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Taliban cut off fingers of Afghan voters - CNN.com »
Posted by: travelcn 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Making good on a threat of election day violence, the Taliban sliced off the index fingers of at least two people in Kandahar province, according ...
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Scores die in strike on hijacked Afghan tankers - Afghanistan- msnbc.com »
Posted by: monicachenoa 2 months ago in News
NATO launched an airstrike on two fuel tankers hijacked by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, sparking a blast that killed scores of people, including dozens of ...
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Fallen soldier thought Afghan mission 'useless': family - Yahoo! Canada News »
Posted by: rightfromwrong 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Afghanistan mission useless says fallen soldier according to family
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Obama: Afghan troops decision can wait »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he hasn't asked his top commander in Afghanistan to sit on an expected request for U.S. reinforcements ...
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Afghan blast targets Indian embassy »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in Political News
An explosion in Kabul, the Afghan capital, has killed at least 12 people and wounded another 83.
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The blast on Thursday occured close to the ...Read (38) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at english.aljazeera.net
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Obama's Afghan quagmire deepens »
Posted by: hyperbola 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Confused, apparently contradictory, statements by Barack Obama suggest America's new president is having as much trouble as his hapless predecessor in defining US strategy ...
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Pakistan moves to block Taliban fleeing U.S. offensive »
Posted by: barucci 4 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Pakistan sent troops to its Afghan border on Thursday in an effort to stop Taliban militants entering the country to escape a new USA offensive.
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President Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 6 days, 13 hours ago in News
President Barack Obama greeted Hamid Karzai's election victory with as much admonishment as praise on Monday, pointedly advising America's partner in war he ...
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A School Bus for Shamsia »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
EIGHT YEARS AFTER the Americans came to Afghanistan, it is hard to find reasons to be optimistic about the future. In November 2001, when the ...
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NATO says 3 Afghan children killed, anger mounts »
Posted by: STONERS 1 year, 2 months ago in News
NATO-led forces said on Monday that foreign forces had accidentally killed three children in southeast Afghanistan, a toll that fuelled mounting anger over civilian casualties.
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‘Lord of the Flies’ at U.S. Embassy in Kabul? »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 months, 1 week ago in News
Guards hired by the State Department for the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan are subjected to hazing and other inappropriate behavior, an oversight group says.
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Occupiers involved in drug trade: Afghan minister »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 1 week ago in News
The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.
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General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs ...Read (41) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at presstv.ir
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Dozens Feared Dead in Afghan Quake »
Posted by: suzanek 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Dozens of people were feared dead and scores of houses destroyed by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan early on Friday, villagers and a Reuters eyewitness ...
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Court upholds CIA contractors detainee abuse conviction »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of David Passaro, the first US civilian found guilty of abusing a detainee in Afghanistan, according to ...
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Afghan Civilian Deaths Continue Before Election »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months ago in News
Six civilians were killed Wednesday by a roadside bomb that bore the hallmarks of Taliban militants, while American forces killed four people in southern Afghanistan ...
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