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New Zealand To Pull Afghanistan Troops Next Year

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand says it will withdraw its small contingent of troops from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned. Prime Minis...

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Understandings and Butt Jokes in Afghanistan

Adam Valen Levinson | Posted 01.02.2012

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"In Khandahar, you sleep with your back against the wall," Naeem joked with a big grin. "You know what they say over there? 'Allah save everything, but wall save butts.'"

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This Is Your Brain on War

Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Khamad Jan, age 22, remembers that, as a youngster, he was a good student who enjoyed studying. "Now, I can't seem to think," he said sadly, looking at the ground. There was a long pause. "War does this to your mind."

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First-Hand: Afghanistan Election Reports

Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his second dispatch, "The Vote Comes to Afghanistan's Peaceful Heartland" for Foreign Policy, September 20, Schuster Institute Senior Fellow E. Ben...

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Afghan Mineral Wealth Could Exceed $3 Trillion

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan is gearing up to award contracts to mine one the world's largest iron ore deposits buried in a peaceful provinc...

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McCain's Afghanistan: Macabre Visions Through The Eyes of an Ex-President

Shoaib Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shoaib Harris

Unlike McCain, who keeps recycling President Bush's bravado of catching "Bin Laden dead or alive," Obama, to his credit, has articulated his Afghanistan strategy more clearly.

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