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13 Sep 2011

Militants Attack U.S. Embassy in Kabul

Insurgents launched a complex assault against the American Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters on Tuesday, pelting the heavily guarded compounds with rockets in an attack that raised new questions about the security of Afghanistan s capital and the Westerners working there.
Insurgents launched a complex assault against the American Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters on Tuesday, pelting...
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21 Aug 2011

Arbiters Change Outcome of 9 Afghan Elections

The country s beleaguered election commission gave in to political pressure on Sunday and declared that it would change the results of the latest parliamentary elections. The Independent Election Commission announced at a news conference on Sunday that nine members of Parliament would be removed, after having ruled that the election results were final and saying that even the commission could not change the outcome. Nine candidates, previously disqualified over electoral irregularities, would have their seats restored.
The country s beleaguered election commission gave in to political pressure on Sunday and declared that it would change...
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12 Aug 2011

C.I.A. Claim of No Civilian Deaths From Drones Is Disputed

On May 6, a Central Intelligence Agency drone fired a volley of missiles at a pickup truck carrying nine militants and bomb materials through a desolate stretch of Pakistan near the Afghan border. It killed all the militants - a clean strike with no civilian casualties, extending what is now a yearlong perfect record of avoiding collateral deaths.
On May 6, a Central Intelligence Agency drone fired a volley of missiles at a pickup truck carrying nine militants and...
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6 Aug 2011

Copter Downed by Taliban Fire – Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead

In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter on Saturday, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as 8 Afghans, American and Afghan officials said.
In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook...
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28 Jul 2011

Suicide Bombers Attack Tirin Kot, Afghanistan

A team of three to six suicide bombers orchestrated a surprise attack Thursday on the government compound and two other compounds in the capital of southern Afghanistan s Oruzgan Province, killing at least 19 people - including several women and children in a hospital maternity ward - and wounding at least 37, according to hospital officials there.
A team of three to six suicide bombers orchestrated a surprise attack Thursday on the government compound and two other...
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17 Jul 2011

Karzai Adviser Is Killed at Kabul Home

A close adviser to President Hamid Karzai who had been a fierce foe of the Taliban in Afghanistan s south was killed Sunday night after a small team of gunmen stormed his walled home here in the capital.
A close adviser to President Hamid Karzai who had been a fierce foe of the Taliban in Afghanistan s south was killed...
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13 Jul 2011

The Afghan Enforcer I Knew

SENIOR American and NATO officers in Afghanistan have wanted Ahmed Wali Karzai gone - set aside, retired, out of the country or worse - for many years now. His killing by a close family associate yesterday may have granted their wishes. But what now follows the death of the most powerful political broker in southern Afghanistan may be much worse than Mr. Karzai ever was.
SENIOR American and NATO officers in Afghanistan have wanted Ahmed Wali Karzai gone - set aside, retired, out of...
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5 Jul 2011

Departing U.S. Envoy Sees Progress in Afghanistan, and Pitfalls Ahead

From an American policy standpoint, the changing of the guard means little, but from the Afghan standpoint, in which a leader s personality can determine the policy, the triple departure, along with President Obama s June 22 speech on the withdrawal of troops, has stoked fears of abandonment, especially for Afghans who have depended on the Americans.
From an American policy standpoint, the changing of the guard means little, but from the Afghan standpoint, in which a...
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23 Jun 2011

Karzai Welcomes Withdrawal, but Many Afghans Are Wary

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan welcomed the decision to withdraw more than 30,000 American troops over the next year, calling it the 'right decision for the interest of both countries.'
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan welcomed the decision to withdraw more than 30,000 American troops over the next...
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23 Jun 2011

Obama Will Speed Pullout From War in Afghanistan

President Obama declared Wednesday that the United States had largely achieved its goals in Afghanistan, setting in motion a substantial withdrawal of American troops in an acknowledgment of the shifting threat in the region and the fast-changing political and economic landscape in a war-weary America.
President Obama declared Wednesday that the United States had largely achieved its goals in Afghanistan, setting in...
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22 Jun 2011

