Helmand Province

19 Killed By Roadside Bomb In Southern Afghanistan

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH | Posted 02.06.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The fallout from this week's deadly suicide bombing in Kabul has further splintered Afghanistan's relations with neighborin...

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Move the Money Home

Sen. Claire McCaskill | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Helmand Province, Kandahar, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Investment, Senate, Highways, Afghanistan, Bridges, Claire McCaskill, Afghanistan War, Politics News

If America is going to build roads and bridges, I believe they ought to be built here, not in an unstable war zone.

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Afghan Farmers Reportedly Ditch Poppies For Bees

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.09.2011

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Afghan farmers are leaving their poppy harvesting days behind them in favor of a more lucrative beekeeping future, reports British Forces News. Af...

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Radio-in-a-Box: Afghanistan's New Warrior-DJs (Part 2)

Sam Jacobson | Posted 09.17.2011

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The Radio-in-a-Box is a source of news for the locals of Safar, a village in Helmand Province. Music was banned under Taliban rule, so listening to the radio is in a way an act of defiance against the recently departed regime.

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Multiple Policemen Killed, 2 People Beheaded In Afghan Violence

Reuters | Posted 09.17.2011

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, July 18 (Reuters) - Seven Afghan policemen were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in the southern city of Lashkar Gah ...

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Afghan President Says He Will No Longer Allow NATO Airstrikes On Houses

AP | HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 07.31.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Angered by civilian casualties, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he will no longer allow NATO airstrikes on house...

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UK To Withdraw From Afghanistan's Helmand Province

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff and Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's AfPak round-up. Washington's "irrational exuberance" in Afghanistan. Joshua Hammer sees a parallel between U.S. troops' ill-fated attempt to ...

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Move Over Ideology, the Taliban is Now Home of the Angry Young Man

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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New research shows that rather than a zealous religious belief, anger is the main reason young men in Afghanistan join the Taliban.

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Afghanistan vs. the Marines: It's a Problem

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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The general, about to retire and speaking from his heart, believes that both the Marines and their equipment in Afghanistan are wearing thin, that their core competencies are being neglected

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Former Bin Laden Hunter Calls Afghanistan Success 'Transitory'

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — In the capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Taliban roam the streets freely. Barely a mile (a kilometer) outsid...

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More Afghan Civilians Killed By US, NATO Forces Than Insurgents During Operation Moshtarak

Posted 05.25.2011

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According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, U.S. and Allied forces have killed and injured more civilians than have the insurgents du...

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Treo, British Labrador, Wins Dickin Medal For Bomb-Sniffing

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A perky British Labrador whose bomb-sniffing exploits helped save lives in Afghanistan was decorated for canine courage in a ceremony a...

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NATO Kills 27 Civilians In Afghanistan Attack, Says Afghan Cabinet

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — NATO jets mistakenly killed at least 21 people in central Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Monday, the deadliest attack on civilians i...

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American HIMARS Rocket, GPS-Guided Weapon, Kills At Least 10 Civilians, 5 Children In Afghanistan

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The hype surrounding so-called "smart bombs" and "precision guided munitions" is one of the reasons Americans feel so free to go to war in civilian ar...

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Operation Moshtarak: NATO Launches Major Afghan Offensive

Reuters | Golnar Motevalli | Posted 05.25.2011

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MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led NATO troops launched a crucial offensive on Saturday against the Taliban's last big stronghold in Afghanistan...

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Afghanistan Civilians Flee Ahead Of U.S. Military Offensive

AP | NOOR KHAN and KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-...

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3 Americans Killed In Afghanistan, NATO says

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Two U.S. service members and one U.S. employee were killed Friday in eastern Afghanistan, pushing the American death toll this month to ...

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Afghan Officials: 6 Killed In Quran Protest

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Protesters claiming that international troops destroyed copies of the Quran clashed with Afghan and foreign security forces Tuesday, lea...

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On AP's "Death of a Marine"

Brian Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Helmand Province, Associated Press, Joshua Bernard, Afghanistan, Photo, Marine Corps, Julie Jacobson, Media News

The American public has a right to know what our fighting men and women are doing in our name, and what is happening to them. And as citizens, we have a responsibility to look, even when it shocks and discomfits us.

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