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Kabul Car Bomb Explosion Kills At Least 80, Wounds Hundreds

4:41pm May 31, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Reuters Afghanistan correspondent Josh Smith about Wednesday's terrorist attack in Kabul that killed at least 80 people. A bomb hidden in a truck went off during morning rush hour.

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Security forces inspect the site of a massive explosion in a busy area not far from the German Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

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Kabul Truck Bomb Kills At Least 80 People, Injures Hundreds More

2:49pm May 31, 2017

by Jim Kane

At least 13 officers of the Afghan National Police were reportedly killed, and 11 U.S. contractors are among the wounded, after a massive explosion near foreign embassies.

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Massive Bomb Blast Reverberates Across Afghan Capital Kabul

9:18am May 31, 2017

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more wounded when the blast went off during morning rush hour. Steve Inskeep talks to Mujib Mashal, a correspondent for The New York Times, who's in Kabul.

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Rush Hour Bombing Kills Scores And Injures Hundreds In Kabul

7:52am May 31, 2017

A car bomb exploded Wednesday morning in the heart of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killing scores and injuring hundreds of people. Steve Inskeep talks with reporter Jennifer Glasse in Kabul.

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A memorial outside Jones' congressional office includes 568 pictures of Marines from Camp Lejeune — which is in Jones' district — who were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.

'Asking God To Forgive Me': N.C. Lawmaker Seeks Redemption For War Votes

5:07pm May 29, 2017

by Susan Davis

Driven by a profound regret for his votes to authorize the wars in the Middle East, Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is leading a bipartisan effort to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.

Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday. A prominent figure for decades in Afghanistan's war, Hekmatyar, 69, was known as the "Butcher of Kabul" when his forces rocketed the city in the 1990s. He made peace with the go

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The 'Butcher Of Kabul' Is Welcomed Back In Kabul

5:56pm May 04, 2017

by Greg Myre

Warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar rained rockets on the Afghan capital in the 1990s and was responsible for thousands of deaths. The country's president welcomed him back Thursday in the interest of peace.

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Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry said the target of the blast was a convoy of foreign forces.

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Blast In Kabul That Kills 8 Afghans

8:47am May 03, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

In addition to the deaths, three U.S. service members were wounded, as were 25 Afghan civilians, in the morning rush-hour attack that happened near the U.S. Embassy, a U.S. military spokesman says.

On August 8, 2016, a suicide bomber killed 74 people and wounded 112 others at a government-run hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

Report: Health Workers Attacked In 23 Countries Last Year

7:28am May 03, 2017

by Jason Beaubien

Syria has seen the most attacks but it is far from the only country where assaults take place.

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In 'Anatomy Of Terror,' Former FBI Agent Outlines How Terror Groups Stay Resilient

6:18pm May 02, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to former FBI special agent Ali Soufan about his new book, Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of Bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State.

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An Afghan soldier walks at a checkpoint last month on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, Security Incidents And Civilian Casualties At Record Highs

5:51pm May 01, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

A new report from a U.S. government watchdog paints a bleak picture of Afghanistan's security and corruption issues, as the U.S. considers sending more troops.