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…
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SCANT FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR US STRIKES ON SYRIA
By LARA JAKES FILE – This March 13, 2002 file photo shows US Troops from 10th Mountain Division sitting in a Chinook helicopter on their way to take up the…
TALIBAN KILL 15 AFGHAN POLICE IN HIGHWAY AMBUSH
By PATRICK QUINN and RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan policemen investigate the site of a suicide attack in the provincial capital city of Laskar-Gah, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug, 28, 2013.…
TALIBAN KILL 12 AFGHAN CIVILIANS, AID WORKERS
By RAHIM FAIEZ An Afghan man looks at the lifeless bodies of his relatives at a hospital in Heart west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. Afghan officials say…
OBAMA AWARDS MEDAL OF HONOR TO AFGHAN WAR VETERAN
By TOM RAUM Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Carter received the medal…
AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
BALES FACES ANGRY AFGHANS AS SENTENCING CONTINUES
By GENE JOHNSON CORRECTS SPELLING OF ARTIST’S LAST NAME TO MILLETT INSTEAD OF MILLET – In this courtroom sketch, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, left, appears before Judge Col. Jeffery Nance…
AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY 32 DEAD IN CLASHES IN WEST
By RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai stands at attention during Independence Day celebrations at a Defense minister office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 19, 2013. Karzai and cabinet members…