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FIVE US TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHAN ROADSIDE BLAST: OFFICIALS
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A roadside bomb killed five US troops in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday, provincial officials said. "Five American soldiers were killed at about noon when their armoured vehicle hit a powerful road...
Afghan Girl, 6, Sold Into "Traditional" Marriage To Pay Off Debt. (Due to the gra...
A 6-year-old Afghan girl sold by her father into an impending marriage to pay off a family medical debt got a reprieve Monday: She will now get to stay with her parents, thanks to an anonymous donor who is paying off the debt of $2,500 through an Ameri...
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Did you know ... Since NATO began its "War on Terror" in 2001, heroin production in Afghanistan has increased 40 times and an estimated 1 million people have died as a result. Afghan heroin has killed more than 1 milli...82 opinions2013/05/10 02:43:46
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Afghan policeman who killed 2 U.S. soldiers seen as a hero by Muslims Posted on April 7, 2013 by creeping via BBC News – The Afghan ‘green-on-blue’ attacker seen as a hero . An Afghan border policeman who killed ...5 opinions2013/04/07 17:10:32
KABUL, Afghanistan (TheBlaze/AP) — An Afghan teenager fatally stabbed an American soldier in the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as the U.S. death toll rose sharply last month...43 opinions2013/04/02 22:56:23
The US government has paid out $6.8m (£4m) for maintenance of thousands of Afghan police vehicles that have been destroyed or are no longer in service, according to an investigation. Afghan Police patrolling the s...8 opinions2013/01/19 06:15:08
U.S. and Afghan officials told the paper that the Afghan military isn't expected to have an independent and fully functioning air force until around 2017, well after the withdrawal of most U.S. and international troops. O...0 opinions2013/01/04 16:53:01
The UK and other European countries must use the money saved by withdrawing from Afghanistan to re-equip their military and help reverse worrying cuts in defence spending, the American ambassador to Nato will warn on...1 opinion2013/01/02 07:47:27
O’s blame of shame The classic example of “blaming the victim” is where a rape victim is accused of asking for it because of what she was wearing. Now hear this: The Pentagon wants to do the same thing to American soldie...10 opinions2012/12/21 08:05:21-
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has recently been criticized for taking 'ghost money' from the CIA and MI6. The sums are unknown – for the usual reasons of 'national security' – but are estimated to have been in the tens ...1 opinion2013/05/09 07:52:06
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In his State of the Union Address, US President Barack Obama has announced that 34,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan within a year and has pledged that by the end of 2014, the US war in the country will be o...3 votes2013/02/13 07:59:17
Afghan teen murders U.S. soldier who was playing with local children; Pentagon lies about cause of death This epitomizes the abject failure of the "hearts and minds" strategy that keeps on being pursued by the military, ...3 opinions2013/04/02 09:35:46-
NATO says no evidence for Afghan misconduct claim By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ The Associated Press By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ The Associated Press Posted: Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 Modified: Monday, ...151 opinions2013/02/25 22:54:10
http://www.examiner.com/article/afghan-child-beheaded-for-ref...6 opinions2012/12/02 00:46:24
#MyJihad in Afghanistan: Two more U.S. soldiers murdered by their Afghan "allies" Again: Barack Obama and General John Allen should be prosecuted for the deaths of every one of the troops murdered by their Afghan "allies...1 opinion2013/03/12 12:12:20
See: http://www.khaama.com/70-jailed-afghan-women-are-accused-of-h...12 opinions2012/09/23 07:09:03