European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 28 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 afghan forces retake District by Amir Shah the associated press Kabul hundreds of afghan soldiers and police retook a District outside the capital from the Taliban on Fri Day pushing out militants who had seized the area in fierce fight ing a Day earlier a senior afghan official said Maradudin Pathan the Gover nor of Ghazi province said a hastily organized Force of More than 250 officers encountered no resistance when they swept into Giro the District is under our control Pathan told the associated press by Telephone there was no resistance because the cowardly enemy escaped he said police assisted by afghan soldiers and troops from the used military coalition were combing villages in search of any fighters still hiding there the Taliban takeover of Giro just 110 Miles from Kabul helped undermine claims by the afghan government and its foreign Back ers that president Hamid Karzai has expanded government control of the country militants have repeatedly Over run towns in Rural areas especially in the South and East despite the presence of nato and us troops whose numbers have swelled to the current 47000 but the Taliban hold is usually Short lived officials said More than 100 suspected Taliban attacked Giro on thursday evening setting fire to buildings and cutting Tele phone lines the District mayor police chief and three policemen were killed during several hours of fighting Deputy governor Kazim allayed said Pathan estimated that about 10 of the militants also died nato and the used coalition said they were aware of the incident but had no details us deaths in Iraq the associated press As of thursday at least 3334 members of the us military have died since fee beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003 according to an associated press count the figure includes seven military civilians at least 2708 died Asa result of hostile action according to the military numbers the a count is seven higher than the defense departments tally last updated thursday at 10 am Edt since the Start of us military operations in Iraq 24912 us service members have been wounded in hostile action according to the de sense department1s weekly tally the latest deaths reported by the military no deaths reported the latest identifications reported by the Dod staff sgt Steven r Tudor 36 Dunmore a died saturday of wounds suffered during combat in Baghdad assigned to the 210th brigade support battalion 2nd brigade combat team 10th Moun Tain division fort drum by army pc Jeremy e Maresh 24 Jim Thorpe a died tuesday in Baghdad from a noncombat related incident assigned to c Battery 1st Battal Ion 213th air defense artillery Spring City a nine army soldiers died monday in a suicide car bombing in As Sadah assigned to the 5th Squadron 73rd cavalry regiment 3rd brigade combat team 82nd airborne division fort brag inc those killed were 1st la Kevin j Gaspers 26 Hastings neb staff sgt Kenneth e locker or 28 Wakefield neb staff sol William c Moore 27 Benson no sgt Randell t Marshall 22 Fitzgerald a sgt Brice a Pearson 32 Phoenix Ariz sgt Michaell Vaughan 20 Otis Ore pc Jerry r King 19 Bowersville a pc Michael j Rodriguez 20 Sanford no and pfc Garrett c Knoll 23 bad axe Mich Iran deporting 5000 afghan refugees a Day Kabul is deporting around 5000 refugees a Day Back to Afghanistan which lacks the capacity to feed and accommodate them an afghan offi Cial said thursday in the last three Days Iran has deported afghan refugees living illegally in the islamic Republic through the Naranj Border Cross ing in southwestern Nimrod prov Ince said Interior ministry spokesman Zemerih Kashary Afghanistan lacks shelter water and food to accommodate the influx of so Many people and iranian authorities should show a Little patience on the refugee Issue Kashary said about 2 million afghans live As refugees in Iran having fled their Homes during decades of ruinous conflict study shows fewer afghan infant deaths Kabul Afghanistan improvements in women Access to medical care since the Taliban fell five years ago have led to a marked decrease in Afghani stans infant mortality rates 40000 fewer infant deaths a year according to a new study grim infant and maternal mortality rates have been regularly cited As evidence of Afghanistan backwardness after decades of and of the slow Progress of the internationally funded reconstruction Effort according to the preliminary results a Johns Hopkins University study the infant mortality rate has declined to about 135 per 1000 live births in 2006 from an estimated 165 per 1000 in 2001 the researchers found improvements in virtually All aspects of care in almost every prov Ince the Public health ministry and world Bank said thursday in a joint statement on the findings despite Many challenges there Are Clear signs of health Sec Tor recovery and Progress throughout the country said 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