Random song in Afghanistan
This is a song that my buddy asked to record while we were jamming one day. It wasn #39;t complete, so I just read what I had written at the time and improvised some chords under it as well as...
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As of Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at least 2,213 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
The AP count is three less than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST.
At least 1,833 military service members have died in Afghanistan as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Outside of Afghanistan, the department reports at least 136 more members of the U.S. military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, 11 were the result of hostile action.
The AP count of total OEF casualties outside of Afghanistan is five more than the department's tally.
The Defense Department also counts four military civilian deaths.
Since the start of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, 20,060 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department.
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The latest identifications reported by the military:
Two soldiers died Dec. 12 in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device; killed were: Sgt. 1st Class Ramon S. Morris, 37, of New York City; and Spc. Wyatt J. Martin, 22, of Mesa, Arizona; they were assigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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At least 2,213 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001
By Masoud Popalzai and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN
updated 6:44 AM EST, Wed December 17, 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan security forces stormed a bank branch besieged by insurgents in Helmand province Wednesday, ending a deadly attack, police said.
Five civilians, one police officer and two army soldiers were killed, said Farid Ahmad Obaid, a spokesman for the police chief of southern Helmand province.
Fourteen others, nine civilians among them, were wounded, Obaid said. He warned that the death toll could go up since at least one of those injured was in a critical condition
All the attackers were killed in the operation to end the siege, Obaid said.
Four armed insurgents attacked the Kabul Bank office in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah shortly before noon, he said.
The first attacker, who was riding a motorbike, blew himself up outside the bank branch, while three others stormed inside the building, he said.
Obaid said the gun battle between the Afghan security forces and the assailants lasted about 90 minutes before the militants were killed.
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Militants storm bank in Afghanistan's Helmand province, official says
By Adam Kredo
Washington Free Beacon
U.S. officials are warning that wide-ranging deficiencies in an aging 55-mile gas pipeline in Afghanistan could suffer from a catastrophic failure if the United States does not take immediate steps to repair vulnerable areas.
Afghanistans Sheberghan-Mazar pipeline has suffered from years of corrosion, according to government oversight authorities.
Despite an estimated $14 million U.S. reconstruction effort along the pipeline, engineers still have not succeeded in fixing vulnerable areas, according to the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a government oversight body.
While the Pentagons Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO) in the war torn country has invested millions to rebuild unsafe areas of the line, the project is not yet complete and TFBSO will soon cease its work in Afghanistan as the United States wraps up operations there, according to a warning letter sent by SIGAR to outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.
SIGARs findings highlight larger concerns by many that Afghanistan will rapidly collapsepotentially into violenceas the United States withdraws and hands key responsibilities back to the central government.
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