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i m maurice dubois. scott is off tonight. we saw tragic evidence today of the growing insurgency in afghanistan. six american service members were killed in the worst attack on u.s. forces there in 2015. they were ambushed by a suicide bomber not far from their base in the north. three americans and three afghans were wounded. margaret brennan reports tonight from the pentagon. reporter: the american service members were stopped at a local meeting point while on patrol with afghan forces when a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into the group. the taliban took credit for the attack, which happened nearby bagram air field, the largest remaining u.s. military base in afghanistan. the pentagon has warned that the insurgents have been grange strength since the end of the u.s. combat mission. the taliban has seized control of the strategic helmand province in the south as well as getting closer to important cities. national security analyst michael o ....
the clinton campaign s data. clinton is still the favorite to win the nomination, but a loss in iowa or new hampshire could draw out the process, especially because sanders is sitting on a campaign war chest fueled by grassroots donors, and, maurice, that means less time for clinton to position herself for the general election. with three simple words. my name is chris noth and i will listen. from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it s easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. yeah, and something else that s cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo s preventable? right on! if you d ....
province in the south as well as getting closer to important cities. national security analyst michael o hanlon just returned from afghanistan. the threat remains roughly constant. the insurgency is resilient, and we have 100,000 fewer combined forces on patrol across the country. reporter: so far this year 20 american service members have been killed. there have also been two american civilian casualties, including 35-year-old aid worker lisa akbari. the former u.s. army researcher was shot in the back of the head while leaving her gym in kabul on sunday. proved there three years ago help afghan women and children. maurice, this violence is why president obama recently decided to reverse course and keep 9,800 u.s. troops in afghanistan through next year. that s to keep the taliban at bay and to ward off this new threat posed by isis. dubois: margaret brennan at the pentagon, thank you. tonight, but you wouldn t know it in much of the east where temperatures soare ....
from afghanistan. the threat remains roughly constant. the insurgency is resilient, and we have 100,000 fewer combined forces on patrol across the country. reporter: so far this year 20 american service members have been killed. there have also been two american civilian casualties, including 35-year-old aid worker lisa akbari. the former u.s. army researcher was shot in the back of the head while leaving her gym in kabul on sunday. her family told us she had moved there three years ago to help afghan women and children. maurice, this violence is why president obama recently decided to reverse course and keep 9,800 u.s. troops in afghanistan through next year. that s to keep the taliban at bay and to ward off this new threat posed by isis. margaret brennan at the pentagon, thank you. winter officially begins tonight, but you wouldn t know it in much of the east where temperatures soared into the 50s adriana diaz is in chicago, which tonight is the balmy city. ....
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