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For Afghan Scouts, 'Be prepared' takes on a new meaning
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: Arts and Culture, NATO, United Nations, Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.N. says child casualties in Afghanistan rise dramatically
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: Armed Conflicts, UNICEF, Afghanistan, Suicide, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Insurgents attack military side of Afghan airport
KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents on Monday attacked the military side of Kabul's international airport, which houses a NATO headquarters, and explosions and gunfire were occurring, Afghan army and police said. The airport was closed to all civilian...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, NATO, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions
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Taliban claims responsibility as insurgents attack Kabul airport
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: NATO, United Nations, International Organizations, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions
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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: Italy, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Afghanistan Sikhs, already marginalized, are pushed to the brink
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: National Government, Judaism, Discrimination, Religion and Belief, Social Issues
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Insurgent attack on Kabul airport ends; all 7 militants slain
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: NATO, Suicide, International Organizations, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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. The Taliban claimed...
Tags: NATO, National Government, United Nations, Suicide, Strikes
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Afghanistan bombings kill 19, including 11 children
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two bomb blasts killed at least 19 people in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, including 11 children and two soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition, as Taliban militants continued a wave of violence as part of their spring offensive....
Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, Suicide, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings
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Afghan bombings kill nine children, 10 others
KABUL, Afghanistan—Two bomb blasts killed at least 19 people, including nine schoolchildren, in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, as Afghan Taliban militants continued a wave of violence as part of their spring offensive. In one attack, a suicide...
Tags: NATO, U.S. Military, China, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings
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One man's defiance inspires a region to stand up to the Taliban
ZANGABAD, Afghanistan — The uprising began in early February with a Taliban commander's knock on the door of Hajji Abdul Wudood. The militant leader demanded that Wudood, a stout, weathered man of 60, surrender one of his eight sons, who was...
Tags: Regional Authority, U.S. Military, Robert Bales, Rebellions, Wars and Interventions
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Red Cross temporarily halts operations in Afghanistan
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: United Nations, International Organizations, Political Dissent, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, First Aid
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