Mod names soldier killed on Friday in Afghanistan as Lce Cpl Duane Groom from Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

Mortar attack on Afghan base kills 4 American service members, defense official says - @NBCNews, @BBCBreaking

Attacks on US targets in Afghanistan will continue, spokesman of new Taliban political office in Doha tells Al Jazeera - @AJELive

President Obama on Taliban peace talks: 'I want to publicly commend Afghan President Karzai for taking this courageous step' - @NBCNews

Senior administration officials say developments in Afghanistan and Doha 'received a positive response' from G8 leaders briefed by President Obama - @ZekeJMiller

US and Taliban to meet for 1st time to begin talks to end Afghan war, officials say - @NBCNews

Taliban says they will open an office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war - @AP

Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai says - @Reuters

More: Kabul's deputy police chief says blast was near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission - @AP

Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces - @AP

Army ranger killed in apparent parachuting accident was 21-year-old Afghanistan veteran from Massachusetts - @AP

Mod names soldier killed on Friday in Afghanistan as Lce Cpl Duane Groom from Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

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Mod names soldier killed on Friday in Afghanistan as Lce Cpl Duane Groom from Queen's Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards

Mortar attack on Afghan base kills 4 American service members, defense official says - @NBCNews, @BBCBreaking

Attacks on US targets in Afghanistan will continue, spokesman of new Taliban political office in Doha tells Al Jazeera - @AJELive

President Obama on Taliban peace talks: 'I want to publicly commend Afghan President Karzai for taking this courageous step' - @NBCNews

Senior administration officials say developments in Afghanistan and Doha 'received a positive response' from G8 leaders briefed by President Obama - @ZekeJMiller

US and Taliban to meet for 1st time to begin talks to end Afghan war, officials say - @NBCNews

Taliban says they will open an office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war - @AP

Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai says - @Reuters

More: Kabul's deputy police chief says blast was near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission - @AP

Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces - @AP

Army ranger killed in apparent parachuting accident was 21-year-old Afghanistan veteran from Massachusetts - @AP