Tag: Afghanistan

At least 41 police trainees were killed and more than 100 others wounded on Monday when terrorists detonated explosives and opened fire at a training center in Quetta, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

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State Dept. pledges support to triple-terror-target Pakistan

Anna Giaritelli · October 25, 2016 1:59 am

The emails, taken illegally from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, center on the group VoteVets.org, which is backed by more than 400,000 veterans and seeks to lobby for veteran issues. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hacked: Veterans group felt left out of White House Afghanistan talks

Robert King · October 23, 2016 7:31 pm

Video: Taliban apparently using drones to film car bomb attacks

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Video: Taliban apparently using drones to film car bomb attacks

Jacqueline Klimas · October 21, 2016 7:41 pm

Sgt. Douglas Riney and Michael Sauro were the service member and Defense Department civilian employee who died in the "inside the wire" attack at Camp Morehead north of Kabul. (AP Photo)

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Americans killed in Afghanistan attack identified

Jacqueline Klimas · October 21, 2016 4:44 am

According to a U.S. military statement, two Americans are dead and three more have been wounded after an attack on a coalition base in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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Two Americans killed, three wounded during Afghanistan attack

David Brown · October 19, 2016 2:19 pm

In the absence of a counter-terrorism rationale, there are no other sufficiently compelling reasons to keep American forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

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It’s time for the United States to let Afghanistan go

A. Trevor Thrall · October 17, 2016 4:05 am

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Watchdog warns of massive taxpayer waste for Afghan ‘ghost’ soldiers

Jacqueline Klimas · October 7, 2016 12:13 pm

Pentagon officials believe 44 Afghan troops visiting the U.S. for military training have disappeared in less than two years. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Report: Afghan troops going AWOL in the US

Mariana Barillas · October 6, 2016 12:34 pm

The Pentagon has identified the U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan as Staff Sgt. Adam Thomas. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Army staff sergeant killed in Afghanistan was from D.C. region

Anna Giaritelli · October 6, 2016 12:40 am

The U.S. service member, who has not been identified, was said to have been killed by an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo)

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U.S. service member killed by IED in Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · October 4, 2016 4:48 pm

—œWe should not have to go through the annual reviews to see where you are and where you are going to draw down,—£ David Petraeus said. (AP Photo)

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Petraeus: US troops should stay in Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · October 3, 2016 3:53 pm

—œThis is a positive in the sense of the majority of the population's under control of the government forces, and this is primarily the population centers and so on," Gen. John Nicholson said. (AP Photo)

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General: ‘Stalemate’ in Afghanistan is a good thing

Jacqueline Klimas · September 23, 2016 6:02 pm