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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, U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pneumonia, Wars and Interventions
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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: Kabul (Afghanistan), John Kerry, Suicide, Bombings, Taliban
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Kerry arrives for Afghanistan visit, will skip Pakistan for now
KABUL, Afghanistan -- In his debut diplomatic swing, Secretary of State John F. Kerry is sidestepping Pakistan for fear that Pakistanis could misinterpret a visit as American meddling in the country’s historic effort to choose a new civilian...
Tags: Government, Abdullah II of Jordan, Hillary Clinton, Kabul (Afghanistan), John Kerry
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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: U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), Wars and Interventions, National Government, Prisons
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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, John Kerry, Kabul (Afghanistan), Elections, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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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: U.S. Military, Human Rights, Kabul (Afghanistan), Civil Rights, Wars and Interventions
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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: U.S. Department of State, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), Wars and Interventions
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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: Chuck Hagel, North Korea, U.S. Army, Iran, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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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: Government, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), National Government, Taliban, Afghanistan
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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: Taliban, Afghanistan
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3/13/2013-Bye Bye Karzai
Obviously Hamid Karzai's been smoking the sap from some of those poppies that grow so freely in Afghanistan. This guy is incredible. To accuse the United States of colluding with the Taliban just to prolong the war is beyond understanding. He's as crazy...
Tags: U.S. Military, Heroin, Blackmail and Extortion, Corporate Crime, Afghanistan
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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: Chuck Hagel, Kabul (Afghanistan), Defense, Wars and Interventions, Prisons
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