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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Separation of Church and State, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Barack Obama, Afghanistan
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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: John Kerry, Islamabad (Pakistan), Taliban, National Government, Iran
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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: John Kerry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, U.S. Department of State, Pakistan
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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: Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Pakistan, Terrorism
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Wars and Interventions, Human Rights
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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: Kidnapping, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Transportation Accidents, Emergency Incidents
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Afghanistan
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Suicide attack kills nearly 50 in western Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bombing and armed attack rocked a government compound in western Afghanistan near Iran on Wednesday, leaving at least 49 people dead, including the nine attackers, and wounding more than 50, officials said. The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Suicide, Emergency Incidents, Weaponry, Explosions
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U.S. reconstruction effort in Afghan provinces is unfinished work
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — At the doorstep of the U.S.-funded schoolhouse in this mountain-fringed northern town, Ghulam Nabi crouched in the mud and scooped up two rocks. He needed them, the school engineer explained, to scare off the building's...
Tags: Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Reconstruction, Nabi
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Hagel suggests thinning the top ranks
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel was taking questions at Fort McNair on Wednesday after his first major speech as defense secretary when a man rose to ask about his recent comments on North Korea. "I was misquoted again," Hagel blurted out, without saying what...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, North Korea, U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Egypt
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Six Afghans killed in NATO airstrike, officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike killed four policemen and two civilians on a rural road in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, Afghan officials said Thursday. Fazel Ahmad Tolwak, governor of Deyak district, said the four police had...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, NATO, Afghanistan
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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: Kidnapping, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Afghanistan, Human Rights
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