US envoy: Afghan reconciliation effort began late
By GREGORY KATZ Abdul Latif, 57, an Afghan man, prays on Nadir Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. The hill is known for the cemetery of the…
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POLICE: ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS 18 AFGHAN CIVILIANS
By RAHIM FAIEZ Relatives surround the dead body of a 10-year-old Afghan girl during her funeral on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. An Afghan official and…
OBAMA, PAKISTANI VOW COOPERATION AS TENSIONS EASE
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama shakes hands with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the conclusion of their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington,…
AFGHANISTAN DISQUALIFIES 16 FROM PRESIDENTIAL RACE
By RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan police arrive to secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 18, 2013. Police said…
US QUIETLY RELEASING $1.6B IN PAKISTAN ASSISTANCE
By BRADLEY KLAPPER FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2013, file photo Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Afghan President Hamid…
AFGHAN INSURGENTS HIT CONVOY BY FOREIGNER COMPOUND
By AMIR SHAH Afghan police secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 18, 2013. Police said the assault…
FUNERAL HELD FOR ASSASSINATED AFGHAN GOVERNOR
Humera Ehmedzai, a colleague of slain Afghan governor Arsallah Jamal, who’s picture is on the wall behind her, cries at his funeral ceremony at the Eid Gha mosque in Kabul,…
OBAMA PRESENTING MEDAL OF HONOR TO AFGHAN WAR VET
William Swenson of Seattle, Wash., stands with a group of World War II veterans during a 10th Mountain Division ceremony at the WWII Memorial Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 in Washington.…