[Ragtime Cowgirl]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2004 -- No injuries were reported today following separate attacks Oct. 1 near Orgun-e, Afghanistan -- the detonation of an improvised explosive device in a mosque and an ambush on a coalition convoy, according to Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan officials.

The attacks came on the heels of a Sept. 30 incident that left two Afghan National Army soldiers dead and seven wounded near Orgun-e...(and) seven Afghan Security Force soldiers killed and three wounded during a late Sept. 29 battle near Qalat.

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4COALITION SOLDIERS FIND FIVE WEAPONS CACHES - CENTCOM | October 2, 2004

4Afghan refugees brave threats to register for historic vote - October 1

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

HOWITZER TRAINING  — Soldiers from the 37th Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, sharpen their firing skills with an M119 howitzer during a training exercise near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 29, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes 

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[Alamo-Girl]

I pray for all these brave soldiers and their loved ones!

[fuzzy122]