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Afghanistan files formal protest after Pakistan border clash
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires in Kabul to the Foreign Ministry on Monday to file a “strong protest” after another clash along the countries' troubled border. The skirmish,...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. But as the female chief executive of a...
Tags: Rentals, Afghanistan, Justice and Rights, Kabul (Afghanistan), Human Rights
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Pakistan bombing again targets Islamist party
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second day in a row, a bomb blast killed and maimed participants at a campaign rally being held by one of Pakistan's Islamist religious parties, indicating a broadening of targets in the violence that has primarily...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Islam, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Bombs kill 15 at campaign rallies in northwest Pakistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two bomb blasts killed at least 15 people and injured more than 40 on Tuesday at campaign rallies in northwest Pakistan, authorities said, the latest in a wave of attacks in recent weeks aimed at derailing parliamentary...Tags: Suicide, Elections, Emergency Incidents, Pakistan, Lahore (Pakistan)
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U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hamid Karzai, Armed Forces, Renewable Energy
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At least 16 killed in bombing at Pakistan election rally
PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan on Monday. The attack, claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, killed 16 people and underscored an increase in violence ahead of a key election...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Elections, Emergency Incidents, Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pakistani Taliban denies involvement in Boston bomb blasts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Pakistani Taliban, an insurgent group focused mostly on the Pakistani state but which claimed responsibility for a failed bomb attack in New York nearly three years ago, has denied any involvement in the bomb blasts at the Boston...
Tags: Faisal Shahzad, Pakistan, Science and Technology, Sports, Central Intelligence Agency
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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: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Same-Sex Marriage, Kabul (Afghanistan), Armed Conflicts
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Memorial at Camp Pendleton remembers coalition fallen
CAMP PENDLETON -– It took more than an hour Thursday for the names of the fallen to be read aloud -- American, British, Danish, Jordanian, Georgian and Australian -- in tones that were crisp and respectful. Behind the iconic, inverted-rifle...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, United Kingdom
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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: Wars and Interventions, Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Human Rights
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Reforms inch along in Pakistan
Pakistan is beset by a torrent of maladies. Its government is bankrupt. Its economy is mired in stagflation as the population booms. Terrorists strike all corners of the country. Civil conflict in its largest city, Karachi, has evolved from feuds...
Tags: Government, Nawaz Sharif, Personal Income, Pervez Musharraf, Elections
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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: Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Explosions, Government
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