Cost of Wars a Rising Issue as Obama Weighs Troop Levels

President Obama will talk about troop numbers in Afghanistan when he makes a prime-time speech from the White House on Wednesday night. But behind his words will be an acute awareness of what $1.3 trillion in spending on two wars in the past decade has meant at home: a ballooning budget deficit and a soaring national debt at a time when the economy is still struggling to get back on its feet.
President Obama will talk about troop numbers in Afghanistan when he makes a prime-time speech from the White House on...
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20 Jun 2011

Microdrones, Some as Small as Bugs, Are Poised to Alter War

Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shrinking unmanned drones, the kind that fire missiles into Pakistan and spy on insurgents in Afghanistan, to the size of insects and birds.
Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at...
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18 Jun 2011

Qaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback

As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan, high-ranking officials say that Al Qaeda s original network in the region has been crippled, providing a rationale for an accelerated reduction of troops.
As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan,...
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8 Jun 2011

Review Finds Poor Planning and Waste in Afghan Aid

A comprehensive review of American nation-building efforts in Afghanistan paints a dim picture of poor planning and inefficiency. Much of the billions of dollars spent on aid projects has been ill thought out and has fueled corruption, the review says, while the efforts have drawn the best and the brightest Afghans away from government jobs where they are badly needed.
A comprehensive review of American nation-building efforts in Afghanistan paints a dim picture of poor planning and...
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4 Jun 2011

Gates Visits Afghanistan, Stressing Fight Against Insurgents

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Saturday that the United States should stick to its full counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan at least through this year, even as American forces begin a drawdown in July and some in Congress argue that the current mission is too expensive to continue.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Saturday that the United States should stick to its full counterinsurgency...
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22 Apr 2011

Once Under Siege, a Base Breathes Easier

This American base in Afghanistan was once a hot spot, but a change in tactics has made it far more secure. Above, Company E soldiers during a joint operation.
This American base in Afghanistan was once a hot spot, but a change in tactics has made it far more secure. Above,...
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10 Mar 2011

Cousin of Afghan President Karzai Is Killed in NATO Raid

A first cousin of Afghanistan s president was killed Wednesday during a night raid by NATO and Afghan forces in which they detained the man s son as a suspected Taliban commander, as well as several of the family s bodyguards.
A first cousin of Afghanistan s president was killed Wednesday during a night raid by NATO and Afghan forces in which...
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9 Mar 2011

Petraeus Sees Military Progress in Afghanistan

Besides well-reported advances in southern provinces, American and NATO forces have also been able to halt or reverse Taliban gains around the capital, Kabul, and even in the north and west of the country, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, said Tuesday.
Besides well-reported advances in southern provinces, American and NATO forces have also been able to halt or reverse...
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26 Feb 2011

Suicide Bomb Attack Continues Afghan Trend

A playing field in a remote area of northwest Afghanistan where a crowd had gathered was the most recent target for a suicide bomber who detonated himself on Saturday, in the seventh suicide attack in Afghanistan in less than a month.
A playing field in a remote area of northwest Afghanistan where a crowd had gathered was the most recent target for a...
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25 Feb 2011

U.S. Pulling Back in Afghan Valley It Called Vital

Afghanistan After years of fighting for control of a prominent valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the United States military has begun to pull back most of its forces from ground it once insisted was central to the campaign against the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Afghanistan After years of fighting for control of a prominent valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan,...
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7 Feb 2011

Afghanistan’s Hidden Taliban Government

Midway through December, Afghan police officers arrested a man who had hidden a fake bomb near a government office in Miri, a village in eastern Afghanistan. The man, who gave the name Muhammad Mir, confessed, saying he wanted to gauge the security force's reactions to a Taliban attack, according to American intelligence officials.
Midway through December, Afghan police officers arrested a man who had hidden a fake bomb near a government office in...
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28 Jan 2011

