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11 people abducted in Afghanistan after chopper's forced landing
KABUL, Afghanistan--Eleven people, including eight Turkish nationals, were captured after their helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan in an area largely controlled by the Taliban, local authorities said Monday. The...Tags: Taliban, Government, Wars and Interventions, Executive Branch, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Kerry to host Afghan, Pakistani leaders for talks
BRUSSELS -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry is to host a meeting of top Afghan and Pakistani leaders here this week in hopes of breathing new life into flagging Afghan peace efforts. The meeting set for Wednesday is to bring together Afghan President...
Tags: Taliban, Hamid Karzai, U.S. Department of State, Bashar Assad, NATO
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Afghanistan faults U.S., Taliban for deadly airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban and U.S. military were both at fault in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan this month that killed 17 civilians, including 12 children, according to an Afghan government investigation. The inquiry raised the...Tags: Taliban, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Afghanistan
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13 Afghan soldiers slain in Taliban attack on outpost
HERAT, Afghanistan -- Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan outpost near the border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, according to local officials. The fighting began around dawn and lasted four to five hours, said Wasifullah Wasifi,...Tags: Taliban, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Armed Forces
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U.S. military denies abducting, killing civilians in Afghan province
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military has determined that its forces weren’t involved in the alleged abduction and killing of civilians in a troubled province in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. "In recent months, a thorough review...
Tags: Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military
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Diplomat killed in Afghanistan 'had a great worldview'
Tribune reportersAs strangers lined up for white ribbons and American flags to show their support, family and friends of Anne Smedinghoff mourned the loss of a young diplomat who was determined to see the world — and possibly beyond. Her brother, Mark, recalled...Tags: Politics, Afghanistan, Diplomacy, Family, Television Industry
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Two Americans killed in air crash in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops died in eastern Afghanistan after their aircraft crashed Tuesday, military officials said. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash, which took place in a field, is under...Tags: Taliban, Bombings, Explosions, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. contractor illegally detained in Afghanistan, officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American contractor was detained illegally for 24 hours in an Afghan prison, beaten, denied more than basic medical help and told he wouldn't be released unless his company paid $2.4 million, according to three U.S....
Tags: Afghanistan, Frank R Wolf, Prisons, John Kerry, Crime, Law and Justice
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NATO airstrike said to kill 10 children in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 11 civilians, 10 of them children, in addition to the Taliban militants it was trying to hit, Afghan officials said. The strike late Saturday in the Shigal district of restive Kunar...Tags: Taliban, Government, Explosions, Executive Branch, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Suicide attack kills nearly 50 in western Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bombing and armed attack rocked a government compound in western Afghanistan near Iran on Wednesday, leaving at least 49 people dead, including the nine attackers, and wounding more than 50, officials said. The...Tags: Taliban, Government, Bombings, Explosions, Weaponry
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U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...
Tags: Government, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Wars and Interventions, Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S....
Tags: Taliban, Haqqani Network, Martin Dempsey, Wars and Interventions, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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