Pakistan has blocked vital supply routes for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan and demanded Washington vacate Shamsi Air Base, used by American drones that target al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan’s tribal region, after coalition aircraft allegedly killed up to 28 Pakistani troops at two military outposts along a mountainous frontier that serves as a safe haven for militants.

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Summary: A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an armored NATO bus, killing 17 people, including 12 Americans and a Canadian in the deadliest attack on the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul since the war began. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 30, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that investigators believed the same al-Qaida-affiliated group responsible for the Christmas Day underwear bomb were behind the PETN-based devices hidden in packages sent from Yemen.

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Summary: Hundreds of Afghans marched through Kabul on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan to condemn the United States as occupiers and demand the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 8, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the United States, continuing a surge in CIA-run, drone-fired attacks, conducted two missile strikes in the northwestern Pakistan tribal region along the Afghan border, killing nine suspected militants.

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Summary: One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think that after 10 years of combat America should be focusing less on foreign affairs and more on its own problems, according to a Pew Research Center opinion survey. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 5, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Stearns County Sheriff John Sanner announced that nothing of consequence was found in the July 2010 search of the Rassier farmstead in the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping investigation; however, he added that technology could eventually improve to the extent that it would allow for future testing of the items seized.

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Summary: Dateline October 3, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 tanker trucks carrying oil for NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan — the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days.

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Summary: An Afghan employee of the U.S. government opened fire inside a CIA office in Kabul, killing an American and injuring another in the second major breach of embassy security in two weeks. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 26, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Iranian forces crossed into neighboring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a Kurdistan Workers Party-linked group it said was involved in the previous week’s bombing of a military parade in Mahabad, situated in Iran’s northwestern Kurdish region, which killed 12 women and children.

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Summary: A suicide attacker with a bomb in his turban posed as a Taliban peace envoy and assassinated former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani who for the past year headed a government council seeking a political settlement with the insurgents. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 20, 2010, Aubrey Immelman featured a discussion by Gen. Colin Powell on foreign policy regarding Afghanistan with David Gregory on NBC’s Meet the Press.

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Summary: Taliban insurgents launched a brazen attack in the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic and military enclave targeting the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Afghanistan. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on September 13, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that two protesters died and four were injured as Afghans protested for a third day against a plan by Florida pastor Terry Jones to burn copies of the Islamic holy book, the Quran.

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Summary: A new report by the Wartime Contracting Commission estimates that about $60 billion in taxpayer money has been lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade of war. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 31, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Summary: With the death of at least 66 American service members in Afghanistan, August 2011 has become the deadliest month yet for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year-old Afghan war. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 30, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided information about gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner’s campaign events at the Minnesota State Fair.

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