Supermarket Explosion in Kabul Kills at Least 8

An explosion on Friday afternoon in a Kabul supermarket frequented by foreigners killed at least eight people, including at least three foreign women, according to Gen. Ayoub Salangi, the Kabul Province police chief.
An explosion on Friday afternoon in a Kabul supermarket frequented by foreigners killed at least eight people, including...
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19 Jan 2011

Karzai Postpones Seating Parliament, Deepening Crisis

President Hamid Karzai ordered a month s delay in seating a new Parliament on Wednesday, heightening a constitutional crisis that threatens to fuel bitter infighting and potentially even violence among the country s rival factions.
President Hamid Karzai ordered a month s delay in seating a new Parliament on Wednesday, heightening a constitutional...
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8 Jan 2011

In Afghan War, More Equipment Helps Raise Survival Rate of Wounded

Intensified fighting and a larger troop presence in Afghanistan in 2010 led to the highest American combat casualties yet in the war, as the number of troops wounded by bullets, shrapnel and bombs approached that of the bloodiest periods of the war in Iraq.
Intensified fighting and a larger troop presence in Afghanistan in 2010 led to the highest American combat casualties...
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27 Dec 2010

Haqqani Network Quelled, at Least Temporarily, by Raids

The deadliest group of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan has not conducted a complex large-scale attack in the capital city of Kabul for seven months, its momentum stymied as elite American-led commandos have escalated raids against the militants bomb makers and logisticians.
The deadliest group of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan has not conducted a complex large-scale attack in the capital...
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17 Dec 2010

Review of President Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Sees July Troop Withdrawals Despite Perils

A review of President Obama s strategy for the war in Afghanistan concludes that American forces can begin withdrawing on schedule in July, despite finding uneven signs of progress in the year since the president announced the deployment of an additional 30,000 troops, according to a summary made public Thursday.
A review of President Obama s strategy for the war in Afghanistan concludes that American forces can begin withdrawing...
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25 Oct 2010

Karzai Rails Against America in Diatribe

President Hamid Karzai accused the United States on Monday of exporting killing to Afghanistan by giving contracts to private security companies. It was the latest chapter of a bitter battle between the president and his allies in the war against the Taliban that has taken on an increasingly anti-Western tone.
President Hamid Karzai accused the United States on Monday of exporting killing to Afghanistan by giving contracts to...
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25 Sep 2010

Widespread Fraud Seen in Latest Afghan Elections

Evidence is mounting that fraud in last weekend s parliamentary election was so widespread that it could affect the results in a third of provinces, calling into question the credibility of a vote that was an important test of the American and Afghan effort to build a stable and legitimate government.
Evidence is mounting that fraud in last weekend s parliamentary election was so widespread that it could affect the...
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18 Sep 2010

Afghan Vote Marked by Light Turnout and Violence

MARJA, Afghanistan -The first voter here was Muhammad Akbar, 22, who dipped his finger in the indelible purple ink, collected his ballot and had just stepped into the cardboard box that serves as a voting booth when gunfire broke out. The Taliban had vowed to disrupt Afghanistan s parliamentary election and sought to make good on that promise throughout the country on Saturday. At least 10 people were killed, scores of polling stations were attacked and hundreds of them apparently never opened.
MARJA, Afghanistan -The first voter here was Muhammad Akbar, 22, who dipped his finger in the indelible purple ink,...
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26 Aug 2010

Key Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Linked to C.I.A.

KABUL, Afghanistan - The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive...
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12 Aug 2010

Medics Killed In Afghan Ambush

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight foreign medical workers and two Afghans shot by unidentified gunmen were likely killed in an "opportunistic ambush," the international Christian aid organization for which they worked said on Thursday. The International Assistance Mission (IAM) has disputed the Taliban's claim of responsibility for the killings in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan's remote northeast last week. The Taliban quickly said it had killed the foreigners -- six Americans, a Briton and a German -- accusing them of promoting Christianity. Another militant Islamist group, Hezb-i-Islami, also said it had killed them.
KABUL (Reuters) - Eight foreign medical workers and two Afghans shot by unidentified gunmen were likely killed in an...
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24 Jul 2010

