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New Wave of Violence in Afghanistan

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    Pentagon to release progress report

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Two attackers as you mentioned sneak past to security checkpoints -- guns hidden inside their shoes they made it through two metal detectors.

And then a guard at the governor's office noticed something was a missed the attackers fired -- a thirty minute gun battle in suit.

They were eventually killed but the Afghan security forces found two vehicles rigged with explosives.

Outside the governor's office the death told for US service members in Afghanistan is also about to hit the 2000 mark 90% of those killed.

Since I have been killed.

In Afghanistan since the president -- surge troops to Afghanistan in 2009 the US with what right now 1954.

Killed Britain.

Is that next coalition member who has lost 410 people Canada France behind for a total of nearly 3000 people.

Soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Now the other -- likely be touched on in this report is the continuing -- -- -- rise.

In attacks against NATO troops by Afghan security forces.

-- US forces have trained the most recent example being an attack by an elite Afghan special forces officer during a night raid last Friday.

The elite Afghan soldier killed.

His US special forces mentor and his translator President Hamid Karzai you'll remember had pushed for night raids to be put in the hands of Afghan forces.

And the key it's the key to the transition as US troops planned to leave Afghanistan.

In 2013 and 2014.

There already some signs that.

The NATO conference that's to -- -- held in Chicago.

Later this month is going to hit some they have some trouble.

We understand that Pakistan is threatening to pull out of that conference over the issue of drone strikes.

So a very difficult situation in Afghanistan this report like leader reflect all those troubles right now.

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