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Thousands Of Afghan Demonstrators Demand Justice For Dead Shiites

2:20pm November 12, 2015

Thousands took to the streets after the killing of 7 members of a Shiite minority group. Protesters blamed the deaths on Islamist militants. Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Sune Engel Rasmussen.

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Soldier Who Tackled Suicide Bomber To Receive Medal Of Honor

8:05am November 12, 2015

by Tom Bowman

President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Capt. Florent Groberg on Thursday. In Afghanistan, he tackled a suicide bomber and saved the lives of many men with his patrol.

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Protesters Flood Kabul Streets After Beheading Of 7 Afghan Hazaras

4:32pm November 11, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Mujib Mashal, a reporter with The New York Times, about the beheadings of civilians from the Hazara ethnic minority, possibly by ISIS-linked militants.

Protesters march through the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, carrying the coffins of seven ethnic Hazaras who were allegedly killed by the Taliban. The demonstrators called for justice and for a government that can ensure security in the country.

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Thousands Of Afghans March In Kabul, Demanding Justice For 7 Shiites Killed

4:12pm November 11, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Demonstrators took to the streets in the Afghan capital on Wednesday to protest the killings of seven members of an ethnic minority group by Islamist militants.

As worries grow over unemployment and lack of security, many Afghans are trying to go elsewhere. An Afghan National Police officer calls out the names of passport applicants at the passport office in Kabul in August.

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Anxiety Grows As Conditions Worsen In Afghanistan

1:32pm November 10, 2015

by Philip Reeves

High unemployment, a weak central government and recent Taliban gains are creating a growing apprehension on the streets of the capital, Kabul.

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The Details Of Drones, From A Pilot Who Flew Them

7:51pm November 05, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley, a retired drone pilot who wrote the tactical manual for the Predator. His new memoir is called Hunter Killer.

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Polio survivors compete in a para-soccer tournament in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

He Sometimes Crawled To School, He Plays Soccer On A Scooter

1:47pm November 02, 2015

by Anders Kelto

Polio paralyzed Sani Muntari as a child. That didn't keep him from school or off the soccer field. And he's played a key role in making Nigeria polio-free.

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U.S.-Funded Afghan Local Police Riddled With Corruption, Audit Finds

7:09am October 29, 2015

Renee Montagne talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, about fraud and mismanagement of U.S. funding meant for the Afghan local police.

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Pakistani villagers dig out their belongings from the rubble of homes destroyed by an earthquake in Shangla in Swat Valley, Pakistan.

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Aid Slow To Reach Survivors Days After Massive Quake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan

6:15pm October 28, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Cold weather and blocked roads have hampered efforts to reach survivors. Taliban fighters also overran part of an Afghan province, causing concern for the safety of workers trying to survey damage.

A Taliban mullah speaks to a crowd in central Kabul in early October 1996.

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The Intense Images Of Afghanistan's Long And 'Distant War'

2:42pm October 28, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg has been documenting Afghanistan since 1988. A retrospective in Kabul from his book, A Distant War, takes his photos back to the country where he made them.