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Slain diplomat in Afghanistan 'felt she was making a difference'
CHICAGO — Members of Anne Smedinghoff's family consoled themselves Sunday with the thought that the young U.S. diplomat died in the service of a cause that mattered deeply to her. "She was doing what she loved," her father said, "and she was doing...Tags: U.S. Foreign Service, NATO, Armed Conflicts, Johns Hopkins University, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: United Nations, NATO, Suicide, Armed Conflicts, Weaponry
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US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S. troops complete their combat mission next year, the top U.S....
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Haqqani Network, Armed Forces, Afghanistan, U.S. Military
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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: U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, Armed Conflicts, Johns Hopkins University, International Organizations
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Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in Afghanistan, including a "selfless, idealistic" young diplomat on a mission to donate...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Libya, Turkey
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Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans....
Tags: NATO, Suicide, Armed Conflicts, Armed Forces, Afghanistan
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Radar shows U.S. border security gaps
WASHINGTON — A sophisticated airborne radar system developed to track Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs in Afghanistan has found a new use along the U.S. border with Mexico, where it has revealed gaps in security. Operated from a Predator...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Organized Crime, Michael T. McCaul, Migration, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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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: NATO, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Executive Branch, International Organizations
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Afghans seek their own exit strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nabil Ahmad was at his desk at a logistics support firm last spring when an explosion ripped through the office. Windows shattered. The ceiling collapsed. "I thought it was an earthquake — or the end of the world," the...
Tags: United Nations, Pakistan, Real Estate, Realty, Personal Data Collection
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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: Armed Forces, Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Teenage girl shot by Taliban to publish 'I Am Malala'
Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while riding the bus to school in Pakistan, will publish a book in the fall. "I Am Malala" will be published in English in the U.S. in October by Little, Brown and also in England,...
Tags: Pakistan, England, Malala Yousafzai
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Talk of peace with Pakistan Taliban angers victims
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold peace talks with Taliban leaders responsible for attacks like the one...Tags: Murder, Terrorism, Peace Negotiations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Al-Qaeda
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