2 Americans Are Abducted Near Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban militants kidnapped two American service members who were driving a civilian vehicle in a particularly dangerous region of Logar Province south of Kabul on Friday, according to officials and local residents.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban militants kidnapped two American service members who were driving a civilian vehicle in a...
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14 Jun 2010

U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.
WASHINGTON The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond...
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2 Jun 2010

Taliban Attacks Shake Afghan Peace Gathering

KABUL, Afghanistan - As rockets landed nearby and suicide attackers detonated explosives, President Hamid Karzai opened a national consultative peace assembly on Wednesday morning with the goal of winning popular backing for his plan to persuade Taliban and insurgent foot soldiers to stop fighting.
KABUL, Afghanistan - As rockets landed nearby and suicide attackers detonated explosives, President Hamid Karzai opened...
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26 Apr 2010

Elite U.S. Units Step Up Effort in Afghan City Before Attack

Small bands of elite American Special Operations forces have been operating with increased intensity for several weeks in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan s largest city, picking up or picking off insurgent leaders to weaken the Taliban in advance of major operations, senior administration and military officials say. The looming battle for the spiritual home of the Taliban is shaping up as the pivotal test of President Obama s Afghanistan strategy, including how much the United States can count on the country s leaders and military for support, and whether a possible increase in civilian casualties from heavy fighting will compromise a strategy that depends on winning over the Afghan people.
Small bands of elite American Special Operations forces have been operating with increased intensity for several weeks...
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12 Apr 2010

U.S. Troops Fire on Bus in Afghanistan, Killing Civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan American troops raked a large passenger bus with gunfire near Kandahar on Monday morning, killing as many as five civilians and wounding 18 and sparking anger in a city where winning over Afghan support is considered pivotal to the war effort.
KABUL, Afghanistan American troops raked a large passenger bus with gunfire near Kandahar on Monday morning, killing as...
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5 Apr 2010

U.S. Consulate in Pakistan Is Attacked by Militants

PESHAWAR, Pakistan Militants mounted an assault against the United States Consulate in this northern Pakistani city on Monday, using a powerful bomb and rocket launchers in a multipronged attack, said a senior Pakistani intelligence officer.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan Militants mounted an assault against the United States Consulate in this northern Pakistani city on...
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5 Apr 2010

Drones Batter Al Qaeda and Its Allies Within Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan A stepped-up campaign of American drone strikes over the past three months has battered Al Qaeda and its Pakistani and Afghan brethren in the tribal area of North Waziristan, according to a mid-ranking militant and supporters of the government there.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan A stepped-up campaign of American drone strikes over the past three months has battered Al Qaeda and...
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16 Mar 2010

McChrystal Brings Most Special Operations Under His Control

KABUL, Afghanistan Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time, out of concern over continued civilian casualties and disorganization among units in the field.
KABUL, Afghanistan Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American...
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23 Feb 2010

Pakistani Reports Capture of Taliban Leader

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan In another blow to the Taliban senior leadership, Pakistani authorities have captured Mullah Abdul Kabir, a member of the group s inner circle and a leading military commander against American forces in eastern Afghanistan, according to a Pakistani intelligence official.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan In another blow to the Taliban senior leadership, Pakistani authorities have captured Mullah Abdul...
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20 Feb 2010

Military Analysis – Afghan Push Went Beyond Traditional Military Goals

WASHINGTON Before 10,000 troops marched through central Helmand Province to wrest control of a small Afghan town from a few hundred entrenched Taliban fighters, American officials did something more typical of political than military campaigns: they took some polls.
WASHINGTON Before 10,000 troops marched through central Helmand Province to wrest control of a small Afghan town from a...
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16 Feb 2010

Half of TownÂ’s Taliban Flee or Are Killed, Allies Say

NAD ALI, Afghanistan As heavy fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Marja carried into its third day, the number of Taliban fighters in the area has dropped by about half, American and Afghan commanders said Monday.
NAD ALI, Afghanistan As heavy fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Marja carried into its third day, the number of...
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