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U.S. forces hand over control in Afghan province
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military leaders on Saturday formally handed over security responsibilities to Afghan troops in an area of Wardak province that was the focus of claims by President Hamid Karzai that U.S. troops were responsible for...
Tags: Human Rights, Pneumonia, Kidnapping, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions
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Teenage girl shot by Taliban to publish 'I Am Malala'
Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while riding the bus to school in Pakistan, will publish a book in the fall. "I Am Malala" will be published in English in the U.S. in October by Little, Brown and also in England,...
Tags: Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, England
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Florida imam denies sending money to Pakistani terrorists
A Muslim imam on Tuesday denied that money he sent to Pakistan was earmarked for terrorist activities in the latest trial to focus on the currency pipeline that officials say moves cash to groups planning attacks on U.S. interests. Hafiz Khan, 77,...
Tags: Human Rights, FBI, Islam, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Team of suicide bombers attack police in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A team of eight suicide bombers stormed a police compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, killing five police officers and injuring four others, a provincial police chief said. The attack comes on the second day...
Tags: Shootings, John Kerry, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Bombings
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U.S. hands over control of Bagram prison to Afghan government
BAGRAM, Afghanistan—The U.S. handed over control of the prison at Bagram air base to the Afghan government Monday, resolving a major sticking point that had been complicating relations between Washington and Kabul as both countries brace for the...
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, International Military Interventions, Hamid Karzai, U.S. Military, Government
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Kerry in show of unity with Afghanistan's Karzai
KABUL – Secretary of State John Kerry joined Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday for a public show of unity, declaring that the two allies “are on the same page” despite weeks of unprecedented friction. Kerry, who has played a...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Hamid Karzai, Government, Elections
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Pakistan car bombing at food center kills 17
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A car bomb exploded amid scores of people lining up at a food distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 28 others in what appeared to be a rare attack on Pakistanis...
Tags: United Nations, Pakistan, Explosions, Bombings, Emergency Incidents
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U.S., Afghan leaders agree on gradual security transfer in key province
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. military leaders reached a deal with Afghan officials that calls for a gradual transition of security responsibilities in a volatile eastern province from American special forces to Afghan troops, officials from both...
Tags: Human Rights, International Military Interventions, Iraq, Kidnapping, Hamid Karzai
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Pakistani girl shot in head by Taliban resumes school
LONDON – Just five months after she was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, apparently for defying a ban on girls' education, Malala Yousafzai returned to school, this time in the safer confines of central England....Tags: Malala Yousafzai, Shootings, Pakistan, BBC, Hospitals and Clinics
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U.S. should speed Afghan pullout
From media accounts, the war in Afghanistan has hit a disturbing snag which was precipitated by President Hamid Karzai's recent remarks following the U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit, when he accused the Taliban terrorists and America of being...Tags: Armed Forces, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
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Suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan courthouse kills four others
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.PESHAWAR, Pakistan— A suicide bomber killed four other people and injured at least 33 after rushing into a crowded courtroom in the northwest Pakistan city of Peshawar on Monday and detonating his explosives, police and witnesses said. The...Tags: Shootings, Pakistan, Justice System, Armed Conflicts, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.N. investigator: U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan sovereignty
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— A top U.N. investigator has criticized Washington’s drone missile campaign against Islamic militants in Pakistan as a violation of the South Asian nation’s sovereignty, a stance that echoes Islamabad’s public...
Tags: Human Rights, Al-Qaeda, Elections, Parliament, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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