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CIA Was Warned About Afghan Base Bomber, Inquiry Finds

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Three weeks before a Jordanian double agent set off a bomb at a remote Central Intelligence Agency base in eastern Afghanistan last Dece...

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U.S. Nabs Al Qaeda-Linked Militants In Afghanistan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Three international coalition service members were killed in the south of Afghanistan, while U.S. and Afghan forces stepped...

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Afghan Attack Kills 1 Near C.I.A. Base

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — The leader of Pakistan's Taliban appeared in a video Monday threatening attacks against the U.S. three months after American and Pakista...

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Khost Shooting: NATO Admits Young Victims Were Not 'Known Insurgents'

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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NATO's acknowledgment Wednesday that the unarmed young men shot to death two days earlier in Khost province were not "known insurgents," as previously...

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US Consulate Attack In Peshawar: 3 Explosions, Several Killed In Pakistan Assault

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Islamist militants unleashed a car bomb and grenade attack against a U.S. consulate in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, kil...

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Fix Night Raids in Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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While international forces in Afghanistan have killed fewer civilians in 2009 than in previous years many Afghans still feel abused and angry. One of the main reasons is night raids.

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Bomber At CIA Base In Afghanistan Was From Jordan

AP | PAMELA HESS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) The suicide bomber who killed eight people inside a CIA base in eastern Afghanistan last week was a Jordanian doctor recruited by Jord...

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