United States Afghanistan

Joshua Hersh

Obama's Afghanistan Speech Well-Received By Afghans Who Want An Enduring American Presence

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 05.03.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- By 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the helicopters that had spent much of the night hovering low over the homes in the international part o...

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Afghanistan Holds Controversial Grand Council Meeting

AP | By RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.16.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents fired two rockets Thursday toward a site where more than 2,000 Afghan elders are attending a national assembly to dis...

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Afghanistan Slow In Disbanding Private Security Firms

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 01.02.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO is pouring extra resources to set up an Afghan force to take over from private security firms after a report showed th...

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Gates To Afghans: US `in this thing to win'

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that...

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