NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » afghanistan http://newstalk1290.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:14:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Not Again! More Pics Surface Of U.S. Soldier With Dead Terrorist http://newstalk1290.com/not-again-more-pics-surface-of-u-s-soldier-with-dead-terrorist/ http://newstalk1290.com/not-again-more-pics-surface-of-u-s-soldier-with-dead-terrorist/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:13:32 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=37766 Several American soldiers are in hot water after photos of them posing with mutilated terrorist corpses have surfaced.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/not-again-more-pics-surface-of-u-s-soldier-with-dead-terrorist/feed/ 0 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) US Soldier To Be Charged With 17 Counts of Murder In Afghan Massacre http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-to-be-charged-with-17-counts-of-murder-in-afghan-massacre/ http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-to-be-charged-with-17-counts-of-murder-in-afghan-massacre/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:45:21 +0000 Tony Kerns http://929nin.com/?p=86110 Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused of being the lone shooter in the mass murder of Afghan villagers on March 11, will be officially charged today with 17 counts of murder.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-to-be-charged-with-17-counts-of-murder-in-afghan-massacre/feed/ 0 (Image via Wall Street Journal Youtube) US Soldier Accused of Afghanistan Massacre Said "I Did It", Flown Out Of Country http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-accused-of-afghanistan-massacre-said-i-did-it-flown-out-of-country/ http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-accused-of-afghanistan-massacre-said-i-did-it-flown-out-of-country/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:39:17 +0000 Tony Kerns http://929nin.com/?p=83956 An already tense situation may have just gotten worse, with US officials removing the US Soldier accused of the Afghan civilian shootings from the country.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-accused-of-afghanistan-massacre-said-i-did-it-flown-out-of-country/feed/ 0 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) US Soldier Kills 16 Afghan Civilians In Their Homes [UPDATE] http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghan-civilians-in-their-homes/ http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghan-civilians-in-their-homes/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:00:22 +0000 Tony Kerns http://929nin.com/?p=82705 UPDATE:  According to MSNBC, though no protests or demonstrations were seen Monday morning, the Afghan Taliban has pledged to take revenge against the “sick-minded American Savages”,

“The American ‘terrorists’ want to come up with an excuse for the perpetrator of this inhumane crime by claiming that this immoral culprit was mentally ill.  If the perpetrators of this massacre were in fact mentally ill then this testifies to yet another moral transgression by the American militar

]]> http://newstalk1290.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghan-civilians-in-their-homes/feed/ 0 (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) US Military Suffers Deadliest Month in Afghanistan in August with 66 Fatalities http://newstalk1290.com/us-military-deadliest-month-afghanistan/ http://newstalk1290.com/us-military-deadliest-month-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:40:48 +0000 Jade Walker http://tsminteractive.com/?p=41756 August was officially the deadliest month for US troops fighting in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/us-military-deadliest-month-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Scott Olson, Getty Images U.S. Military Airstrike Kills Insurgents That Shot Down U.S. Helicopter http://newstalk1290.com/u-s-military-airstrike-kills-insurgents-that-shot-down-u-s-helicopter/ http://newstalk1290.com/u-s-military-airstrike-kills-insurgents-that-shot-down-u-s-helicopter/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:07:42 +0000 Joshua David http://newstalk1290.com/?p=5263 Recently, we posted the story of 25 special forces members and 5 other miliary members being shot down and killed while flying in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Most notable among the casualties is reported to be several Seal Team 6 members, the U.S. Navy's special warfare

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/u-s-military-airstrike-kills-insurgents-that-shot-down-u-s-helicopter/feed/ 0 Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images 30 American Troops Killed in Afghanistan After Taliban Attack On Helicopter http://newstalk1290.com/30-american-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-after-taliban-attack-on-helicopter/ http://newstalk1290.com/30-american-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-after-taliban-attack-on-helicopter/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:00:05 +0000 Aaron Galloway http://newstalk1290.com/?p=5114 Taliban insurgents shot down an American military helicopter in Afghanistan Saturday, killing 30 American troops and 7 Afghan commandos, multiple news outlets are reporting. 

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/30-american-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-after-taliban-attack-on-helicopter/feed/ 0 John Moore, Getty Images Locals Are Not Happy With Representative Thornberry Visiting Afghanistan http://newstalk1290.com/locals-are-not-happy-with-rep-thornberry-visiting-afghanistan/ http://newstalk1290.com/locals-are-not-happy-with-rep-thornberry-visiting-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:57:34 +0000 Sarah Kate http://newstalk1290.com/?p=3243 Locals are not thrilled about Rep. Thornberry visiting Afghanistan on their dollar.

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