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Two more Marines face charges in urination incident

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

U.S. soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade patrol near Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, in August 2009. That October, seven soldiers died when an improvised explosive device blew up a Stryker vehicle. (Associated Press)

In anti-IED software case, Army’s buying rules trump troops’ safety

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta applauds after presenting New Zealand Army Capt. Jason Tinsley, left, a U.S. Army Commendation Medal for his service in Afghanistan, in the auditorium at the World War II Hall of Memories at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Panetta: U.S. surge troops out of Afghanistan

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Muslim protesters burn a U.S. flag during a protest against the film “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday. The film has spurred widespread protests. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

NORTH: ‘Innocence of Muslims’ was just a cover-up

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

UK soldier unexpectedly gives birth in Afghanistan

By DAVID STRINGER - Associated Press

** FILE ** A British armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of the camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, in this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

U.K. soldier unexpectedly gives birth in Afghanistan

By David Stringer - Associated Press

World Briefs: Soldier gives birth in Afghanistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. military vehicles have been placed in a yard at the Kandahar Air Field for shipment back to the United States or other locations as part of a 23,000 reduction in the U.S. troop level by Sept. 30. (Associated Press)

U.S. packing up before pulling out of Afghanistan

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) shakes hands with Gen. Ma Xiao Tian, China's chief of the general staff, as U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke (center) looks on after Mr. Panetta's arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Pentagon stops training of, partnering with Afghan troops below battalion level

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Afghans burn the U.S. flag in Herat, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, during a protest against an Internet video mocking the Prophet Muhammad that many fear could further aggravate Afghan-U.S. relations. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)

Blast kills 8 South Africans, 4 Afghans in Kabul

By Amir Shah and Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

An Afghan policeman checks a man entering a provincial police station near the main gate of a joint civilian-military base where two British soldiers were killed in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)

U.K. opposition: Afghanistan exit strategy in doubt

By David Stringer - Associated Press

Afghan security guards stand by the remnants of a tire burned during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, in February. In recent years, allied troops lived and trained with their Afghan counterparts. But killings of allied troops took a toll in trust. The Pentagon said Tuesday that it has stopped training Afghan troops and working with them below battalion level. (Associated Press)

Pentagon ends more mingling of U.S., Afghan troops

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Muslim protesters burn a U.S. flag during a demonstration against the American-made film "Innocence of Muslims," which ridicules Islam and depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Violent clashes over anti-Islam film in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia

By Abdullah Khan - Associated Press

One injured in the latest insider attack in Afghanistan

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Afghan police stand by burning tires during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Hundreds of Afghans burned cars and threw rocks at a U.S. military base to protest an anti-Islam film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

NATO: 1 wounded in latest Afghan insider attack

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Afghans burn the U.S. flag in Herat, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, during a protest against an Internet video mocking the Prophet Muhammad that many fear could further aggravate Afghan-U.S. relations. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi)

Military: Afghan inside attack kills 4 U.S. troops

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

Afghan cop slays four U.S. troops

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

UK military: No plan to end Harry’s Afghan tour

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

As new vets go online, VA and others follow

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

Afghans burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in Khost, south-east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. A few hundred of university students protested against an anti-Islam film which depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, a womanizer and a madman, in Khost, shouting "death to America." (AP Photo/Nashanuddin Khan)

2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press