Violence Heats Up in Bitter Afghan Winter ; U.S. Fortifies in Mountains

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Military officials expect violence to increase in Afghanistan during the winter as the U.S. increases forces in the region, even though the harsh, cold weather usually leads to a lull in battles along the country's mountainous southern and eastern provinces.

On Thursday, a suicide bomber killed at least nine people in a marketplace in Kabul. On the same day, another bomb exploded at the provincial governor's compound, injuring the governor and several of his aides.

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Violence Heats Up in Bitter Afghan Winter ; U.S. Fortifies in Mountains

Meanwhile, in the country's eastern city of Jalalabad, about 5,000 demonstrators set fire to an effigy of President Obama and yelled, "Death to America," as they protested the deaths of several children who were killed Wednesday in an explosion. Afghan officials ...

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