Zabul

Why we should leave Afghanistan

At first, Matthew Hoh didn’t think he was doing anything that consequential — maybe he’d attract some attention for the first day or two before becoming, as he puts it, a “footnote.” But since news broke, a little less than a...

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Clinton, warlord Dostum are honored guests at Karzai fete

President Hamid Karzai began his second term Thursday under international pressure to select a Cabinet that can regain the trust of disillusioned Afghans, quash widespread government corruption and build a reliable military...

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Fallen Idaho soldier Mathew C. Heffelfinger laid to rest

Idaho Army National Guard Brig. IDAHO'S FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS At least 46 Idahoans, including three civilians, have been killed or died since the start of U.S. military actions following Sept. 11, 2001. ® Air Force Master Sgt....

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Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said. Stop!" at the...

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai sworn in for second term

KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai set two ambitious goals in his inauguration speech Thursday: to have Afghan soldiers and police take full responsibility for security within the next five years and to root out the pervasive...

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Afghanistan civilian casualties: what are the real figures?

Spiralling military deaths in Afghanistan have obscured catastrophic civilian casualties. How many people have died? • British dead and wounded in Afghanistan, month by month • Get the Afghan civilian casualties data Two awful...

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One foreign soldier killed in suicide car bombing in S Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bomber struck a military base of NATO-led international troops in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province on Thursday, killing at least one foreign soldier and wounding...

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Afghan forces capture militants, weapons

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Ten civilians were killed and 13 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a police vehicle in southern Afghanistan Thursday, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. A ministry official said the...

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2 US service members killed in Afghan explosion

KABUL—NATO says two U.S. service members have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Todd Vician says the two were killed by a bomb explosion in Zabul province late Thursday morning. He did not have any...

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Matthew Hoh on Resigning in Protest of the Afghanistan War

Listen to this segment | the entire program Breaking ranks with the President and Stanley McChrystal, General Wesley Clark told Congress this Tuesday that the US should begin planning an exit from Afghanistan. Clark’s voice is...

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