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11 people abducted in Afghanistan after chopper's forced landing
KABUL, Afghanistan--Eleven people, including eight Turkish nationals, were captured after their helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan in an area largely controlled by the Taliban, local authorities said Monday. The...Tags: Kidnapping, Air Transportation Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Organizations, Government
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT April 22
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- BOSTON - Federal prosecutors charged badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his hospital bed on Monday, but details of the charges were sealed, a U.S. court official said. - - - - ROME - Italy's...Tags: John Kerry, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights
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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, Defense, Hamid Karzai, Bashar Assad, NATO
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Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas
ReutersBy Folad Hamdard TALUQAN, Afghanistan, April 21 (Reuters) - As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday. While instances of poisoning...Tags: Taliban, Physical Conditions, Afghanistan
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Voice of the People, Apr. 21
Returning from war I saw myself in the news recently through the tragic story of Anne Smedinghoff, the young State Department diplomat who was raised in the western suburbs and killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan (News, April 12). Her fate could...Tags: U.S. Embassy, U.S. Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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Diplomat killed in Afghanistan 'had a great worldview'
Tribune reportersAs strangers lined up for white ribbons and American flags to show their support, family and friends of Anne Smedinghoff mourned the loss of a young diplomat who was determined to see the world — and possibly beyond. Her brother, Mark, recalled...Tags: Politics, Family, Afghanistan, Diplomacy, International Relations
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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: Human Rights, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Organizations, Politics
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13 Afghan soldiers slain in Taliban attack on outpost
HERAT, Afghanistan -- Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan outpost near the border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, according to local officials. The fighting began around dawn and lasted four to five hours, said Wasifullah Wasifi,...Tags: Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan, Same-Sex Marriage
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Letter: Easter in Afghanistan reminds writer of home
This Easter was one I will never forget, not entirely unlike those we like enjoy in the Hub City or elsewhere in the Dakota Midland or elsewhere throughout the Northern Plains. This Easter I was also taken back to the Easter I experienced 22 years ago,...Tags: Philosophy, NATO, U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Religion and Belief
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Two Americans killed in air crash in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops died in eastern Afghanistan after their aircraft crashed Tuesday, military officials said. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash, which took place in a field, is under...Tags: Human Rights, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Amnesty International
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U.S. contractor illegally detained in Afghanistan, officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American contractor was detained illegally for 24 hours in an Afghan prison, beaten, denied more than basic medical help and told he wouldn't be released unless his company paid $2.4 million, according to three U.S....
Tags: John Kerry, Frank R Wolf, Crime, Law and Justice, Afghanistan, Prisons
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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: Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, International Organizations, Pakistan
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