Deb Riechmann

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U.S. soldiers, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) salute during a hand over ceremony of U.S.- run prison to Afghan government in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. U.S. officials handed over formal control of Afghanistan's only large-scale U.S.-run prison to Kabul on Monday, even as disagreements between the two countries over the thousands of Taliban and terror suspects held there marred the transfer. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

US, Afghans locked in dispute over detainees

Deb Riechmann, Amir Shah · September 10, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009 file photo, U.S. Army Sgt. William Womack, 23, from Batesville, Ga., of the 118th Military Police Co., based at Fort Bragg, N.C., is prone during a training session for the Afghan National Police at a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. Hundreds of soldiers have been detained or removed from the Afghan National Army in 2012 after a surge in insider attacks against foreign forces who are their supposed partners in the fight against Taliban insurgents and other militants. The Afghan officials say they are re-vetting soldiers to stem the attacks that threaten to unravel the international community's alliance with the fragile government trying to stand on its own as foreign troops withdraw.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Afghan soldiers fired during insider attacks probe

Deb Riechmann, Amir Shah · September 5, 2012 4:00 am

NATO: 202 Afghan bases closed, more to come

Deb Riechmann · August 26, 2012 2:55 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, March 3, 2012 file photo, Maj. Gen. David Quantock salutes Army Sgt. Timothy John Conrad, 22, who was killed in Afghanistan last week, at Conrad's funeral at Northside High School's auditorium in Roanoke, Va.. The 22-year-old Conrad was one of two U.S. military police officers killed Feb. 23 by an Afghan soldier amid anti-American sentiment over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base. The Afghan government is blaming the onslaught of attacks by Afghan police and soldiers against international forces on "infiltration by foreign spy agencies." Presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi told reporters Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 that intelligence services, including those in neighboring countries, are playing a part in most insider attacks.(AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Rebecca Barnett, File)

Afghans: Foreign spies at root of insider attacks

Deb Riechmann · August 22, 2012 4:00 am

An Afghan Muslim devotee, who lives and prays in isolation in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, reads from the Quran in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The last ten days of Ramadan, known as Itikaf, are very important according to many Muslims due to the belief that Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God. Itikaf involves total dedication to worship, reading Quran, and supplication. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Bombs kill 46 across Afghanistan

Deb Riechmann, Amir Shah · August 15, 2012 4:00 am

Afghan policeman kills 10 fellow policemen

Deb Riechmann · August 11, 2012 5:10 pm

Afghan president issues decree to curb corruption

Deb Riechmann · July 27, 2012 1:28 pm

U.S. Gen. John Allen, top commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and US forces in Afghanistan gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 22, 2012. Gen. Allen says this year's pullout of 23,000 American troops is at the halfway point. He told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that a significant number will leave in August and early September. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

AP Interview: US Afghan withdrawal halfway done

Deb Riechmann · July 22, 2012 4:00 am

Ryan Crocker, the outgoing U. S. ambassador in Afghanistan, listens to a question during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Fears that the exit of most foreign troops in 2014 portends another Afghan civil war or precipitous economic slide are ``unlikely scenarios,'' Ryan Crocker, the outgoing U. S. ambassador in Kabul said Thursday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

AP Interview: Moderate Taliban want peace, US says

Deb Riechmann · July 13, 2012 4:00 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, arrives for a group photo with the foreign attendees of the Asia Ministerial Conference at the foreign ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 14, 2012. Afghanistan's neighbors and regional heavyweights met in Kabul on Thursday to do something they rarely do _ try to tackle common threats and problems together.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan neighbors join forces to tackle problems

Deb Riechmann · June 14, 2012 6:31 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes a question during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is taking a defiant stand against NATO airstrikes, saying the military coalition can no longer fire on homes from aircraft in any circumstance even in defense of Afghan and foreign forces. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Afghan president: Airstrikes on homes must end

Deb Riechmann · June 12, 2012 6:26 pm

Elderly Afghan men sit with the covered bodies of three children killed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children.

US gen apologizes for Afghan deaths in airstrike

Deb Riechmann · June 8, 2012 7:22 pm