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New Taliban Chief Calls For Unity Amid Leadership Struggle

The son of ex-leader Mullah Omar accused him of a power grab.
By AP

After Mullah Omar’s Death, The Taliban Has Some Explaining To Do

Has the leader really been dead for years?
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Ghost Students, Ghost Teachers, Ghost Schools

The United States trumpets education as one of its shining successes of the war in Afghanistan. But a BuzzFeed News investigation reveals U.S. claims were often outright lies, as the government peddled numbers it knew to be false and touted schools that have never seen a single student.
By Azmat Khan, BuzzFeed

Here's Why 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Still Thrive In America

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This Incredible Interactive Map Explains Who Hates Who In The Middle East

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Former Counterterrorism Czar: George W. Bush Committed War Crimes

Former counterterrorism official Richard Clarke said that former president George W. Bush is guilty of war crimes in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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The War Within: Battling The Ravages Of Combat Trauma

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WikiLeaks vs. Donald Rumsfeld's Lies: An Eyewitness Account

WikiLeaks' massive "war logs" release on Iraq last October exposed Rumsfeld's many misleading statements over and over, but were quickly forgotten by mainstream journalists.
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Blackwater vs. Pinkwater: The Wife of Erik Prince Picks a Fight With CODEPINK

Is Erik Prince, Blackwater's sole owner, now taking his profits, trying to sell his company and running away to the Emirates, a country that has no extradition treaty with the United States?
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The Reporting Team That Got Iraq Right

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