Tag: Afghanistan

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

Kay Johnson, Amir Shah · May 20, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - This picture taken March 28, 2013 shows Afghan female prisoner in their cell at Badam Bagh, Afghanistan's central women's prison, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday, May 18, 2013 that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Afghan lawmakers block law on women’s rights

Kay Johnson · May 18, 2013 4:00 am

A young injured Afghan boy is carried by his father into the emergency room at the hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013 after a car bomb exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Many people where killed and scores wounded, an official said.(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex

Washington Examiner · May 17, 2013 4:00 am

French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, carry the body of a victim killed from a suicide car bomber who attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack, killing many in the explosion and wounding tens, police and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky in the city's east. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans

Kay Johnson, Kathy Gannon · May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Afghan government arresting U.S. contractors over improper taxes

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Afghan government arresting U.S. contractors over improper taxes

Michal Conger · May 14, 2013 4:00 am

Special Operators at Work

Willy Stern · May 13, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. auditor: Afghan corruption may rob $8 billion

U.S. auditor: Afghan corruption may rob $8 billion

Paul Bedard · May 8, 2013 4:00 am

Victims of a roadside bomb lie on hospital beds after their truck was hit by roadside bomb in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. A police truck packed with officers and detainees struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan's largest city, killing several of those aboard, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

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U.S. spends millions on hospitals Afghanistan can’t afford to run

Michal Conger · April 30, 2013 4:00 am

James Jay Carafano: Joe Biden’s ‘zero option’ for Afghanistan

James Jay Carafano: Joe Biden’s ‘zero option’ for Afghanistan

James Jay Carafano · April 28, 2013 4:00 am

In this April 10, 2013 photo released by the U.S. Army, soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division provide security for a hasty patrol base in the Registan Desert in Kandahar province, Afghanistan during a two-day operation to deter insurgents and clear the area of explosives caches. The Taliban have announced they will launch their spring offensive on Sunday, April 28, 2013 signaling plans to step up attacks as the weather warms across Afghanistan, making both travel and fighting easier. (AP Photo/Sgt. Kimberly Hackbarth, U.S. Army)

NATO crash kills 4; Taliban begin spring offensive

Thomas Wagner · April 27, 2013 4:00 am

A taxi tries to make its way through a sandstorm that obscures the city of Kanadahar, Afghanistan, Sunday April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Taliban capture 11 foreigners in Afghanistan

Thomas Wagner · April 22, 2013 4:00 am

Afghan Army soldiers prepare the coffins for their killed comrades in the morgue of the main hospital in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. A roadside bomb killed the five soldiers who were part of a government security force guarding a convoy of trucks in Ghazni's Qarabagh district. Roadside bombs and insurgent attacks killed dozens of people in five separate attacks across Afghanistan as violence steadily rises during this year's spring fighting season, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

Officials: Attacks across Afghanistan kill 24

Amir Shah · April 21, 2013 4:00 am