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From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 15:00:27

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that America's role in Iraq was switching from deep military engagement to one of diplomatic support, ahead of a complete withdrawal from the country in 2011. He told newly sworn-in American citizens, mainly soldiers, that the United States had honoured its June 30 obligation to withdraw troops from Iraq's towns ...

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From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 15:00:27

Two US soldiers and seven Afghan policemen were killed in separate explosions Saturday, highlighting the level of violence faced by Marines pressing one of the biggest assaults in eight years. In another incident, one security guard died and four others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near a private security company's four-vehicle convoy in Gereshk ...

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From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 15:00:26

A roadside bomb tore through a police vehicle in an insurgent attack in a southern Afghanistan flashpoint on Saturday, killing seven officers, the interior ministry said. The incident took place in Registan district in Kandahar province, a hotbed for the Taliban-led insurgency, the ministry said. "A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle which resulted in the martyrdom of seven ...

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