Cassandra Vinograd

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UK police seeking sex attacker in McCann case

Cassandra Vinograd · March 19, 2014 12:57 pm

Tony Benn, devoted British socialist, dies at 88

Cassandra Vinograd · March 14, 2014 6:10 am

Afghan women and their newborns rest in the maternity ward of Ahmad Shah Baba District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 24, (AP Photo/Cassandra Vinograd)

APNewsBreak: Aid group: Afghan medical needs unmet

Cassandra Vinograd · February 24, 2014 11:31 pm

Taliban condemn violence in C. African Republic

Cassandra Vinograd · February 22, 2014 8:14 pm

In this Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014 photo, Afghan widow, Zar Afshan, 21, holds her daughter as she shows her father's picture, at her parents' home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afshan's in-laws forced her to return to her parents' home after her husband was killed during an attack on the Taverna du Liban restaurant few weeks ago in Afghan capital Kabul. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered changes to a draft of new criminal legislation in response to an international outcry warning it would severely limit justice for victims of domestic abuse, his spokesman said Monday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan leader orders changes to women’s rights law

Cassandra Vinograd · February 17, 2014 3:59 pm

US, activists voice concern over new Afghan law

Cassandra Vinograd · February 11, 2014 4:12 pm

Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson speaks during a change of command ceremony at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. The incoming No. 2 American commander in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Anderson, said his immediate focus is on supporting Afghan elections - not on the possibility of U.S. troops remaining after the NATO-led combat mission ends. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

New No. 2 US commander takes reins in Afghanistan

Cassandra Vinograd · February 8, 2014 12:23 pm

Former warlord launches campaign to succeed Karzai

Cassandra Vinograd · February 6, 2014 4:20 pm

An Afghan employee holds a printed poster of a presidential election candidate at Baheer Printing Company a day before Afghanistan's presidential election campaign officially kicks off, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The posters are printed. The rallies are organized. A televised debate is planned. Campaign season for Afghanistan's presidential election kicks off Sunday, and the stakes are high for the 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai and oversee the final chapter in a NATO-led combat mission. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan’s presidential campaign to begin

Cassandra Vinograd · February 1, 2014 5:31 pm

National Security

Report questions Afghan troop literacy training

Cassandra Vinograd · January 28, 2014 7:38 pm

FILE - In this March 23, 2011 file photograph, Afghan detainees, seen through a mesh wire fence, prepare for noon prayers inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. The Afghan government has begun the process of releasing three dozen prisoners, officials said Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, despite U.S. protests that they are highly dangerous, the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries ahead of the year-end withdrawal of most international combat troops. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

National Security

US: Afghanistan to release ‘dangerous’ prisoners

Cassandra Vinograd · January 27, 2014 8:06 pm

UK politician suspended for refusal to apologize

Cassandra Vinograd · January 20, 2014 6:49 pm