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U.S. military denies abducting, killing civilians in Afghan province
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military has determined that its forces weren’t involved in the alleged abduction and killing of civilians in a troubled province in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday. "In recent months, a thorough review...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai, Armed Forces, U.S. Military, Wars and Interventions
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Afghan president orders U.S. special forces out of strategic province
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday ordered U.S. special forces troops to leave a strategic eastern province, accusing the Americans and Afghans working for them of torturing and abducting civilians. Karzai's office charged...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai, Armed Forces, West Bank, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Indonesia, International Organizations, Wars and Interventions, Interior Policy, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Navy SEAL killed in training accident is identified
A Navy SEAL who died in a free-fall parachuting accident this week during training exercises in Arizona was identified as Brett David Shadle of Elizabethville, Pa. The accident happened on Thursday near the Pinal Airpark in Marana, Ariz., where military...Tags: Iraq, Jan Brewer, Pakistan, Awards and Prizes, Abbottabad (Pakistan)
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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: Pneumonia, Hamid Karzai, Kidnapping, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions
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Pictures in the News | March 25, 2013
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Marine Staff Sgt. Sky R. Mote fought 'to protect his team'
When Marine Staff Sgt. Sky R. Mote called home from Afghanistan, he liked to couch his dangerous plans for the day in innocuous terms. A 9-year military veteran on this third combat deployment, the 27-year-old from El Dorado knew he might be crossing...
Tags: Human Interest, Armed Forces, Awards and Prizes, Heroism, U.S. Department of Defense
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Don't abandon U.S. troops' allies
When American troops went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, they relied on local translators, drivers and guides to help them navigate incalculable risks. In exchange, the United States promised, beginning in 2006, to provide visas for those men and women...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Iraq, Kabul (Afghanistan), Politics, Wars and Interventions
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Team of suicide bombers attack police in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A team of eight suicide bombers stormed a police compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, killing five police officers and injuring four others, a provincial police chief said. The attack comes on the second day...
Tags: Suicide, Shootings, Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai, John Kerry
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Kabul (Afghanistan), John Kerry, Frank R Wolf
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The war in Iraq: Embedded with the U.S. Military
FrameworkAfter returning from assignment in Afghanistan in 2003, Times photojournalist Rick Loomis asked to be sent out in the first wave of journalists to cover the Invasion of Iraq. He spent several weeks traveling in the back of a canvas topped Humvee with U.S.... -
Tensions escalate in Egypt with arrest orders for activists
CAIRO -- The Islamist-led government escalated tensions with opposition parties Monday after Egypt’s prosecutor general ordered the arrest of five activists, including a prominent blogger, for violent protests against the Muslim Brotherhood over the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Activism, Pakistan, Justice System, Prosecution
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