K2 Radio » afghanistan http://k2radio.com Wyoming's Radio Station Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Kerry Seeks To Boost Afghan, Pakistan Ties http://k2radio.com/kerry-seeks-to-boost-afghan-pakistan-ties/ http://k2radio.com/kerry-seeks-to-boost-afghan-pakistan-ties/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:11:50 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=278311 BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has brought senior Afghan and Pakistani officials together for security talks aimed at improving relations between the two nations ahead of next year's withdrawal of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan

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]]> http://k2radio.com/kerry-seeks-to-boost-afghan-pakistan-ties/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson/Getty Images Karzai: US Troops Immunity Up To Afghan Elders http://k2radio.com/karzai-us-troops-immunity-up-to-afghan-elders/ http://k2radio.com/karzai-us-troops-immunity-up-to-afghan-elders/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:55:59 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=250873 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai says a national meeting of elders should be called to decide whether U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan after 2014 would be immune from prosecution under Afghan law

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]]> http://k2radio.com/karzai-us-troops-immunity-up-to-afghan-elders/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup/Getty Images Panetta In Afghanistan To Meet With Karzai http://k2radio.com/panetta-in-afghanistan-to-meet-with-karzai/ http://k2radio.com/panetta-in-afghanistan-to-meet-with-karzai/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:55:36 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=244261 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit to consult with top commanders and President Hamid Karzai.

The visit Wednesday comes at a difficult juncture in the Western coalition's efforts to shift more security responsibilities to Afghan forces so the combat mission can end in 2014

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]]> http://k2radio.com/panetta-in-afghanistan-to-meet-with-karzai/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images Gen. Allen Resumes Command In Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/gen-allen-resumes-command-in-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/gen-allen-resumes-command-in-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:59:25 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=239163 WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for Gen. John Allen says the top U.S. and NATO commander of the war in Afghanistan has returned to Kabul to resume his duties, more than a week after the Pentagon announced it is investigating potentially "inappropriate" correspondence between the four-star general and a woman linked to the David Petraeus sex scandal

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]]> http://k2radio.com/gen-allen-resumes-command-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Alex Wong/Getty Images Injured Casper Soldier Returns Home http://k2radio.com/injured-casper-soldier-returns-home/ http://k2radio.com/injured-casper-soldier-returns-home/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:47:28 +0000 Brian Scott http://k2radio.com/?p=236858 Spc. Colton Sasser, a Casper hometown Hero will be coming home on November 19, 2012, at 12:20 pm. He will be arriving at the Natrona County International Airport.

Spc. Sasser was serving in Afghanistan with the 4th Infantry Division, the same unit his father had served in in Viet Nam

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]]> http://k2radio.com/injured-casper-soldier-returns-home/feed/ 0 John Moore, Getty Images Family Remembers Soldier Killed In Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/family-remembers-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/family-remembers-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:41:43 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=114608 CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Relatives of a Wyoming soldier who was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan remember him as a man who was dedicated to the military and to his family.

The Defense Department said Thursday that 45-year-old Army Command Sgt

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]]> http://k2radio.com/family-remembers-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 KIA-Military.jpg 6 Killed In Afghanistan Blast Were U.S. Troops http://k2radio.com/6-killed-in-afghanistan-blast-were-u-s-troops/ http://k2radio.com/6-killed-in-afghanistan-blast-were-u-s-troops/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:53:04 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=106054 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO is confirming that the six troops killed in roadside bombing in Afghanistan on Sunday were Americans.

Brig. Gen. Gunter Katz, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, disclosed their nationalities at a briefing on Monday

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]]> http://k2radio.com/6-killed-in-afghanistan-blast-were-u-s-troops/feed/ 0 Johannes Simon/Getty Images 8 Afghan Civilians Killed In Roadside Bombing http://k2radio.com/8-afghan-civilians-killed-in-roadside-bombing/ http://k2radio.com/8-afghan-civilians-killed-in-roadside-bombing/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:43:16 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=100678 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say a mine laid in a road has killed eight civilians in the country's south, including women and children.

The governor's office in Helmand province says the eight were driving Monday in Musa Qala district when their car hit the explosives

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]]> http://k2radio.com/8-afghan-civilians-killed-in-roadside-bombing/feed/ 0 Obama Sees 'New Day' 1 Year After bin Laden Raid http://k2radio.com/obama-sees-new-day-1-year-after-bin-laden-raid/ http://k2radio.com/obama-sees-new-day-1-year-after-bin-laden-raid/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 11:50:11 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=87801 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that after years of sacrifice the U.S. combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ended in Iraq

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]]> http://k2radio.com/obama-sees-new-day-1-year-after-bin-laden-raid/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images 4 Americans Killed In Crash In Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/4-americans-killed-in-crash-in-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/4-americans-killed-in-crash-in-afghanistan/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:07:54 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=85757 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. Army helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, killing all four American crew members.

