Wardak

The Ghost and the Machine

Kathy Kelly | Posted 04.30.2012

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Kathy Kelly

Fazillah, age 25, lives in Maidan Shar, the central city of Afghanistan's Wardak province. She married about six years ago, and gave birth to a son, Aymal, who just turned five. His father was killed by an American bomber plane, remote-controlled by computer.

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Eight Security Troops Who Were Kidnapped In Afghanistan Found Dead

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and SOLOMON MOORE | Posted 10.13.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan security forces have recovered the bodies of five policemen and three intelligence agents who were kidnapped by insu...

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Afghan Parliament Election 2010: Ballot-Stuffing Witnessed In Wardak

The Christian Science Monitor | Anand Gopal | Posted 05.25.2011

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"There were almost no elections in Wardak," said Ghulam Hassan, a local elder. "The votes were stolen right in front of our eyes." The turn of events...

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Rethink Afghanistan (VIDEO): What Does it Mean to Be Less Safe?

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Mull

We have around 100,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. We've given them an impossible task (Here's some cash and a machine gun, now go make a state), and every time we have a raid like the one in our video, their job gets harder.

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Taliban Commander Killed In Afghanistan Shootout

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A heavily armed Taliban commander was killed during an pre-dawn shootout at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, NATO said as it reported an...

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US Troops Stormed Through Afghan Hospital, Tied Up Staff, Says Charity

AP | KAY JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — The U.S. military faced more criticism in Afghanistan on Monday as a charity accused American soldiers of storming through a provincial ...

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Mike Mullen In Afghanistan To Assess Controversial Program Arming Local Militias

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE AIRBORNE, Afghanistan — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff began a review Wednesday of a new community-based defen...

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3,000 US Troops Deploy Near Afghan Capital: NATO

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. troops originally destined for Iraq have deployed south of Afghanistan's capital in the first illustratio...

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