http://www.icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx This is the syndication feed for icasualties.Org OEF Coalition Casualties News Staff Sgt. Israel P. Nuanes, 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., died May 12, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained during an enemy attack with an improvised explosive device. Nuanes was assigned to 741st Ordnance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas, part of the 84th Ordnance Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15282 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Australia has announced it will contribute $100 million annually for three years beginning in 2015 to support Afghan National Security Forces after they take responsibility for their country's security. http://www.3news.co.nz/Australia-pledges-300-million-to-Afghan-forces/tabid/417/articleID/254476/Default.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FHCaY+(3News-+Latest+News) Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement that would reopen a key NATO supply route through Pakistan that's been closed for six months. http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/afghanistan/pakistan-agrees-to-reopen-supply-route-to-afghanistan-for-a-fee-1.177334 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Members of the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade recently teamed up with the Afghan National Army to break ground on a school renovation and to install a well. Completing the Pol-e Charki project will provide thousands of school children a place to learn and have drinkable water. The renovation is located in the nearby Camp Black Horse community of Kabul, Afghanistan. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/05/15/2049487/locally-based-national-guard-unit.html#storylink=rss Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT A suicide attacker was killed before arriving to his target by police of Kandahar security directorate yesterday. Interior ministry press office said to BNA, a suicide attacker wanted to explode his explosive device in the bazaar of Zheri district of Kandahar province was identified by police forces, and came under gun fire and killed. http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/eng/security/item/2432-suicide-bomber-killed-in-kandahar.html Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III, 22, Rolla, Mo...assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska...died May 13, in Bowri Tana, Afghanistan, when the enemy attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15280 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sgt. Brian L. Walker, 25, of Lucerne Valley, Calif...assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska...died May 13, in Bowri Tana, Afghanistan, when the enemy attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15280 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, is likely to leave to become the chief allied commander in Europe early next year as the war effort moves toward its final phase, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_WAR_COMMANDER?SECTION=HOME&SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Three Taliban leaders were captured in a joint Afghan and Nato troops operation on Tuesday morning, Isaf said. "An Afghan and coalition security force detained a Taliban leader during an operation in Pul-e-Alam district of Logar province today," it said in a statement. http://tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/6229-3-taliban-leaders-captured-in-afghan-offensive Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT NATO has invited Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the alliance's summit in Chicago, a day after the country's prime minister proposed reopening ground supply routes to international troops in Afghanistan. http://www.voanews.com/content/nato_pakistan_afghan_summit/666513.html Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nearly 400 boys at a school in Afghanistan's Khost province fell ill after drinking water from a well that may have been poisoned, a health official said Tuesday. Eighty of the 389 boys treated for illness Tuesday morning remained hospitalized, two of them in critical condition, said Amir Padshah Mangal, director of the provincial health department. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/15/world/asia/afghanistan-boys-poisoned/index.html Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Denmark is to hand over responsibility for security in the area in Helmand that it controls to the ANA in 2013 in order to give Afghan forces the best opportunity to shoulder the task before Danish and international battle troops are withdrawn at the end of 2014. http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1625723/afghans-get-danish-area-early/ Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Spc. Alex Hernandez III, 21, of Round Rock, Texas, died May 12, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Hernandez was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15277 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The traders crouched beneath the walls of an old fort, hunkered down with the sheep and goats as they talked, eyes nervously flitting up from time to time at the blimp that has become their constant overseer. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/world/asia/in-afghanistan-spy-balloons-now-part-of-landscape.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The death of an Appleton soldier in Afghanistan has been ruled a suicide, the Post Crescent reports. The body of Army Staff Sergeant Garrick Eppinger Jr. was found last September behind an ammunitions depot on the base where he worked. He had a gunshot wound to the head. According to the Post Crescent, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command determined the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. http://www.wbay.com/story/18382458/2012/05/14/report-appleton-soldiers-death-in-afghanistan-was-suicide Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT A Fort Carson soldier from Arizona who was killed in Afghanistan has been posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and is line for a Bronze Star. Army officials announced the decorations on Monday for 30-year-old 1st Lt. Alejo R. Thompson of Yuma, Ariz. Thompson was killed Friday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, part of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson. http://hosted2.ap.org/azmes/788acee4e023427bbfc19d9278ac9378/article_2012-05-14-arizona soldier killed/id-26b5f96bac334770a5d5011b12cc5b52 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT A remote-controlled bomb ripped through a bazaar in northwestern Afghanistan on Monday, killing seven civilians, including a provincial councillor, and injuring eight other people, police said. The blast in Ghormach district in the province of Faryab was the latest in a string of deadly bombings and suicide attacks since Taliban insurgents announced the start of their spring offensive earlier this month. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012"05"15"story_15-5-2012_pg7_5 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sgt. Wade D. Wilson, 22, of Normangee, Texas, died May 11 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15276 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT 1st Lt. Alejo R. Thompson, 30, of Yuma, Ariz., died May 11 in Bagram, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15275 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT An explosion in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province has killed nine people, including a provincial council member. Police say the blast in the Ghormach district of Faryab was triggered by explosives planted on a bicycle. http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201205/3502669.htm Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Brent John McCarthy, from the Royal Air Force, and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies, from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 12 May 2012. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/CorporalBrentJohnMccarthyAndLanceCorporalLeeThomasDaviesKilledInAfghanistan.htm Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Petty Officer Second Class Jorge Luis Velasquez, 35, of Houston, died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Manama, Bahrain. Velasquez was assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 56 in Bahrain, which conducts maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15272 Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT