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EU carries out first air strikes on Somali pirates

Abdi Guled, Slobodan Lekic The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 9:10am

BRUSSELS -- The European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean on Tuesday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, with a pirate reporting that the raid destroyed speed boats, fuel depots and an arms store.

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Mistakes led to NATO attack on Pakistani soldiers

Patrick Quinn, Slobodan Lekic The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 9:43am

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An investigation into a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops last month near the Afghan border has concluded that a combination of mistrust and bad maps led to the airstrikes on two Pakistani outposts, the U.S. Department of Defense and a NATO official said on Thursday.

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Polish soldiers with the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard near the scene where a Polish armored military vehicle was hit by a road side bomb in Ghazni, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. Five Polish soldiers were killed Wednesday when the roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance and a Polish official said. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

5 Polish troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan

Slobodan Lekic The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 11:14am

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb blast killed five Polish soldiers in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, NATO and a Polish official said, in the deadliest single attack for the Polish military there.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (center) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) clap after a remembrance ceremony for fallen soldiers during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Lisbon on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. Back on the world stage for crucial talks, President Barack Obama on Friday quickly encountered European leaders willing to question a president weakened at home and rebuffed abroad.

NATO to turn Afghan security control over by 2014

Alan Clendenning, Slobodan Lekic, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 4:00pm

LISBON, Portugal -- NATO will start drawing down its troops in Afghanistan next July and its combat role in the war-torn nation will end by 2014 or earlier so security can be turned over to the Afghans, a top alliance official said Friday.

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