Afghanistan

BOISE -- The body of an Idaho soldier who was killed in Afghanistan last week arrived in Boise Saturday night. News Channel 7 reports Private First Class Shane Wilson was just 20 years old.  He graduated from Kuna High in 2011

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BOISE -- The Department of Defense has announced that a soldier from Idaho has died in Afghanistan. The military on Saturday said 20-year-old Pfc. Shane G. Wilson of Kuna died Thursday in Khost. The cause wasn't given

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BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Army say the remains of a soldier slain in Afghanistan will be returned home to northern Idaho on Friday. Twenty-two-year-old Spc. Ethan J. Martin was killed by enemy fire on Aug

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(KLIX)-The Department of Defense says 24 year old Pfc. Cody O. Moosman was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Moosman is from Preston Idaho. He was killed July 3, in Gayan Alwara Mandi, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire

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The family of a U.S. Army soldier from Rupert received news Friday that their son had been killed when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan.  Minico High School graduate, 33 year old Chris Workman, died in that crash as they were evacuating wounded from a suicide bo

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An Idaho Marine has been killed during combat operations in Afghanistan. Officials say 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Kenneth Cochran of Wilder and 22-year-old Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman from Tulsa, Oklahoma died Sunday in the Helmand province during combat operations.

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Another Idaho soldier has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.  The family of Specialist Robert Dyas confirmed his death to Idaho’s news channel.  He was just 21 years old. The Department of Defense has not released any details about Dyas' death yet.  Family members in

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Just as Idaho troops are returning home from Iraq, the Idaho Army National Guard announces they are preparing to send more troops to Afghanistan.  The U.S. Department of Defense is sending 60 Idaho soldiers from the Army National Guard Company A 1-168 General Services Aviation

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An Idaho soldier has died while serving in Afghanistan. 22-year-old Sgt. Devin Daniels  was killed last week while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. 

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Yesterday marked  the two year anniversary of the capture of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was  by the Taliban in Afghanistan. A gathering was held for Bowe and his family at Zaney's River Street Coffee House in Hailey at noon. Hailey Mayor Rick D

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