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The UK and other foreign forces still operating in Afghanistan are being withdrawn. A US ambassador has urged the UK to spend the money it saves by withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan on military investment.
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A new report from the United Nations shows that the Taliban in Afghanistan generated an income of approximately $400 million last year. The sources of revenue were donations, taxing local economies and extorting aid groups and drug dealers.
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Afghan officials say 15 men and two women were beheaded by Taliban militants for attending a party with music and dancing. The incident is part of a bloody 24-hours in Afghanistan that saw 13 soldiers killed, including two Americans.
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A disturbing video circulating on the Web this week is just the latest proof there are people in the world who are not like most of us who live in the land of the Great Satan.
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Three Siberian tigers at a zoo in Copenhagen savaged an Afghan man who scaled the fence and crossed a moat to get into their enclosure.
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A U.S. Staff Sergeant found a Afghan herding dog tied-up, covered in mud, with ears and tail hacked off. Sgt. Nick B., disturbed about the abuse the dog was subjected to, exchanged him for a pack of cigarettes and brought him to the United States.
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Most people didn't know about Obama's secret visit to Afghanistan until it happened. But Twitter users in the country had notification several hours before his arrival.
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A U.S. soldier has released photos of soldiers posing with Afghan body parts. He released them to the Los Angeles Times to draw attention to the breakdown in leadership and discipline in the U.S. Army.
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In retaliation for recent events, including the Kandahar massacre, burning of the Koran and the U.S. marines urinating on dead bodies, the Taliban launched coordinated attacks.
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The U.S. soldier who is suspected of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan has now been named. He is Staff. Sgt. Robert Bales of the 3rd Stryker Brigade.
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Notes To The American Political Class: While you were out on your five week paid vacation and fund raising for your...
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