SOME OF GUANTANAMO’S HARDEST CASES TO GET NEW LOOK
By BEN FOX In this Sept. 17, 2007 photo released on Aug. 13, 2013 by defense lawyer U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Barry Wingard, detainee Faez al-Kandari, 36, is shown…
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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,…
BOMB KILLS 14 AS AFGHAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR PEACE
By AMIR SHAH and PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,…
PENTAGON TO BEAR BRUNT OF UPCOMING BUDGET CUTS
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 17, 2013, file photo. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with Air Force personnel at Joint Base Charleston near Charleston,…
NZ DISPUTES REPORT THAT IT SPIED ON JOURNALIST
By NICK PERRY In this Tuesday, July 9 2013 photo, War correspondent Jon Stephenson gives evidence in his defamation case against Defense Force chief Lieutenant General Rhys Jones in the High…
KARZAI: US GIVES FUNDS TO NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands in Helsinki, Finland Monday, April 29, 2013. Afghan President Karzai arrived to Finland for a working visit Monday.…
BOSTON SUSPECTS’ CHECHEN FAMILY TRAVELED LONG ROAD
By LEILA SARALAYEVA Schoolchildren march in front of a school where Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was dubbed a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, studied, in a small Kyrgyz city Tokmok…
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…