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Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office -NYT
ReutersApril 29 (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, according to the New York Times, citing...Tags: Iran, The New York Times, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Newspapers
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Taliban announces spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring...
Tags: Suicide, Rebellions, Defense, Wars and Interventions, Bombings
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Global Voices: Author reflects on thwarted Afghanistan invasions
“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Nowhere has that admonishment by 18th century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke been ignored with such disastrous consequences as in Afghanistan. The imperial British...
Tags: Hemorrhaging, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Separation of Church and State, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Afghan police take first, faltering steps in fight against corruption
ReutersBy Katharine Houreld HERAT, Afghanistan April 26 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's security forces are routinely accused of murder, rape and corruption on a grand scale, but a new anti-corruption police unit's sole conviction last year was a junior policeman who...Tags: United Nations, Politics, NATO, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Kerry: Progress, no breakthrough in Afghan-Pakistani talks
BRUSSELS -- Afghan and Pakistani leaders met with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Wednesday to try to reverse a deterioration in relations that has threatened Afghanistan’s peacemaking efforts. Invited by Kerry, Afghan President Hamid...
Tags: Iran, Pakistan, John Kerry, Politics, National Government
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Afghanistan's Karzai backs clerics' demand for media crackdown
ReutersBy Mirwais Harooni KABUL, April 24 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed with a call from the country's conservative religious council for a crackdown on television stations, calling some of their programmes "immoral and un-Islamic",...Tags: Television Industry, Culture, Music, Sociology, Entertainment
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Pakistan must play positive role in Afghanistan-NATO
Reuters* U.S.-led talks aims to smooth friction between Afghanistan, Pakistan * Karzai due to take part in Brussels talks By Adrian Croft and David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan must play a positive role in bringing stability to...Tags: John Kerry, Wars and Interventions, Politics, NATO, International Organizations
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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: Pakistan, Defense, Afghanistan, John Kerry, Bashar Assad
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Iran, Russia and others condemn Boston bombings
Both allies and opponents of the United States expressed horror at the deadly Boston Marathon bombings, as sympathetic statements emerged from Canada to China on Tuesday. Iran denounced the attacks as part of a scourge that should be prevented “...
Tags: Terrorism, Pakistan, Vladimir Putin, Bombings, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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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: Wars and Interventions, Politics, NATO, International Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead. The bus was driving from the...
Tags: Firearms, John Kerry, Bombings, U.S. Embassy, Politics
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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: Politics, NATO, International Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism
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