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At least two American service members were killed this morning when a man dressed in Afghan police clothing entered a meeting and opened fire on a meeting of coalition forces and Afghan forces. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports. (TODAY)

NBC's Jim Miklaszewski joins Lester Holt to discuss the latest on Afghan President Hamid Karzai order that U.S. forces be removed from Wardak province over allegations of torture and disappearances. (Nightly News)

Women in Afghanistan marked Valentine's Day by holding a march as part of a global campaign to end violence against women. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports. (NBCNews.com)

Music was once banned under the Taliban, but now the U.S. State Department, the World Bank and other supporters are giving young children the opportunity to play traditional music, and even learn new instruments. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports. (TODAY)

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the American soldier charged with a grisly massacre of Afghan civilians, appears in a Washington state military courtroom Monday on accusations that he killed 16 villagers as they slept. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)

According to government officials, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing 40 people and wounding more than 50. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports. (NBCNews.com)

In Afghanistan, local forces have turned their arms on U.S. troops, with whom they are supposed to be partnered. At least 45 international troops have been killed. NBC's Jim Maceda reports. (Nightly News)

NBC's Atia Abawai explains what's behind the worsening attacks on U.S. military personnel by Afghan security and military to NBC's Andrea Mitchell. (Mitchell Reports)

A man in an Afghan police uniform shot and killed two US special forces members in the western Farah Province of Afghanistan. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. (TODAY)