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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai decries the behavior of U.S. troops photographed with insurgents' remains. Western troops' departure will prevent a recurrence, he says.KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai suggested Thursday that a speeded-up departure of Western troops is the only way to prevent a recurrence of...(more)
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Ahmed Rashid, the Pakistani author and journalist, has a bleak view on the region's futureAgainst the backdrop of the latest spasm of violence in Kabul, the Pakistani writer, Ahmed Rashid, is in London to give his take on the situation in the region.Unsurprisingly for an author...(more)
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Rockets fired at parliament building and embassies in apparently co-ordinated assault on government and diplomatic areas2.14pm: Reuters is reporting that the Afghan government's interior ministry are saying that Haqqani network are behind the attacks: The Afghan government's Interior Ministry said on Sunday that initial intelligence on...(more)
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The suicide bomber killed as many as 15 people, including police and civilians, Afghan officials said on Wednesday.
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Washington justified this occupation by the 'war on terror'. But it makes more sense as another theatre of the failed 'war on drugs'Parween, the opium farmer in Badakhsan province, who supported her ageing husband. Haji Barat, the opium merchant in the provincial capital of Fayzabad, who...(more)
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The latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds that two-thirds of those polled - 69 percent - think that the United States should not be at war in Afghanistan.
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A New York Times/CBS News poll found that 69 percent of Americans surveyed think that the United States should not be at war in Afghanistan.
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The Department of Defense has identified 1,896 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
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The Pentagon has suspended a new search-and-recovery program for missing American soldiers in North Korea, an effort that was due to begin in the next few days. The missing, for now, will remain so.
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Some proceeds to be spent on improving military housing and improving welfare for serving soldiers' familiesA faster than anticipated rundown in the number of British troops in Afghanistan means that the cost of operations there will cost £2.4bn less than planned between now and the general...(more)
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Marine Gen. John Allen said will analyze conditions in Afghanistan before making a recommendation this fall on further troop reductions.
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The International Criminal Court today convicted a Congolese warlord of using child soldiers, the Associated Press reports. The decision came just days after the very viral Kony 2012 campaign to catch infamous Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, whose Lord’s Resistance Army has abducted thousands of children over...(more)
