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6 Dec 2011

Suicide Bombers Kill Scores of Shiite Worshipers in Afghanistan

At least 58 people were killed and scores wounded after bombers struck Shiite religious observances on Tuesday in three cities, detonating explosives amid crowds of worshipers in the first such sectarian attacks in a decade of war in Afghanistan.
At least 58 people were killed and scores wounded after bombers struck Shiite religious observances on Tuesday in three...
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2 Dec 2011

Jailed Afghan Woman Freed but Urged to Marry Rapist

When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system.
When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after...
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29 Nov 2011

Haqqani Militants Use Death Squads in Afghanistan

As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work of counterintelligence units of the Haqqani militant network and Al Qaeda, charged with killing suspected informants and terrorizing the populace on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
As targeted killings have risen sharply across Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials believe that many are the work...
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afghan security, al qaeda, haqqani, terrorism
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27 Nov 2011

Afghan Troops Will Expand Security Control

Afghan forces will assume control of their own security in 18 new areas, some of them still troubled by insurgents, bringing half of the country s population under the government s nominal authority, Afghan officials said Sunday.
Afghan forces will assume control of their own security in 18 new areas, some of them still troubled by insurgents,...
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24 Nov 2011

Six Afghan Children Are Killed in NATO Airstrike

Six children were among seven civilians killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Thursday. The deaths occurred on Wednesday in Zhare District of Kandahar Province, an area described by coalition forces as largely pacified in recent months, and two insurgents were also killed, the Afghan officials said.
Six children were among seven civilians killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said...
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11 Nov 2011

Calvin Gibbs Convicted of Killing Civilians in Afghanistan

The soldier accused of being the ringleader of a rogue Army unit that killed three Afghan civilians last year for sport, crimes that angered Afghan leaders and villagers and rattled high levels of the American military, was found guilty of all charges on Thursday.
The soldier accused of being the ringleader of a rogue Army unit that killed three Afghan civilians last year for sport,...
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20 Oct 2011

U.S. Troops Battle to Control Key Afghan Route

American and Afghan troops have killed at least 115 insurgents as part of a tough fight to gain control of a critical corridor and resupply route to a key American base in northeastern Afghanistan, according to Afghan and American military officers.
American and Afghan troops have killed at least 115 insurgents as part of a tough fight to gain control of a critical...
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15 Oct 2011

Militants Assault U.S. Base in Eastern Afghanistan

Militants tried to blast their way into an American base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, striking before dawn with rocket-propelled grenades and a car bomb.
Militants tried to blast their way into an American base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, striking before dawn with...
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20 Sep 2011

Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home

The most prominent Afghan official trying to negotiate a reconciliation with the Taliban was assassinated Tuesday night by a suicide bomber with explosives tucked in his turban who had been brought to his home by a trusted emissary, officials said. The assassination was a potentially devastating blow to the Afghan-led peace process aimed at ending 10 years of war.
The most prominent Afghan official trying to negotiate a reconciliation with the Taliban was assassinated Tuesday night...
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16 Dec 2010

Report Shows How Pakistan Still Bedevils Obama

President Obama is still looking for leverage to compel Pakistan to shutter the haven for terrorists that has let al Qaeda leadership and a vigorous Taliban survive.
President Obama is still looking for leverage to compel Pakistan to shutter the haven for terrorists that has let al...
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16 Nov 2010

Despite Gains, Night Raids Split U.S. and Karzai

For the United States, a recent tripling in the number of night raids by Special Operations forces to capture or kill Afghan insurgents has begun to put heavy pressure on the Taliban and change the momentum in the war in Afghanistan. For President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, the raids cause civilian casualties and are a rising political liability, so much so that he is now loudly insisting that the Americans stop the practice.
For the United States, a recent tripling in the number of night raids by Special Operations forces to capture or kill...
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25 Oct 2010

Afghan Leader Admits His Office Gets Cash From Iran

President Hamid Karzai acknowledged Monday that his chief of staff had taken money from the Iranian government, confirming a report in The New York Times. He said the cash was used to pay for presidential expenses.
President Hamid Karzai acknowledged Monday that his chief of staff had taken money from the Iranian government,...
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8 Oct 2010

Afghan Governor Is Killed in Blast at Mosque

A bomb blasted through a mosque in the capital of Takhar Province in northern Afghanistan, killing the governor of a neighboring province as he attended Friday Prayer and at least 12 other worshippers, said a spokesman for the provincial governor.
A bomb blasted through a mosque in the capital of Takhar Province in northern Afghanistan, killing the governor of a...
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8 Oct 2010

Inquiry Finds Guards at U.S. Bases Are Tied to Taliban

Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban, criminal networks and Iranian intelligence have been hired to guard American military bases in Afghanistan, exposing United States soldiers to surprise attack and confounding the fight against insurgents, according to a Senate investigation.
Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban, criminal networks and Iranian intelligence have been hired to...
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12 Aug 2010

Showcase Afghan Army Mission Turns Into Debacle

KABUL, Afghanistan An ambitious military operation that Afghan officials had expected to be a sign of their growing military capacity instead turned into an embarrassment, with Taliban fighters battering an Afghan battalion in a remote eastern area until NATO sent in French and American rescue teams.
KABUL, Afghanistan An ambitious military operation that Afghan officials had expected to be a sign of their growing...
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20 Jul 2010

In Afghanistan, a Threat of Plunder

THE news that Afghanistan has $1 trillion in unmined mineral deposits has been met with some pessimism. Now, it is said, the country will be transformed from its present condition into the next Congo, whose new wealth from gold, copper and other minerals has brought mainly corruption and violence. Indeed, security in Afghanistan could easily deteriorate as a result of the discoveries, as it has not only in Congo but also in Nigeria (rich in oil) and Sierra Leone (diamonds). Afghanistan s huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium and other metals could end up financing more tribal and ideological warfare. Greed might stoke violence among the combatants, and attract more Afghans to fight. Consider how in Sierra Leone diamonds enabled the Revolutionary United Front to evolve from a protest movement into a lethal diamonds racket.
THE news that Afghanistan has $1 trillion in unmined mineral deposits has been met with some pessimism. Now, it is said,...
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economy, exploitation, natural resources
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7 Jul 2010

NATO Airstrike Accidentally Kills Afghan Troops

KABUL In a devastating case of 'friendly fire,' NATO pilots who apparently did not know that Afghan soldiers had laid a trap for Taliban militants on the ground beneath them bombed the soldiers as they lay in wait, killing at least five, Afghan officials said.
KABUL In a devastating case of 'friendly fire,' NATO pilots who apparently did not know that Afghan soldiers had laid a...
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26 Feb 2010

Guesthouses Used by Foreigners in Kabul Hit in Deadly Attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan- A complex suicide and car-bomb attack in the heart of Kabul on Friday showed the continued ability of the Taliban to stage sophisticated operations in the heavily guarded capital, with the aim of undermining international support for the Afghan war.
KABUL, Afghanistan- A complex suicide and car-bomb attack in the heart of Kabul on Friday showed the continued ability...
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