Nuristan

Cold, Cold Heart

Kathy Kelly | Posted 04.15.2012

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Kathy Kelly

We lull ourselves into a comforting delusion that we're waging humanitarian wars, and then wonder why people aren't more grateful.

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Big Men, Big Money, Big Voting Scam: The American Midterm Election -- in Afghanistan

Ann Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ann Jones

Put yourself in the place of an Afghan. When you see photographs of Karzai's men stuffing ballot boxes, and a U.S. president telephones to congratulate him on his victory, while admitting the election was "messy," what are you to make of it?

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U.S. Flies Afghan Troops To Recapture District In Nuristan

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban dismissed a national peace conference in Afghanistan even before its Wednesday opening, threatening death to th...

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Afghanistan Base Closure Delay Led To 8 U.S. Deaths

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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A delay of months in closing a remote combat outpost with "no tactical or strategic value" led to the deaths of eight U.S. soldiers last year in one o...

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Al-Qaida Showing Smaller Presence In Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Al-Qaida's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war. Gone is the once-formidable network of camps and safe houses where O...

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Fort Carson Coping With Tragic Day In Afghanistan

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Pentagon announcement Wednesday confirmed their worst fears – the eight American soldiers killed in a bloody week...

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8 Troops Killed In Afghanistan; Remote Outposts Attacked

AP | ROBERT H. REID and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan bor...

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