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War's wind-down fraught with risk for troops, Afghans
The United States and its allies have been infusing troops, weapons and authority into Afghanistan for more than 11 years to shackle Taliban extremists and uproot Al Qaeda’s bases for waging war against the West. Winding down the mission will be...
Tags: Labor Legislation, NATO, Iraq, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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10 Afghan civilians reported killed in NATO airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike apparently targeting Taliban commanders in an Afghan village near the border with Pakistan killed 10 civilians, including women and children, officials said Wednesday. The attack Tuesday night in the village of...
Tags: John Allen, NATO, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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Marine takes over as U.S. commander in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. took over Sunday as the newest and probably last U.S. commander in Afghanistan, tasked with ending America’s longest war even as insurgents continue to challenge the U.S.-backed Afghan...
Tags: John Allen, NATO, John Kerry, U.S. Military, Barack Obama
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Afghanistan's future up to United States
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...Tags: John Allen, National Government, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Column: Afghanistan's future up to United States
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel’s fellow Republicans grilled the defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his...Tags: John Allen, National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Barack Obama
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Study: Afghans paid nearly $4 billion in bribes last year
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans paid bribes totaling about $3.9 billion last year -- twice the country’s domestic revenue -- and two-thirds of the population says it’s acceptable for civil servants to take kickbacks for providing basic services,...Tags: Corruption, Political Corruption, Politics, Hamid Karzai, Corporate Crime
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McManus: What's the Afghanistan mission?
Amid partisan questioning from both sides in former Sen. Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing last week, a major opportunity was lost. Hagel's fellow Republicans grilled the Defense secretary nominee on past statements about Israel and his opposition to...Tags: John Allen, National Government, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Afghanistan’s new generation
FrameworkAlthough large parts of Kabul's population still struggle to survive in overcrowded slums, a new generation of well-off teens and young adults live in modern apartments, shop at Western-style malls and supermarkets, swap text messages on their cell... -
More deaths of Afghan police; toll rises to 21
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two police officers including a district commander died in a bombing Sunday near Afghanistan’s border with Iran, part of a rash of attacks that killed at least 21 officers in 24 hours, Afghan officials said. The officers were...
Tags: Suicide, Carlos Slim, Taliban, Explosions, Afghanistan
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America's go-to man in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan — A shy boy with filthy hands and a shabby tunic approached the great man, bowed and tried to kiss his hand. Gen. Matiullah Khan was seated like a sultan on a cushion in his hojra, his airy receiving room. He barely...
Tags: NATO, Religion and Belief, U.S. Military, Politics, Radio
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Afghans to take over greater security role
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai’s...
Tags: NATO, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central African Republic, Hamid Karzai
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Pictures in the News | Dec. 27, 2012
FrameworkThe weather dominates Thursday's Pictures in the news with a frozen Lake in Beijing, China, snow tracks in downtown Newark, N.J., snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, beach-goers in Rio de Janeiro, and there's more....
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