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U.S. officials confirmed the latest American deaths Friday but gave no further details. Five of the latest reported deaths were a result of hidden bombs — the insurgents' weapon of choice — and the sixth to an armed attack, NATO said in statements. U.S. commanders say American casualties are mounting because more troops are fighting — and the Taliban are stiffening resistance as NATO and Afghan forces challenge the insurgents in areas they can't afford to give up without a fight.  

In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war. Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south -- three Thursday and three Friday -- pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpassing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-y  

ARMENIAN MINISTER, NATO COMMANDER DISCUSS AFGHAN, REGIONAL SECURITY Public Television of Armenia July 27 2010 [Presenter] A delegation led by [Armenian] Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan has visited the brigade of the Republic of Armenia based in Kunduz [Afghanistan] and became acquainted with the conditions of service of the Armenian peacekeepers. The Armenian delegation held meetings with Gen David Petraeus, the joint commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and discussed the Afghan and regional sec  

Former Genoa resident and Douglas High graduate Aaron M. Prupas was promoted to colonel by Gen. David H. Petraeus on May 14 at a ceremony held at the U.S. Central Command Headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Prupas graduated in 1985 from Douglas High School in Minden and received a bachelor's degree in 1990 from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. Family in attendance were the colonel's wife Amie, daughter Morgan, and, from Nevada, parents Norm and Audrey Prupas of Reno, sister She  

America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war. Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south — three Thursday and three Friday — pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpassing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-year war.  

In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war. Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south — three Thursday and three Friday — pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpassing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-yea  

Proponents of the Islamic Center may have every right to build at this site, and may even have chosen the site to send a positive message about Islam. The bigotry some have expressed in attacking them is unfair, and wrong. But ultimately this is not a question of rights, but a question of what is right.  

In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war. Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south — three Thursday and three Friday — pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpassing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-yea  

In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war. Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south — three Thursday and three Friday — pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpassing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-yea