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Suicide Car Bomb Hits NATO Contractor, Hours-Long Gun Battle Follows

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 01.03.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Two suicide bombers blew up a car packed with explosives at the entrance to a compound housing NATO contractors in western ...

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Security Transition in Afghanistan

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jayshree Bajoria

Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced that local security forces will take over control in the provinces of Bamiyan, Panjshir, and much of Kabul, from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) beginning in July.

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The Failure of Iran's Public Diplomacy in Afghanistan

Ahmad Shuja | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ahmad Shuja

The real extent of damage from the Iranian fuel blockade on ordinary Afghans is not fully clear yet, but protests across Afghanistan are an indicator that many people are feeling the pinch.

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Afghan Anti-Drug Officers Burn Confiscated Opium (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Hamid Karzai may have slammed recent drug raids conducted by U.S. and Russian agents in Afghanistan as "a violation of sovereignty," yet tha...

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7 More Americans Killed In Afghanistan Attacks

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Seven U.S. troops have died in weekend attacks in Afghanistan's embattled southern and eastern regions, while officials fou...

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In Search of the Moderate Muslim: It Takes an Ummah

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Qanta Ahmed, MD

Until moderate Muslims find each other, 'find the other hand,' and start a global response, nothing less than a cacophony of figurative clapping, we will remain as we are now: voiceless.

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Afghanistan Blast Aimed At Powerbroker, Energy Minister Ismail Khan Kills 4

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A powerful member of President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet threatened to quit after a suicide car bomb attack targeted him Sunday, killing fi...

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Herat: Bomb Blast Targeting Police Chief Kills 10

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Five rockets slammed into Kabul at daybreak Tuesday, one of them falling near the U.S. Embassy in a rare attack on the Afghan capital le...

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Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What I would normally consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary here.

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