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Taliban attack Afghan police chief’s home

July 27, 2014 9:04 am

The dead bodies of Shiite civilians, one with fallen prayer beads nearby, are seen on the ground after Taliban insurgents stopped their bus on the road in the western Ghor province of Afghanistan, Friday, July 25, 2014. The militants halted minibuses, identified more than a dozen Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said. (AP Photo)

National Security

Afghan Taliban leader warns against pact with US

Amir Shah -

July 25, 2014 6:57 pm

Soybeans being processed in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan (Photo: SIGAR)

The U.S. spent $35 million trying to grow this crop in Afghanistan

Kelly Cohen -

July 24, 2014 7:48 pm

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen wears body armor before boarding a helicopter at Camp Marmal outside Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Thomas Peter, Pool)

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Afghanistan criticizes Pakistan; policeman killed

Washington Examiner -

July 23, 2014 11:22 am

The Gereshk Cold and Dry Storage Facility in Afghanistan's Helmand province. (Photo: SIGAR)

U.S. spent another $3m on an unused building in this country

Kelly Cohen -

July 22, 2014 9:19 pm

FILE - This May 25, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama as he is briefed by Marine General Joseph Dunford, commander of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), right, after arriving at Bagram Air Field for an unannounced visit north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Afghan election crisis and unraveling of Iraq has lawmakers and others thinking President Barack Obama should re-think his decision to withdrawal virtually all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the close of 2016. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Unease in Congress, region over Obama Afghan plan

Deb Riechmann -

July 19, 2014 5:17 pm

Fire consumes an arch-span building at Afghan National Army Brigade Camp Sayar in Afghanistan in 2012. The incident report on the fire said the building, which was 85 percent complete, burned in 30 minutes. (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via SIGAR)

National Security

Another $1.5 billion that may go up in smoke in Afghanistan

Kelly Cohen -

July 18, 2014 6:30 pm

A wounded Afghan security personnel speaks on a phone during clashes with Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on the Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on Thursday, raining down rockets, setting off a gunbattle with security forces and forcing the airport to close for hours, officials said. The militants occupied two buildings which were under construction some 700 meters (yards) north of the facility, and were using them as a base to direct rockets and gunfire toward the airport and international jet fighters flying over Kabul, said Afghan army Gen. Afzal Aman. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Afghan ballot audit starts; Kabul airport attacked

Amir Shah -

July 17, 2014 10:25 pm

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US military didn’t seek Afghan pullout in 2017

Lolita Baldor -

July 17, 2014 9:15 pm

An Afghan Air Force C-130 sits on the flightline at Afghanistan's Kabul International Airport in April. (Photo: SIGAR)

National Security

The U.S. is about to give $100 million worth of cargo planes to a country that may not need them

Kelly Cohen -

July 17, 2014 9:00 am

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Tag: Afghanistan

Taliban attack Afghan police chief’s home

Afghan Taliban leader warns against pact with US

The U.S. spent $35 million trying to grow this crop in Afghanistan

Afghanistan criticizes Pakistan; policeman killed

U.S. spent another $3m on an unused building in this country

Unease in Congress, region over Obama Afghan plan

Another $1.5 billion that may go up in smoke in Afghanistan

Afghan ballot audit starts; Kabul airport attacked

US military didn’t seek Afghan pullout in 2017

The U.S. is about to give $100 million worth of cargo planes to a country that may not need them

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