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U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: Afghanistan, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Barack Obama, Kabul (Afghanistan), Government
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Afghanistan files formal protest after Pakistan border clash
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires in Kabul to the Foreign Ministry on Monday to file a “strong protest” after another clash along the countries' troubled border. The skirmish,...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces
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Five American soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Five American soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb, officials said. The powerful explosion took place about 2 p.m. when an American armored vehicle hit the device in the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), NATO, Pakistan, Government
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Karzai urges Taliban to fight Afghan enemies after Pakistan clash
ReutersKABUL, May 4 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban on Saturday to fight Afghanistan's enemies in what was widely seen as a swipe against Pakistan days after the neighbours' security forces clashed on their border. Karzai's...Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Taliban
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Bill O'Reilly: Our many wounded warriors deserve nation's help
Living in the shadows of the ongoing war on terror are 1,715 American military people who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few of those brave folks lost all four limbs when bombs blew apart their bodies. In addition, there are now at least 20 new...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Afghanistan, Solyndra LLC, Al Capone
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Afghanistan police officer killed in Pakistan border clash
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A border clash between Pakistani and Afghan forces that killed an Afghan police officer has renewed tension between the countries at a time when Washington is trying to step up their involvement in peace talks. The skirmish...
Tags: John Kerry, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Manufacturing and Engineering
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CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan
In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai — who reigns...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Afghanistan, Condoleezza Rice, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Government
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Getting less for our money in Afghanistan
Among all the bizarre actions which have constituted U.S. foreign policy, one stands out today as particularly bizarre and counterproductive. Over the past 10 years, the CIA has given Afghan President Hamid Karzai bags full of money totaling millions of...Tags: Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), The New York Times, Central Intelligence Agency
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Afghanistan peace negotiator killed in bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb killed a provincial peace negotiator and two police officers in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, dealing another setback to President Hamid Karzai’s attempts to get talks started with Taliban militants...
Tags: Explosions, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Burhanuddin Rabbani, Pakistan
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RAW VIDEO: Dash-cam sheds light on plane crash that killed 5 from Michigan
New video seems to confirm that a civilian cargo plane that crashed at Bagram Air Field Monday, killing all seven people aboard, was NOT taken down by enemy action. Five of seven people killed in the crash are from Michigan. The Taliban quickly...
Tags: Boeing Co., Orlando, National Transportation Safety Board, Kabul (Afghanistan), NATO
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U.S. seeks use of nine Afghanistan military bases after 2014
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States has requested the use of nine large military bases in Afghanistan after international forces complete their combat mission here at the end of next year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday. In the...
Tags: White House, U.S. Military, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Afghanistan
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Afghan police demand weapons amid simmering tension with Pakistan
ReutersBy Hamid Shalizi GOSHTA, Afghanistan, May 9 (Reuters) - Afghan border police, enraged by recent clashes with their Pakistani counterparts, are pleading for more weapons to take on their neighbours, escalating the tension between the two sides. The...Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan, Wars and Interventions
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