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    Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Deployment to war doesn't figure in majority of military suicides

    Nate Evans had three children depending on him and held down a good job running a hyperbaric chamber at a hospital.
    Nate Evans had three children depending on him and held down a good job running a hyperbaric chamber at a hospital. But what he really wanted was to go to war. In 2008, as the U.S. death toll in Iraq and Afghanistan approached 5,000, Evans became a...

    Tags: Psychiatrists, Bipolar Disorder, Physical Fitness and Exercise, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Mental Health

  2. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Judge rejects accused Ft. Hood shooter's new defense strategy

    HOUSTON -- A military judge on Friday rejected <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-hasan-court-martial-fort-hood-shooting-20130604,0,5480295.story" target="_blank">a new defense strategy</a> by accused Ft, Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
    HOUSTON -- A military judge on Friday rejected a new defense strategy by accused Ft, Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, said during an afternoon hearing at the Army base that she would not allow Hasan to argue that he shot...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Justice, Texas Tech University , Crime, Law and Justice, Armed Forces

  4. Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. U.N. says child casualties in Afghanistan rise dramatically

    KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; The number of children killed and injured in Afghanistan's war has risen sharply this year, the U.N. Children's Fund says, calling the trend &ldquo;unacceptable&rdquo; and &ldquo;very worrying.&rdquo;
    KABUL, Afghanistan — The number of children killed and injured in Afghanistan's war has risen sharply this year, the U.N. Children's Fund says, calling the trend “unacceptable” and “very worrying.” At least 121 children...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Taliban, UNICEF, Suicide

  6. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Afghanistan Sikhs, already marginalized, are pushed to the brink

    KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; Outsiders may have trouble distinguishing between the turbans worn by Afghan Sikhs, with their tighter folds, varied colors and tucked-in edges, and those worn by Afghan Muslims, usually black or white with the end hanging down the wearer's back.
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Outsiders may have trouble distinguishing between the turbans worn by Afghan Sikhs, with their tighter folds, varied colors and tucked-in edges, and those worn by Afghan Muslims, usually black or white with the end hanging...

    Tags: India, New Delhi (India), Islam, Interreligious Dialogue, Government

  8. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Insurgent attack on Kabul airport ends; all 7 militants slain

    KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; Insurgents launched an hours-long attack early Monday on the heavily guarded military side of Kabul&rsquo;s international airport, which houses a key NATO strategic headquarters, but failed to breach that part of the complex before all seven attackers were slain, officials said.
    KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents launched an hours-long attack early Monday on the heavily guarded military side of Kabul’s international airport, which houses a key NATO strategic headquarters, but failed to breach that part of the complex...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Shootings, Armed Conflicts, Taliban, Pakistan

  10. Jun 9, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times
  11. McManus: Obama's foreign policy reset

    The appointment of Susan Rice as national security advisor sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years to shape a legacy in world affairs, Obama wants to play offense, not defense.
    The appointment of Susan Rice as national security advisor sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, National Security, U.S. Military, Armed Conflicts, Iran

  12. Jun 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. Taliban claims responsibility as insurgents attack Kabul airport

    KABUL, Afghanistan&nbsp; -- Insurgents attacked the military side of Kabul&rsquo;s international airport at dawn Monday, jarring residents of the Afghan capital awake to the sound of explosions and gunfire. The area houses a key NATO strategic headquarters, but that part of the complex reportedly was not breached.
    KABUL, Afghanistan  -- Insurgents attacked the military side of Kabul’s international airport at dawn Monday, jarring residents of the Afghan capital awake to the sound of explosions and gunfire. The area houses a key NATO strategic headquarters,...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Taliban, Pakistan, Heavy Engineering

  14. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Afghan insider attack kills two U.S. soldiers, American civilian

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire on U.S. soldiers and personnel in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday and killed two American servicemen and an American civilian, the latest in a string of so-called insider attacks...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Pakistan

  16. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Complete
  17. Afghan's 'insider attack' kills 3 soldiers

    KABUL, Afghanistan -- A man in an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on the international troops working with him in the country's east Saturday, killing three of them, while an attacker with a grenade killed an Italian soldier in the west, officials...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Armed Forces, Taliban

  18. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Suicide bombing outside Afghan Supreme Court kills 17

    KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said.
    KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said. The Taliban claimed...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Strikes, New Delhi (India), Armed Conflicts, Government

  20. Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. For Afghan Scouts, 'Be prepared' takes on a new meaning

    KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash;- Mohammad Aziz Ayob adjusts his Boy Scout scarf, leans over and settles a sapling into the dry Kabul soil as two NATO helicopters pass overhead, the clack-clack of their blades echoing off the neighboring mountains.
    KABUL, Afghanistan –- Mohammad Aziz Ayob adjusts his Boy Scout scarf, leans over and settles a sapling into the dry Kabul soil as two NATO helicopters pass overhead, the clack-clack of their blades echoing off the neighboring mountains. Bobbing...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Social Organizations, Taliban, First Aid, Arts and Culture

  22. May 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. Red Cross temporarily halts operations in Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it has temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after an attack this week in the eastern city of Jalalabad in which a security guard was killed and a staff member wounded.
    KABUL, Afghanistan — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that it has temporarily suspended operations in Afghanistan after an attack this week in the eastern city of Jalalabad in which a security guard was killed and a staff...

    Tags: Taliban, First Aid, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, American Red Cross, Political Dissent

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