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2013/05/23 10:57
2013/05/23 10:57
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ALP commander Toorjan in April 2013. Photo: David Axe ZARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan — The sound of gunfire was the first sign that the Afghan cop’s loyalty was suspect. It was February in Hadji Musa, a...
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2013/05/23 09:29
2013/05/23 09:29
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There are currently 100,000 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, but by the end of 2014, the vast majority of troops will be gone and responsibility for security will be handed over to the Afghan army and...
2013/05/22 18:00
2013/05/22 18:00
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the...
2013/05/21 17:18
2013/05/21 17:18
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In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their...
2013/05/21 04:42
2013/05/21 04:42
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The world falls in love with a charismatic young president, his stylish wife, and their charming young children. In the campaign for the presidency he has defeated his opponent in part by charging...
2013/05/20 15:20
2013/05/20 15:20
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Kabul: Every year as the snow melts, groups like Taliban and its affiliates, the Haqqani network, as also the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) cross over from Pakistan as a fresh fighting season begins in...
2013/05/20 01:19
2013/05/20 01:19
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The Afghan air force didn’t have any working aircraft available. The U.S. military, in the midst of drawing down its air support, denied a request for help. Instead, Moradi was carried for miles and...
2013/05/19 01:35
2013/05/19 01:35
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TACOMA, Wash. — The killers bided their time for days, then weeks, waiting for a moment when American soldiers would be vulnerable. It came, finally, in the early hours of Sept. 16, 2012. Six...
2013/05/18 14:00
2013/05/18 14:00
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A police chief who conducted a successful campaign against the Taliban in his district was killed by gunmen riding motorcycles, while four soldiers died in a roadside bombing in western Afghanistan,...
2013/05/18 13:53
2013/05/18 13:53
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Explosion kills one, injures 9 in east Afghanistan Afghan security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Khost city, eastern Afghanistan. (File photo) The remote-controlled bomb exploded at a...
2013/05/17 12:48
2013/05/17 12:48
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Inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. Photo: AP Australia's elite special forces have ranged far and wide across southern Afghanistan, often carrying out what are...
2013/05/17 05:33
2013/05/17 05:33
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... been more proud of anybody," Stephenie Hove said, when asked about her husband Capt. Tom Hove of Chicago. "I'm going to cry," she said. "It was a job. I mean you go over there day to day, you...
2013/05/17 03:11
2013/05/17 03:11
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SPRINGFIELD. Ill. -- This Saturday is National Armed Forces Day, and some of those brave men and women returned home just in time to celebrate with their families. The "Bilateral Embedded Staff...
2013/05/16 21:09
2013/05/16 21:09
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NATO soldiers with at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on May 16, 2013. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters) KABUL, Afghanistan - Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi thumbs excitedly through a brochure prepared for...
2013/05/16 16:49
2013/05/16 16:49
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On May 9, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced he would allow the U.S. to keep nine military bases in Afghanistan after direct U.S. participation in the Afghan war ends in 2014. How has President...
2013/05/16 01:27
2013/05/16 01:27
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Taliban militants arrested by Afghan joint forces are presented to the media at the governors home in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Dec,18, 2012. More than a decade after going to war against the Taliban in...
2013/05/15 12:11
2013/05/15 12:11
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AT A CLASSIFIED COMMANDO BASE, Afghanistan » One day this month, a pair of Russian Mi-17 assault helicopters delivered two teams of Afghan commandos, their faces obscured by black masks, in a...
2013/05/15 06:31
2013/05/15 06:31
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STOCKHOLM (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning Tuesday to Syria's government, saying that new help will be given to opposition forces should President Bashar Assad's regime...
2013/05/15 02:36
2013/05/15 02:36
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Share this page In the near future, probably June, all of Afghanistan will come under the full control of Afghan security forces for the first time since the collapse of the Russian-backed army in...
2013/05/14 21:29
2013/05/14 21:29
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The soldiers were Americans, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar province, who put the number of service members killed at four. ISAF, following standard procedure, declined...