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Major combat in Iraq over, Bush declares
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Speaking aboard a carrier whose warplanes helped destroy Saddam Hussein's regime, President Bush declared last night in front of thousands of cheering sailors that major combat in Iraq has ended but that the U.S.-led success in Iraq was...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Economic Sanctions, Death, Defense, International Military Interventions
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Afghan president 'shocked' by report of prisoner abuses
Los Angeles TimesKABUL, Afghanistan - Shocked by a U.S. Army report detailing prisoner abuses in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said yesterday that he will demand control over detainees during a visit to Washington. Army investigators cited numerous witness accounts...Tags: Armed Forces, The New York Times, Civil Rights, Death, Heads of State
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U.N. seeks access to U.S. base holding Afghan prisoners
From Wire ReportsKABUL, Afghanistan - The United Nations has called for Afghan human rights investigators to be allowed into Bagram, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, after reports that poorly trained U.S. soldiers there had repeatedly abused prisoners. Richard...Tags: Armed Forces, Civil Rights, Punishment, The New York Times, U.S. Department of State
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Suicide bomber kills senior official, 14 others in Afghan north
ReutersPOL-E-KHOMRI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew up a senior official and 14 others outside a government office in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan on Monday, police said. The bomber targeted Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni, head of the...Tags: Suicide, Armed Conflicts
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Suicide, Emergency Incidents, Bombings, NATO, Taliban
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Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan
ReutersKABUL, May 20 (Reuters) - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war. "It will go on stream in 2014," Hamed...Tags: NATO, PepsiCo Inc., Plant Openings, Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Philosophy, U.S. Congress
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.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 Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: National Government, Shootings, Bombings, Transportation Accidents, Government
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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: Civil Rights, Parliament, NATO, Judges, Human Rights
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Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan....Tags: NATO, Pakistan, Afghanistan, New Delhi (India), India
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UPDATE 1-Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
Reuters(Adds Pakistan ex-brigadier comment) By Hamid Shalizi KABUL, May 19 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are...Tags: NATO, Pakistan, Afghanistan, New Delhi (India), India
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