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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: NATO, Boeing Co., Transportation Industry, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: U.S. Military, Armed Forces, Injuries and Wounds, Shootings, Weaponry
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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: Islamabad (Pakistan), Hospitals and Clinics, BBC, Pakistan, United Kingdom
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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, Afghanistan, Religion and Belief, Prisons, Islam
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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: Physical Therapy, Nigeria, Pakistan, Preventative Medicine, Politics
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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: Entertainment, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pakistan, Defense, National Security
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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, NATO, Terrorism, Civil Unrest, Afghanistan
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Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law
ReutersBy Miriam Arghandiwal and Ibrahimi Aziz KABUL, May 18 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace, Feminism, Hamid Karzai
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghazi, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Bombings, Politics, Shootings, Transportation Accidents, Hamid Karzai
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Conservative Afghan lawmakers block legislation protecting women's rights
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. The...Tags: Sex Crimes, Human Rights Watch, Politics, Afghanistan, Abusive Behavior
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