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A School Bus for Shamsia »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months 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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‘Lord of the Flies’ at U.S. Embassy in Kabul? »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 2 months, 3 weeks 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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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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Dozens Feared Dead in Afghan Quake »
Posted by: suzanek 7 months, 2 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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Occupiers involved in drug trade: Afghan minister »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 3 weeks, 4 days ago in News
The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.
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Court upholds CIA contractors detainee abuse conviction »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 2 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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Charity: US troops stormed through Afghan hospital | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle »
Posted by: hoo1live 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
KABUL
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— A Swedish charity accused American troops Monday of storming through a hospital in central Afghanistan, breaking down doors and tying up staff in a ...Read (64) | Share | Discuss (10) | Read Full Story at chron.com
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Afghan Civilian Deaths Continue Before Election »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 3 weeks 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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Afghan commandos try persuasion in strategic towns »
Posted by: kellekrapache128 2 months, 1 week ago in News
GHOWS KALAY, Afghanistan (AP) -- The village is little more than a handful of mud huts surrounded by wheat fields, but the runway at NATO's ...
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Afghan-bound GIs Surge Ahead of Gear »
Posted by: rumple4skin 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- Thousands of U.S. troops are being rushed to Afghanistan without the equipment they will need to fight an emboldened Taliban, U ...
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Afghan Militants Carrying U.S. Weapons? - CBS News »
Posted by: calitennflo 1 week, 3 days ago in Political News
Insurgents Claim to Have Seized Hardware from Fleeing U.S. Troops in Deadly Fight Last Month
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US report blames Taliban for civilian deaths »
Posted by: MidnightPrism 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The U.S. coalition blamed Taliban militants Saturday for causing what Afghan officials say are dozens of civilian deaths during a prolonged battle that included ...
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A civilian surge for Afghanistan? »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In addition to requesting some 45,000 additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the country’s top American military commander will ask the Obama administration ...
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Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands »
Posted by: Progressive 6 months, 1 week ago in News
The resilience of Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency may be partly due to supplies from the US, according to a New York Times investigation. The majority ...
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Kidnappers seize father of Afghan minister »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 7 months, 1 week ago in News
KABUL – Taliban militants kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's education minister in a central province , while a Predator drone crashed in the country's east ...
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