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RAW VIDEO: Dash-cam sheds light on plane crash that killed 5 from Michigan
New video seems to confirm that a civilian cargo plane that crashed at Bagram Air Field Monday, killing all seven people aboard, was NOT taken down by enemy action. Five of seven people killed in the crash are from Michigan. The Taliban quickly...
Tags: Boeing Co., Hamid Karzai, National Transportation Safety Board, NATO, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives, including SW Mich. soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a sneak attack, but not by the enemy they feared. U.S. Army Capts. Joshua Lawrence and Drew Russell were inside a small command post on an Afghan army base, wrapping up a long day of coordinating the safe arrival of nearly...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, U.S. Military, Shootings, Rebellions, Armed Forces
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Activist girl's dad vows she'll return to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The father of a 15-year-old Pakistani activist girl who was shot and wounded by a Taliban gunman vowed Thursday that she would return home after finishing medical treatment abroad despite new insurgent threats against her. Since...
Tags: United Kingdom, Shootings, BBC, Elizabeth II, Head Injuries
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Taliban sent hit squad after teenage activist
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A spokesman for the Taliban's Swat Valley chapter says its leadership decided already two months ago to kill a 14-year-old activist, who was shot and seriously wounded this week — and then sent out a hit squad to carry...
Tags: Pakistan
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Ex-warden: Ind. prison can't afford daily prayers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The former warden of the federal prison that houses American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh says the facility can't afford to accommodate daily group prayers for Muslim inmates. Charles Lockett testified Thursday in...
Tags: Prisons
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American Taliban fighter says prayer rule 'absurd'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh says a federal prison rule barring him and other Muslims from praying together daily is "absurd" and contends the U.S. is causing him to sin against his religion by prohibiting such...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Islam, Afghanistan, Religion and Belief, Prisons
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World close to ending polio, yet it's a tough foe
AZIZ KHAN GHARI, Pakistan (AP) — Less than four months ago the world was cheered to learn that India had gone a full year with no new cases of polio — a landmark that left only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on the World Health...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Elections, Polio, Vaccines, Islam
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NATO, Afghan army kill at least 13 Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan and NATO officials say at least 13 insurgents have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after gunbattles and a coalition airstrike against a building occupied by Taliban fighters. Coalition spokesman Capt. Justin...Tags: Elections, Terrorism, Civil Unrest, Rebellions, NATO
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9/11 remembered in worldwide ceremonies
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ten years on from the day the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed so much for so many people, the world's leaders and millions of citizens are pausing to reflect.
From Sydney to Atlanta, formal ceremonies are planned or...Tags: Defense, Al-Qaeda, Entertainment, Gomez (music group), Barack Obama
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WRAPUP 5-Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
Reuters* Angry Karzai says to stay out of talks * Taliban flag and banner in Doha stir controversy * U.S. secretary of state to travel to Qatar this week * Four American soldiers killed in attack on Bagram base (Recasts, adds Kerry-Karzai phone calls, timing...Tags: U.S. Military, Government, Rebellions, Armed Forces, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
ReutersKABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock on Wednesday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government would not join U.S. talks with the Taliban and would halt negotiations...Tags: U.S. Military, Armed Forces, Barack Obama, Kabul (Afghanistan), Religion and Belief
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Afghan president cancels security talks with U.S.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's president abruptly canceled ongoing security negotiations with the U.S., with his office charging Wednesday that the Obama administration had said one thing and done another while arranging peace talks with the...Tags: Hamid Karzai, Qatar, Angela Merkel, Berlin (Germany), NATO
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