The U.S. military confirms that the chopper went down last night as it was responding to a suicide attack at a police checkpoint in Helmand province

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]]> http://k2radio.com/4-americans-killed-in-crash-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Blackhawk Helicopter Down In Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/blackhawk-helicopter-down-in-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/blackhawk-helicopter-down-in-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:58:21 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=85471 WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. defense official says an American military helicopter has crashed in southwestern Afghanistan with four U.S. troops aboard.
There was no immediate word on casualties.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the crash is under investigation, said it could not be ruled out that the Black Hawk helicopter was taken down by enemy fire, but early indications were that weather may have been a factor

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]]> http://k2radio.com/blackhawk-helicopter-down-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images Afghan President May Call For Early Elections http://k2radio.com/afghan-president-may-call-for-early-elections/ http://k2radio.com/afghan-president-may-call-for-early-elections/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:45:17 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=83238 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai says he is considering calling presidential elections a year early to lessen the strain on Afghanistan that could be caused by the departure of foreign combat troops at the same time as a national ballot

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]]> http://k2radio.com/afghan-president-may-call-for-early-elections/feed/ 0 Afghan Shooting Suspect To Be Brought Back To US http://k2radio.com/afghan-shooting-suspect-to-be-brought-back-to-us/ http://k2radio.com/afghan-shooting-suspect-to-be-brought-back-to-us/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:22:09 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=75415 WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior defense official says the U.S. soldier accused in the killings of 16 Afghan civilians is expected to be flown to the U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as early as Friday

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]]> http://k2radio.com/afghan-shooting-suspect-to-be-brought-back-to-us/feed/ 0 US: No Reason To Change Troop Pullout Schedule http://k2radio.com/us-no-reason-to-change-troop-pullout-schedule/ http://k2radio.com/us-no-reason-to-change-troop-pullout-schedule/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:10:44 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=75103 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. defense officials say Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not demand, in a meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, that all American forces be out of Afghan villages, despite a Karzai statement Thursday calling for a quick withdrawal

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]]> http://k2radio.com/us-no-reason-to-change-troop-pullout-schedule/feed/ 0 Scott Olson/Getty Images Attacks By Afghans On U.S. Troops Often Personal http://k2radio.com/attacks-by-afghans-on-u-s-troops-often-personal/ http://k2radio.com/attacks-by-afghans-on-u-s-troops-often-personal/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:46:12 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=62191 WASHINGTON (AP) — Supposedly friendly Afghan security forces have attacked U.S. and coalition troops 45 times since May 2007, U.S. officials say, for the first time laying out details and analysis of attacks that have killed 70 and wounded 110

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]]> http://k2radio.com/attacks-by-afghans-on-u-s-troops-often-personal/feed/ 0 US: Deadly Attack On Americans Was Premeditated http://k2radio.com/us-deadly-attack-on-americans-was-premeditated/ http://k2radio.com/us-deadly-attack-on-americans-was-premeditated/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:23:33 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=57978 WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. investigation has concluded that the killing of eight U.S. airmen and one American civilian contractor in Afghanistan last spring was a premeditated act by an Afghan colonel acting alone

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]]> http://k2radio.com/us-deadly-attack-on-americans-was-premeditated/feed/ 0 30th Airlift Squadron Returning From Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/30th-airlift-squadron-returning-from-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/30th-airlift-squadron-returning-from-afghanistan/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:53:24 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=51009 CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — About 40 members of the 30th Airlift Squadron are coming home from Afghanistan.

Stewart Dyer of the Wyoming Military Department says the squadron members are scheduled to return to Cheyenne Wednesday evening

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]]> http://k2radio.com/30th-airlift-squadron-returning-from-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Britain's Cameron Visits Troops In Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/britains-cameron-visits-troops-in-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/britains-cameron-visits-troops-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:30:19 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=50732 KABUL (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with U.K. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday amid discussions over how international forces plan to meet their 2014 deadline to withdraw from combat

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]]> http://k2radio.com/britains-cameron-visits-troops-in-afghanistan/feed/ 0 Clinton Pledges Continued Support To Afghanistan http://k2radio.com/clinton-pledges-continued-support-to-afghanistan/ http://k2radio.com/clinton-pledges-continued-support-to-afghanistan/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:49:51 +0000 Associated Press http://k2radio.com/?p=46428 BONN, Germany (AP) — The United States and other nations vowed Monday to keep supporting Afghanistan after most foreign forces leave the country in 2014, as the nation faces an enduring Taliban-led insurgency and possible financial collapse

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