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Taliban Attack Kills Dozens Of Soldiers And Police, Even As Peace Talks Continue

10:35am February 05, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The assault on a military post in Kunduz province comes as the Taliban is meeting with current and former Afghan government officials for talks in Moscow.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led the effort to advance an amendment that supports keeping U.S. troops in Syria and Afghanistan to fight ISIS and al-Qaida.

Politics & Government

Senate Republicans Rebuke President On Syria And Afghanistan Policy

8:33pm January 31, 2019

by Tim Mak

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's amendment opposing a "precipitous withdrawal" from Syria was backed by many GOP senators who disagree with the president's foreign policy.

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Suicide bombers orchestrated an early morning attack on Afghan's primary intelligence agency in Wardak province on Monday.

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Suicide Attackers Kill Dozens In Assault On Afghan Base

8:16pm January 21, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

A suicide bomber rammed a Humvee loaded with explosives into a compound of the nation's primary intelligence agency, clearing a path for insurgents who started firing on personnel inside.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has postponed plans to travel to Afghanistan charging the White House leaked plans.

Politics & Government

Pelosi Says Trump Administration Leaked Plans To Fly Commercially To War Zone

4:00pm January 18, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The speaker's office says a congressional delegation was prepared to take a commercial flight to Afghanistan after Trump revoked a military flight.

Guards of honor carry a photo of Brig. Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar police chief, at his burial ceremony in Kandahar in October.

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What 3 Deaths Among Thousands Tell Us About Afghanistan In 2018

8:00am December 30, 2018

Thousands of civilians, soldiers and police were killed this year in suicide attacks, bombings and airstrikes. The lives and deaths of three Afghan men shed light on the challenges the country faces.

An injured woman receives treatment at a hospital after Monday's attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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More Than 40 Dead After Attack At Government Compound In Afghanistan

12:31pm December 25, 2018

by Francesca Paris

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing and hours-long standoff with police in Kabul on Monday. Most of the people who died were government employees.

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Trump To Examine Murder Case Against Former Green Beret Who Said He Killed A Prisoner

10:38pm December 17, 2018

by David Welna

President Trump called the Army major a hero and vowed to review the case. To a military law specialist, it looks like "the commander in chief is putting his thumb on the scales of justice."

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, a representative of the Taliban, attends international talks in Moscow last month. On Monday, the Islamist militant group announced that its representatives would be having conversations with the U.S. in the United Arab Emir

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Taliban Says It Is Meeting With U.S. Officials, Amid Escalating Peace Efforts

2:30pm December 17, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The Islamist militants have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government in Kabul — but a Taliban spokesman said Monday that they were speaking with the U.S., along with several other countries.

An injured man receives treatment at a hospital following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

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More Than 50 People Killed As Suicide Bombing Rocks Afghan Capital

5:19pm November 20, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a wedding hall in Kabul as religious scholars gathered for the holiday commemorating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

A Utah Town Remembers Its Mayor, Killed In Action In Afghanistan

6:19pm November 04, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Major Brent Taylor was hailed as a true "citizen soldier," serving both the community of North Ogden and deploying with the Utah National Guard.

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