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Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead
At least 33 people have been killed and 100 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The blast happened outside a bank where government staff and military personnel were collecting their salaries. A spokesman for a group claiming to represent Islamic State in Afghanistan said it carried out the attack, though the BBC cannot verify the claim.
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Car bomb on EU vehicle kills at least three in Afghan capital
A suicide car bomber rammed a European Union vehicle near the main airport in Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, killing two Afghan civilians and a British security contractor in the latest attack
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Reports of deal with Pakistani spy agency rile some in Afghanistan
An intelligence-sharing pact with Pakistan has sparked anger and confusion in neighboring Afghanistan and fresh criticism of President Ashraf Ghani’s approach to ending the conflict with Taliban insurgents.
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A Thousand Splendid Stuns
‘More important than anything else that fateful year was the life-defining transcendence of Peter Gabriel.’ Morwari Zafar on being Afghan in America
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In Turf War with Afghan Taliban, Islamic State Loyalists Gain Ground
Fighters loyal to Islamic State have seized substantial territory in Afghanistan for the first time, witnesses and officials said, wresting areas in the east from rival Taliban insurgents in a new threat to stability
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Afghanistan: Schoolgirls hurt in acid attack in Herat
Attackers on a motorbike threw acid in the faces of three girls on their way to school in Afghanistan's Herat province on Saturday, an official told CNN.
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The Big Lie That Helped Justify America’s War In Afghanistan
The United States trumpets education as one of its shining successes of the war in Afghanistan. But a BuzzFeed News investigation reveals U.S. claims were often outright lies...
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Afghan agency: ISIS leader killed in drone strike
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, thought to be ISIS' leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, the Afghan intelligence agency said.
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US drone strike kills leader of Daesh in Afghanistan and Pakistan
A senior Isis (also known as Daesh) leader has been killed in a US drone strike, according to reports by Afghanistan’s intelligence service. Hafiz Saeed is understood to be Isis’ leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He was one of more than 30 militants killed in an airstrike in the Nangarhar province yesterday. Abdul Hassib Sediqi, spokesperson for the National Directorate of Security, told media today that the strike had been carried out by US forces acting on Afghan intelligence information.
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Afghanistan bans sales of toy guns
Afghanistan on Tuesday banned the sale of toy Kalashnikov (AK 47) and other imitation rifles after they injured more than 100 people during celebrations marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Toy guns that fire rubber or plastic pellets are popular with Afghan children, and sales typically spike during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
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Afghan Peace Talks on Hold as Taliban Confirms Leader's Death
Afghan Peace Talks on Hold as Taliban Confirms Leader's Death | Long-time aide of Mullah Omar named successor
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Wakhan, An Other Afghanistan
Journeying through a remote region of northeastern Afghanistan, untouched by the war and preserved from the Taliban regime, this story pays tribute to the ancient culture of this land, which has never disappeared but which has simply been forgotten. By Varial Cédric Houin.
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'Bin Laden's son Hamza urges terror attack' on London in al-Qaeda message
Al-Qaeda has released a message claiming to show Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza urging terrorist attacks to be carried out in London and in other countries allied to the US. Hamza bin Laden, believed to be in his mid-20s and reportedly known as the ‘crown prince of terror’, has been touted as a future leader of al-Qaeda.
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Listen to Osama bin Laden's chilling warning weeks before 9/11 attack
Osama bin Laden recorded a chilling warning about the 9/11 bombing just a few weeks before the devastating attack on the World Trade Center, according to an analysis of a vast cache of al-Qaeda cassette tapes. The collection of more than 1,500 audio tapes recovered from an Afghan compound after the US invasion in 2001 offer an extraordinary insight into the listening habits, influences and mindset of the terrorist organisation.
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Afghan DM Admits 'Difficulties' as Taliban Overruns Helmand Districts
Taliban holds celebrations in newly captured Musa Qala
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The fortune-teller of Kabul
The long read: For centuries mystics have channelled the hopes and fears of Afghans. With the nation in turmoil, their services are as popular as ever. But can they survive the latest crackdown by religious hardliners? By May Jeong.
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300 girls hospitalized due to mysterious gas
Mysterious fumes in two Afghan schools have sent more than 300 girls to a hospital this week -- and officials suspect the incidents were deliberate. On Thursday, 115 girls from a school in Herat city were hospitalized after they were poisoned with some type of gas, Herat Regional Hospital spokesman Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai said. The schoolgirls ranged in age from between 9 and 18, he said.
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Soldiers in Dark Times
Military Education, Ethics, and Political Science. By Celestino Perez, Jr.
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The Antiwar Comic: The Big Empties
Based on the Propublica.org article.
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Why the Best War Reporter in a Generation Had to Suddenly Stop
After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home.
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