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Taliban attack against Afghan restaurant kills 16
by Patrick Quinn - January 18, 2014 - 10:44am
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Kabul restaurant filled with foreigners and affluent Afghans, while two gunmen snuck in through the back door and opened fire Friday in a brazen dinnertime attack that killed...
Top US general: negotiations done on Afghan deal
by Patrick Quinn - December 12, 2013 - 3:05am
America's top military officer said the US has no intention to renegotiate a security deal with Afghanistan and that a full withdrawal of US forces from the country at the end of 2014 could reverse gains made by...
Top US commander apologizes for Afghan airstrike
by Patrick Quinn - November 30, 2013 - 4:36am
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized to President Hamid Karzai for a drone strike that killed a child and NATO promised an investigation Friday as rising tensions threatened efforts to persuade the Afghan...
Afghan spokesman rebuffs US troop deal deadline
by Patrick Quinn - November 23, 2013 - 6:23am
Afghanistan's president on Friday rebuffed American demands that he sign a security pact allowing U.S. forces to stay in the country for another decade, while the U.S. defense secretary warned that planning for a...
Afghanistan preparing for meeting over US deal
by Patrick Quinn - October 11, 2013 - 2:11am
Preparations are underway to secure a key meeting of Afghan tribal elders that will advise the nation's president on whether to sign a long-foundering security deal with the United States, an official said yest...
Afghan military faces surge in roadside bombs
by Patrick Quinn - October 3, 2013 - 5:22pm
Raqam Jan was at home on furlough after two years of fighting for the Afghan army when he stepped out of his house and onto a homemade mine. It had been planted not just to kill him but to send a message to...
UN reports spike in Afghan civilian casualties
by Patrick Quinn - August 1, 2013 - 3:26am
The United Nations said on yesterday that civilian casualties in Afghanistan had dramatically increased by 23 percent in the first six months of the year and blamed the insurgency for the vast majority of the dead...
US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
by Patrick Quinn - June 19, 2013 - 4:18am
The Taliban and the US said yesterday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, a major breakthrough as the US-led coalition formally handed over control...
Afghans poised to take security lead from US, NATO
by Patrick Quinn - June 17, 2013 - 5:11am
One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth...
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