the government tell NDTV that Indians in Afghanistan will officially be warned soon about being targeted in future attacks. The advisory will specify that the government cannot protect Indian companies and citizens working or living privately in Afghanistan.
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More security for govt employees in Nepal, Afghanistan (NDTV)
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ALBANY – Governor David Paterson directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff on this coming Monday in honor of White Lake native and Army Private First Class Jason Kropat who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, March 9.
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State to honor Sullivan County native killed in Afghanistan (Mid-Hudson News)
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