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Our War in Afghanistan: Must Children Freeze to Death?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.10.2012

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Dorian de Wind

I have expressed increased concerns about our continued "involvement" in Afghanistan. I have mourned our casualties and fretted about our huge financial costs. But -- perhaps insensitively so -- I have not mentioned much about the suffering of the Afghan people.

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Timeline: 15 Years Of The Taliban

Posted 11.26.2011

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On September 27, 1996, the bodies of former Afghan president Mohammed Najibullah and his brother Ahmadzai swung from a traffic post in a busy Kabul ro...

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Afghan U.S. Government Employee Kills American In Kabul Office Attack

AP | HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 11.26.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan working for the U.S. government killed a CIA contractor and wounded another American in an attack on the intellig...

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The Training Mission You Don't Hear About

Dan Rather | Posted 11.15.2011

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Dan Rather

In talking to military leaders -- both Coalition and Afghan -- I sensed an unmistakable optimism that the Afghans would be able to stand up so that the Americans can go home at the end of 2014.

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More Die In Second Day Of Quran Burning Protests In Afghanistan

AP | By PATRICK QUINN | Posted 06.01.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans rioted for a second day Saturday to protest the burning of a Quran in Florida, killing nine people in Kandahar and injur...

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NATO Says Its Forces Repel Attack On Kabul Base In Afghanistan

AP | By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 06.01.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Three insurgents attacked a NATO base on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Saturday but were killed by coalition force...

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Nine Boys And A War

The New Yorker | Amy Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ten boys went out to gather firewood in a valley in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Only one came home; his name is Hemad, and this is what he had to say, as ...

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Petraeus Apologizes For Deaths Of Afghan Children

The Wall Street Journal | DION NISSENBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL--U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, the coalition's commander in Afghanistan, issued a rare apology Wednesday for a helicopter strike that killed nine ch...

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The Frailty of the Afghan War

Khalil Nouri | Posted 05.25.2011

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Khalil Nouri

To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, the U.S. is on the wrong road, and it should do an about-turn and walk back to the right road. Whoever turns back soonest is the most progressive.

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Kabul Plane Crash: Airplane Down In Afghanistan Mountains

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A cargo plane contracted by a U.S.-based company crashed into mountains east of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, with initial r...

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Afghan Women Talk About Obama and Plan B

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

If the future of Afghanistan is unclear, one point on which everyone is agreed is that the establishment of governance and civil society will take many years.

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Kabul's Garbage-to-Green Man

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

You could bore everyone witless reading out a shopping list of the amenities Kabul lacks, and somewhere tucked into that endless list would be green space -- something Walid Tamim is changing.

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Taliban pulls off series of deadly strikes in heart of Kabul

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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The capital of Afghanistan has been struck by a series of highly coordinated terrorist attacks, including explosions next to Kabul’s heavily sec...

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Five die as militants attack Kabul

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taliban militants struck in the heart of the Afghan capital today, launching suicide attacks on key government targets in a clear sign the insurgent...

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Police locked in Kabul battle with militants

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taliban militants struck at heart of the Afghan government today, launching attacks at key targets in the centre of the city in a clear sign the ins...

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8 Americans killed in apparent suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL (AP) — A U.S. official says eight Americans have been killed in eastern Afghanistan. The official, who spoke Wednesday night on condition ...

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John Mayer Labeled An 'Accidental Racist' After Interrupting Kumail Nanjiani's Recent Stand-Up Set

NYMag.com | NYMag | Posted 05.25.2011

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He called Kumail "Kabul." Whoops!...

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Afghan Presidential Election A Celebration Of All Forms Of Government

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—"This election has proved to the world that Afghanistan is capable of conducting free, barely free, and not-so-free election...

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Army Halts Delivery of Christmas Gifts to Front Lines

Sam Isaac Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Isaac Edwards

Kabul, Afghanistan -- "Mr. Edwards, We're not going to be able to get you to Jalalabad. Enemy activity has increased in the last few days, the troops are at it 24/7." My brain stalled, I was stunned.

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Assessing al-Qaeda strength in Afghanistan

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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US and British forces invaded Afghanistan eight years ago. But after almost a decade of war,  Osama bin Laden remains on the loose. Al Jazeera Corres...

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Kabul's deputy-mayor arrested

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Afghanistan police take second official into custody amid crackdown on corruption....

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Karzai Vows To Crack Down On Self

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—In his first major policy speech since being sworn in for a second term, Afghan president Hamid Karzai made a solemn......

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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan

The Onion | The Onion | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—"We've spent a lot of time and money fostering the turmoil and despair necessary to make this a sustainable quagmire, and we'...

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Afghans condemn 'civilian deaths'

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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International forces reject Kabul's claims amid deadly attacks in Khost and Kandahar....

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John Mayer Labeled As 'Accidental Racist' After Interrupting Kumail Nanjiani's Recent Stand-Up Set

Vulture. | vulture | Posted 05.25.2011

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He called Kumail "Kabul." Whoops!...

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