Tag: Afghanistan
Cost of Afghanistan and Iraq wars in trillions
A new study estimates the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have cost the U.S. between $2.3 to $2.6 trillion....
Helicopter crash kills 30 American troops
Afghan insurgents shot down the US transport helicopter in the Tangi Valley of Wardak Province, to the west of Kabul....
NATO begins transfer of power to Afghan Army
NATO troops hand power over to the Afghan National Army in Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan....
Suicidicide attack at Ahmed Wali Karzai's funeral
A suicide bomb attack killed at least four people at the funeral of Ahmed Wali Karzai in Kandahar....
At least 21 dead in hotel attack in Kabul
A six-hour attack by suicide bombers at Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel left at least 21 people dead....
Obama withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, won't end the war
President Obama will announce his exit strategy from what is now America's longest war, Afghanistan. The fighting, however, is likely to continue for a long time....
Afghan President Karzai to NATO: Don't be an occupying force
Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, has stepped up warnings to NATO, saying it risks becoming an "occupying force."...
Osama Bin Laden and US strategy in Afghanistan
Now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed, experts consider how US strategy in the war in Afghanistan will change....
Khaled Hosseini, author of "The Kite Runner," on Afghanistan's refugees
The war in Afghanistan has displaced thousands of people from their homes, adding to the 43 million refugees around the world. ...
Women in the Marines, fighting Afghanistan insurgency
The Female Engagement Team help the Marines reach out to women in Afghanistan to fight the insurgency in ways that all-male patrols can't....
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