AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FINISH REGISTRATION
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan men offer funeral prayers near the bodies of civilians killed in a NATO air strike, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, east of Kabul,…
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AFGHAN TALIBAN ATTACK US CONSULATE, KILL 2 AFGHANS
By AMIR SHAH and NAHAL TOOSI A damaged vehicle sits in front of the U.S. consulate after an attack by a car bomb and a gunfight in Herat Province, west…
AFGHANS FIND DUMPED BODIES OF 7 ABDUCTED SOLDIERS
EDS NOTE, GRAPHIC CONTENT — An Afghan National army soldier stands guard near the dead bodies of Afghan soldiers that were found dumped in the eastern province of Ghazni, east…
AP INTERVIEW: US GENERAL SAYS AFGHAN DEAL VITAL
By PATRICK QUINN Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, who commands the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul,…
US GENERAL: TALIBAN LIKELY TO BE LONG-TERM THREAT
By ROBERT BURNS This image made from AP video shows Afghan National Army soldiers rushing to the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front the PRT, Provincial Reconstruction…
US COMMANDOS HAND OVER TROUBLED AREA TO AFGHANS
By KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2013 file photo a member of the Afghan special forces, left, briefs soldiers after a training exercise on the outskirts…
AFGHAN TROUBLES SPELL TOUGH START FOR HAGEL
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, Sunday,…
AFGHAN BOMBERS STRIKE DURING US OFFICIAL’S VISIT
KIMBERLY DOZIER and RAHIM FAIEZ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel prepares to step aboard a C-17 military aircraft en route to Kabul, Afghanistan, after greeting U.S. troops stationed at Manas Air…