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U.S. Drone Killed Afghan Civilians, Officials Say
KHOST, Afghanistan — An American drone strike on a car carrying a woman who had just given birth in southeastern…
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Roadside Bomb Kills 13 People on Their Way to Afghan Wedding
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 13 people, most of them members of the same family, were killed this week when…
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3 Afghan Schools, 165 Accounts of Students Being Raped
“It’s a crisis,” Hamid said. “We want to do something to stop this mafia, but we don’t know what to…
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American Aid Worker for U.N. Is Killed in Afghan Capital
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American national working for the United Nations in Afghanistan was killed and two others were wounded…
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Afghan Vote Crawls Toward Crisis, With No Results After 2 Months
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nearly two months after Afghans braved hundreds of Taliban attacks to cast ballots in a vote for…
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When war comes home: the wounds and the ‘executioners’ of the Afghan conflict
It was a six-year-old girl in an Afghan hospital that drove home the injustice of war for Italian photographer Giulio…
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Afghan Government Demands Cease-Fire Before Any Taliban Talks
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government said on Tuesday that it would not take part in negotiations with Taliban unless…
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In a Quiet Corner, an Old Afghan Poet Polishes ‘the Heart’s Mirror’
KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than 50 years now, a mystic poet has kept a quiet window desk at the…
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Afghan Village of 70 Families Faces Ruin With Mosque Massacre
JAWDARA, Afghanistan — Just a few hundred residents remain in Jawdara, a small village in eastern Afghanistan struggling to survive…
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Civilian Casualties Reach Highest Level in Afghan War, U.N. Says
KABUL, Afghanistan — Civilian casualties caused by the long and intensifying conflict in Afghanistan reached a record number in the…
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