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Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans....
Tags: Bombings, Suicide, Armed Conflicts, Transportation Accidents, Taliban
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Attack on convoy in Afghanistan leaves 5 Americans dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — On the day that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan for an assessment visit, six Americans were killed Saturday in attacks by insurgents. Hours after Dempsey arrived, five Americans...Tags: Explosions, Bombings, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Armed Conflicts, International Military Interventions
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Afghanistan gets visit by U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman
KABUL, Afghanistan –Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday for a weekend visit aimed at assessing the amount and type of training that American troops will continue to provide Afghan defense forces...Tags: Explosions, Bombings, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Armed Conflicts, International Military Interventions
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Six Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said....
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Bombings, Explosions, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Military
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Angelina Jolie opens a girls school in Afghanistan
Looking for inspiration to make the world a better place? Well, Angelina Jolie has opened a school for hundreds of girls in Afghanistan and intends to open more funded by profits from her jewelry collection, according to a report out Monday. The all-...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Social Media, Afghanistan, Google Inc., Media Industry
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Afghans seek their own exit strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nabil Ahmad was at his desk at a logistics support firm last spring when an explosion ripped through the office. Windows shattered. The ceiling collapsed. "I thought it was an earthquake — or the end of the world," the...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Realty, Homes, International Military Interventions, Real Estate
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U.S. forces hand over control in Afghan province
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military leaders on Saturday formally handed over security responsibilities to Afghan troops in an area of Wardak province that was the focus of claims by President Hamid Karzai that U.S. troops were responsible for...
Tags: Pneumonia, U.S. Military, Taliban, Kidnapping, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Suicide blast in Pakistan kills soldier, 6 civilians
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A blast set off by a suicide bomber killed at least seven other people in the northwest city of Peshawar on Friday in an attack that appeared to be aimed at assassinating a top Pakistani paramilitary official, police said. The...
Tags: Bombings, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Suicide
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Don't abandon U.S. troops' allies
When American troops went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, they relied on local translators, drivers and guides to help them navigate incalculable risks. In exchange, the United States promised, beginning in 2006, to provide visas for those men and women...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Personal Data Collection
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Team of suicide bombers attack police in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A team of eight suicide bombers stormed a police compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, killing five police officers and injuring four others, a provincial police chief said. The attack comes on the second day...
Tags: Shootings, John Kerry, Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Suicide
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Kerry arrives for Afghanistan visit, will skip Pakistan for now
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In his debut diplomatic swing, Secretary of State John F. Kerry is sidestepping Pakistan for fear that Pakistanis could misinterpret a visit as American meddling in the country’s historic effort to choose a new civilian...
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, John Kerry, Government, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage
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U.S. hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghan government
BAGRAM, Afghanistan—The U.S. handed over control of the prison at Bagram air base to the Afghan government Monday, resolving a major sticking point that had been complicating relations between Washington and Kabul as both countries brace for the...
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Prisons, U.S. Military, Government, Taliban
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