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Bad to worse in Afghanistan
Over 11 years, the United States has expended more than 2,000 lives and $620 billion fighting the war in Afghanistan and supporting the government of President Hamid Karzai. And what have we accomplished? You can get an idea from Karzai's statement...
Tags: Afghanistan, Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Hamid Karzai, National Government
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Afghan bombing kills 8, including relatives of parliament speaker
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber attacked a popular sporting event Wednesday in northern Afghanistan, killing eight people including relatives of the Afghan parliamentary speaker as a crowd of thousands commemorated the coming Persian new year....
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai
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Security risks, frayed relations dog U.S., Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of security problems and fractured relations with Afghan leaders plagued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's first trip here as Pentagon chief, including the Afghan president's accusations that the U.S. and the Taliban...
Tags: Afghanistan, Suicide, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Armed Conflicts, Hamid Karzai
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Boyne City man injured in Afghanistan receives medal
BOYNE CITY -- At its worst, rockets, bullets or grenades would rain from the sky daily, leaving men and women burned, wounded by shrapnel or dead. Afghanistan is a brutal, but also a beautiful place, said David Fierstien, reflecting on the four years...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Army, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of Defense, Awards and Prizes
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Amid Hagel visit, Karzai accuses U.S. of conspiring with Taliban
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan — The often-volatile U.S. relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai grew increasingly strained Sunday as Karzai accused the U.S. and Taliban insurgents of having a secret understanding to foment violence as a pretext to keep...Tags: Afghanistan, Government, International Military Interventions, Pakistan, Armed Forces
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Roadside bomb kills 7 Afghan police, 2 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan – Seven Afghan border police were killed Thursday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. Two civilians also were killed. The incident occurred about 4 p.m. while the team of border...Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Rebellions, Armed Conflicts, Bombings
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10 hurt in Afghanistan suicide attack
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army soldiers Wednesday morning in a western district of Kabul, wounding six of them and four civilians in the second security incident in the capital this week. As snow fell over the...Tags: Afghanistan, Suicide, Kabul (Afghanistan), Bombings, Injuries and Wounds
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Bring my son, and everyone else's, home from Afghanistan
My soldier son called last month to wish his mother and me a happy Thanksgiving. My iPhone buzzed and there he was, sitting in a gun tower, his smiling face bathed in gauzy infrared light, an M249 machine gun propped at the ready behind him. For...
Tags: Afghanistan, International Military Interventions, Pakistan, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense
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On Benghazi, blame the bureaucracy
In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will resume the fraught conversation about what exactly took place at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year on Sept. 11. Members...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, David Petraeus, Library of Congress, Pakistan, Susan Rice
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER: Sunny, with sub-freezing wind chill and gusts up to 20-25 mph. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Flu season arrives early, hits harder than usual: Area hospitals are coping with a surge of patients with...
Tags: Roger Goodell, Hospitals and Clinics, National Football League, Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens
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Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold peace talks with Taliban leaders responsible for attacks like the one...Tags: Karachi (Pakistan), Pakistan, Murder, Religious Conflicts, Al-Qaeda
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NATO considering a proposal to continue funding of security force
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding a security force of 352,000 Afghan troops through 2018, as part of an effort to maintain security and help convince Afghanistan that America and its allies will not...
Tags: Afghanistan, International Organizations, International Military Interventions, Leon Panetta, State of the Union Address
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